OSLO. Vålerenga overcomes Jerv 1-0 after J. Norheim scored an own goal 82min. Vålerenga was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Intility Arena stadium in Oslo on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. In front of 6,873 spectators. The referee was Marius Hansen Grøtta who had the assistance of Jim André Alnes Dyb and Jon-Michael Knutsen. The 4th official was Harald Røvig Sletner. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.4 degrees Celsius or 54.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.

Match Statistics

Vålerenga

1 - 0

Jerv

! 64 Ball Possession 36

Shots

25 Total 17
6 On Target 1
19 Off Target 16
8 Shots blocked 4

151 Attack 52
84 Dangerous attack 28
59 Ball safe 72

0 Penalties 0
6 Corners 7
5 Off Sides 1

Fouls

7 Total 13
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Vålerenga had a strong ball possession 64% while Jerv was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Vålerenga was putting more pressure with 84 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Vålerenga won the match.

Vålerenga shot 25 times, 6 on target, 19 off target. On the other side, Jerv shot 17 times, 1 on target, 16 off target.

Cards

Vålerenga received 1 yellow card (H. Bjordal). Regarding the opposition, Jerv received 2 yellow cards (W. Furtado and M. Wichmann).

Match Timeline

20'

Mathias Wichmann - Yellow

Henrik Bjørdal- Yellow

35'

64'

72'

79'

82'

86'

Mikael Ugland- sub ->E. Sandberg

86'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Odd

After playing this encounter, Vålerenga will have 6 points like Sandefjord, Odd, Rosenborg and Jerv to sit in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Jerv will stay with 6 points like Sandefjord, Odd, Rosenborg and Vålerenga to remain in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eliteserien, Vålerenga will host Molde on the 13th of November with a 18-11 head to head stats in favor of Molde (4 draws).

Jerv will play away agasint Kristiansund on the 13th of November with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Jerv (0 draws).

Vålerenga – Formation

Vålerenga

Kjetil Haug 1.Norway

7.1

Vegar Hedenstad 6.Norway

7.8

Brynjar Ingi Bjarnason 23.Iceland

8.1

Ivan Näsberg 22.Norway

7.2

Leonard Zuta 5.Macedonia

7.9

Henrik Bjørdal 8.Norway

6.9

79'

35'

Fredrik Oldrup Jensen 7.Norway

7.9

Petter Strand 24.Norway

7.2

Aron Dønnum 26.Norway

6.6

79'

Vidar Örn Kjartansson 9.Iceland

6.4

72'

Osame Sahraoui 10.Norway

7.1

86'

Substitutes

M. Sjøeng 21.Norway

J. Tollås 4.Norway

Magnus Riisnæs 20.Norway

Mathias Johnsrud Emilsen 16.Norway

Tobias Christensen 17.Norway

6.8

79'

Taofeek Ismaheel 18.Nigeria

7.3

79'

Amor Layouni 11.Tunisia

86'

Henrik Udahl 14.Norway

6.2

72'

S. Jatta 19.Norway

Vålerenga started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Dag-Eilev Akkerhaugen Fagermo decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Vålerenga made 4 changes: V. Kjartansson for H. Udahl (72′), H. Bjordal for T. Ismaheel (79′), A. Donnum for T. Christensen (79′) and O. Sahraoui for A. Layouni (86′).