About Match
21 points for Vålerenga (11th), 13 for Start (16th): an 8-point gap. On the form table Start stand 9th over the last five rounds, despite being 16th overall. Against a league average of 1.55 goals per team per game, Vålerenga run at 1.72 scored and 2.11 conceded, Start at 1.11 and 2.17. A win here leaves Vålerenga on 24 points and up to 8th, other results permitting.
The head-to-head ledger counts 22 games: 11 Vålerenga wins, 7 for Start, 4 draws, at 3.73 goals per meeting. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 68% of the meetings. Goals have dried up lately: 2.8 per game across the last five meetings, against 3.73 across the full history.
The match takes place at Intility Arena in Oslo (capacity 3,000).