About Match
23 points for Vålerenga (12th), 16 for Start (16th): a 7-point gap. On the form table Start stand 11th over the last five rounds, despite being 16th overall. Against a league average of 1.58 goals per team per game, Vålerenga run at 1.62 scored and 2.05 conceded, Start at 1.05 and 2.1. A win here leaves Vålerenga on 26 points and up to 9th, 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).