Match Report
The table gap was wide: 27 points between Haugesund (1st, 52 pts) and Moss (11th, 25 pts). Moss ranked 7th in the league on five-round form, well above their 11th table position. Per game in the league, Moss were scoring 1.65 and conceding 2.26, Haugesund 3.13 and 1.7, against a competition average of 1.92 goals per team per game.
Five consecutive wins preceded this game for Haugesund, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 7/15 points for Moss against 15/15 for Haugesund.
5 meetings are on record — 0 won by Moss, 2 by Haugesund, 3 drawn, at 2.4 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host.
Melløs Stadion staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,085. H. Holthe officiated: 55 games logged, averaging 1.6 yellow cards each. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Haugesund led 2-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-4.
Goal scorers
Moss: Niclas Semmen (1') · Haugesund: Bruno Leite (10'), Niklas Sandberg (28'), Sory Diarra (56'), Almar Grindhaug (89')
Key stats
Possession: Moss 50% · Haugesund 50% · Total shots: 9-9 · On target: 4-5 · Corners: 6-7