Match Report
Level on 23 points, Vålerenga (12th) and Sandefjord (11th) met as equals in the table. Sandefjord's recent output outran their position: 5th on form over five rounds, 11th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Vålerenga 1.62 scored and 2.05 conceded per game, Sandefjord 1 and 1.29, with the league averaging 1.58.
Vålerenga entered with three wins in a row, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Momentum sat with Sandefjord, winners of their last four, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
20 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Vålerenga 14, draws 1, Sandefjord 5, at 3.15 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 75% of the meetings had three or more. The recent trend is more open — 4.2 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 3.15 all-time.
Intility Arena staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,000. Vålerenga led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
Vålerenga: Carl Lange (5')
Key stats
Possession: Vålerenga 42% · Sandefjord 58% · Total shots: 12-18 · On target: 5-4 · Corners: 7-7