Match Report
12 points and 7 places separated them: Sarpsborg 08 8th with 41, Stabæk 15th with 29. The last five rounds placed Sarpsborg 08 no better than 14th for form, against 8th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.56 goals per team per game, Sarpsborg 08 ran at 1.83 scored and 1.73 conceded, Stabæk at 1 and 1.6.
19 meetings are on record — 5 won by Sarpsborg 08, 5 by Stabæk, 9 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 37% of the wins in this matchup. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 68% of the meetings.
J. Tennøy officiated: 56 games logged, averaging 1.2 yellow cards each. Sarpsborg Stadion in Sarpsborg, capacity 8,022, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Sarpsborg 08 led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-2.