Match Report
33 points separated the sides: Lillestrøm 4th on 53, Jerv 16th on 20. On recent form Lillestrøm sat only 9th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Per game in the league, Jerv were scoring 1 and conceding 2.3, Lillestrøm 1.63 and 1.13, against a competition average of 1.63 goals per team per game.
Five consecutive defeats weighed on Jerv. Over the last five, Jerv had taken 0 of 15 points to Lillestrøm's 10.
The venue was J.J. Ugland Stadion - Levermyr in Grimstad, with room for 3,300 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.