Match Report
The table gap was wide: 30 points between Fredrikstad (2nd, 52 pts) and Odd II (11th, 22 pts). Per game in the league, Odd II were scoring 1.35 and conceding 2, Fredrikstad 2.04 and 0.96, against a competition average of 1.66 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Fredrikstad, having scored in 7 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Odd II 4/15, Fredrikstad 11/15.
The venue was Skagerak Arena in Skien, with room for 13,500 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-3.