Kauno Žalgiris vs Brann 1-4

Brann won 4-1 at the National Football Academy, with N. Holm’s hat-trick deciding a game they had already put under control by half-time. Kauno Žalgiris equalised early, but Brann scored three times before the break and added a fourth through Holm in the 85th minute.

Brann went ahead in the seventh minute when N. Castro converted a penalty to make it 1-0, before Renan Oliveira levelled in the 12th minute. N. Holm then restored the lead on 25 minutes from J. Soltvedt’s assist, and Holm made it 3-1 in the 40th minute from E. Gudmundsson’s pass. That left Kauno Žalgiris 1-3 Brann at the interval.

Kauno Žalgiris made three changes on 46 minutes, but Brann kept the same advantage and later made two changes on 75 minutes, then two more on 89 minutes. Holm completed his second and third goals of the match in the 85th minute, with K. Eriksen setting up the strike after coming on in the 68th minute. Brann had 68% possession, 658 passes to Kauno Žalgiris’ 301, and an 88% pass accuracy rate to 77%. Brann also had more shots, 19 to 11, and more on target, 7 to 2, while Kauno Žalgiris had 4 saves to Brann’s 1. The Lithuanian side did finish with 1 corner to Brann’s 4 and 11 fouls to 14.

Kauno Žalgiris collected four yellow cards, for I. Fiolic in the 36th minute, Leo Ribeiro in the 37th, F. Ourega in the 42nd and N. Iyobosa Edokpolor in the 54th, while Brann’s only booking went to E. Gudmundsson in the 68th minute. A late yellow for A. Hernandez in the 90th minute completed the list.