Match Report
Start (16th, 13 pts) visited Sarpsborg 08 (9th, 23 pts) with 10 points between them. Start ranked 9th in the league on five-round form, well above their 16th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Sarpsborg 08 1.11 scored and 1.28 conceded per game, Start 1.11 and 2.17, with the league averaging 1.55.
Start had gone 6 games without a win. Sarpsborg 08 had banked 9 of the last 15 points on offer; Start, 2.
The head-to-head ledger counts 15 games: 8 Sarpsborg 08 wins, 5 for Start, 2 draws, at 2.67 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 67% of the meetings.
Sarpsborg Stadion, capacity 8,022, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.
Goal scorers
Sarpsborg 08: Claus Niyukuri (35') · Start: J. Cornelius (33')
Key stats
Possession: Sarpsborg 08 58% · Start 42% · Total shots: 17-7 · On target: 5-1 · Corners: 7-2