Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Verdal (5th, 37 pts) held a 21-point advantage over Ottestad (14th, 16 pts). Ottestad ranked just 73rd in the league on five-round form despite their 14th table position. Against a league average of 1.94 goals per team per game, Ottestad ran at 1.23 scored and 2.65 conceded, Verdal at 1.19 and 1.42.
Defeat had followed defeat for Ottestad — three in succession, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Verdal entered with three wins in a row. The last-five ledger: Ottestad 3/15, Verdal 9/15.
The venue was Ottestad Idrettspark, with room for 1,500 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-2.