| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vålerenga | 15 | L2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5/15 | 4-7 |
| Elverum | 15 | D2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 11/15 | 16-5 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2017-08-10
8 matches unbeaten backed Elverum's arrival, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Over the last five, Vålerenga had taken 5 of 15 points to Elverum's 11.
The match was played at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo (capacity 28,000). Vålerenga led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
