Match Report
The table gap was wide: 27 points between Fredrikstad (1st, 64 pts) and Sandnes Ulf (11th, 37 pts). On recent form Sandnes Ulf sat only 15th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 11th overall. Per game in the league, Sandnes Ulf were scoring 1.4 and conceding 1.5, Fredrikstad 1.67 and 0.77, against a competition average of 1.39 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Fredrikstad, winners of their last four, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Sandnes Ulf had banked 7 of the last 15 points on offer; Fredrikstad, 13.
The venue was Sandnes Idrettspark in Sandnes, with room for 4,969 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Sandnes Ulf led 2-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-3.