KJELLER. Lillestrøm snatched a late win Haugesund 1-0 after H. Fridjonsson scored just 1 goal (87′). Lillestrøm made the most of its better ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Åråsen Stadion stadium in Kjeller on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Rohit Saggi who had the assistance of Geir-Oskar Isaksen and Isaak Bashevkin. The 4th official was Ola Hobber Nilsen. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.2 degrees Celsius or 53.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.

Match Statistics

Lillestrøm

1 - 0

Haugesund

60 Ball Possession 40

Shots

12 Total 10
4 On Target 0
8 Off Target 10
1 Shots blocked 1

102 Attack 89
64 Dangerous attack 44
86 Ball safe 92

0 Penalties 0
9 Corners 8
5 Off Sides 1

Fouls

0 Total 3
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 2

Ball possession

Lillestrøm had a superior ball possession 60% while Haugesund was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lillestrøm was more pushing with 64 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lillestrøm won the match.

Lillestrøm shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Haugesund shot 10 times, 0 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Lillestrøm received 1 yellow card (M. Knudsen). On the opposite side, Haugesund received 2 yellow cards (S. Reese and E. Selvik).

Match Timeline

58'

60'

61'

Pal André Helland- sub ->Ylldren Ibrahimaj

61'

71'

75'

79'

Egil Selvik- Yellow

85'

87'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Odd

After this encounter, Lillestrøm will have 10 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Haugesund will stay with 0 points to remain in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eliteserien, Lillestrøm will host HamKam on the 13th of November with a 6-1 head to head in favor of Lillestrøm (2 draws).

Haugesund will play away agasint Sandefjord on the 13th of November with a 9-3 head to head in favor of Haugesund (1 draw).

Lillestrøm – Formation

Lillestrøm

Mads Hedenstad 12.Norway

7.5

Espen Garnås 4.Norway

7.1

Vetle Dragsnes 5.Norway

7.7

Igoh Ogbu 30.Nigeria

7.2

Lars Ranger 2.Norway

6.6

61'

Ifeanyi Mathew 8.Nigeria

7.0

85'

Magnus Knudsen 14.Norway

7.0

75'

58'

Eskil Edh 25.Norway

5.9

Ylldren Ibrahimaj 20.Kosovo

6.8

61'

Akor Adams 9.Nigeria

6.6

75'

Gjermund Åsen 23.Norway

7.0

Substitutes

Knut André Skjaerstein 1.Norway

Tom Pettersson 24.Sweden

7.1

61'

Colin Rösler 3.Norway

Eric Taylor 15.Ghana

Frederik Holst 77.Denmark

6.7

75'

Pal André Helland 7.Norway

6.8

61'

Tobias Svendsen 11.Norway

6.6

85'

Hólmbert Aron Fridjónsson 21.Iceland

7.4

75'

87'

Lillestrøm started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Geir Bakke decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Lillestrøm made 5 changes: Y. Ibrahimaj for P. A. Helland (61′), L. Mogstad Ranger for T. Pettersson (61′), A. Adams for H. Fridjonsson (75′), M. Knudsen for F. Holst (75′) and I. Matthew for T. Svendsen (85′).