Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Start 2nd with 55 points, Mjøndalen 15th with 25, 30 apart. Mjøndalen ranked 7th in the league on five-round form, well above their 15th table position. Per game in the league, Start were scoring 1.93 and conceding 1.17, Mjøndalen 1.2 and 2.37, against a competition average of 1.6 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 8 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Start, 4 draws and 1 for Mjøndalen, at 2.25 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 38% of those meetings. These meetings skew tight — only 25% saw more than two goals.
The venue was Sparebanken Sør Arena, with room for 14,563 spectators. On the scoreboard, Start led 2-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 4-0.
Goal scorers
Start: John Norheim (9'), S. Mvoué (34'), Markus Soomets (90'), H. Lorentzen (85')
Key stats
Possession: Start 65% · Mjøndalen 35% · Total shots: 27-4 · On target: 9-1 · Corners: 6-2