Match Report
21 points separated the sides: Strømmen 16th on 24, Jerv 1st on 3. Jerv ranked just 16th in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Per game in the league, Strømmen were scoring 1.07 and conceding 1.63, Jerv 2 and 1, against a competition average of 1.6 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Strømmen for 6 matches. Jerv arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 2/15 points for Strømmen, 13/15 for Jerv.
Strømmen Stadion in Strømmen staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,000. S. Hauge officiated: 51 games logged, averaging 1.5 yellow cards each. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-3.