Aalesund vs Sandefjord 3-4

Sandefjord won 4-3 at Aalesund after a wild first hour, then held on through a late home push and a red card for Ervin Gigovic in the 82nd minute. Jakob Maslo Dunsby scored twice for the visitors, while Aalesund twice cut the gap and then came within one again through Elias Heggland Myrlid.

Sandefjord led by two inside half an hour. Evangelos Patoulidis opened the scoring in the 16th minute from a Jakob Maslo Dunsby assist, before Dunsby made it 2-0 on 30 minutes. Aalesund replied after a VAR check confirmed a penalty, and Mathias Christensen converted on 38 minutes. Uba Charles Nwokoma then equalised three minutes into first-half stoppage time, turning in Endre Osenbroch's assist after Osenbroch had come on in the 34th minute. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Dunsby restored Sandefjord's lead on 50 minutes with his second of the match, then Oscar Forsmo Kapskarmo made it 4-2 on 54 minutes from Patoulidis's assist. Aalesund responded with three changes across the 56th and 57th minutes, and one of them told on 76 minutes when Myrlid, who had come on in the 56th minute, scored from Christensen's pass to make it 3-4. Sandefjord then lost Gigovic to a second booking and red card on 82 minutes, but Aalesund could not find an equaliser in the closing stages.

The visitors had 64% of the ball and made 529 passes to Aalesund's 288, while also leading in shots and efforts on target, 19 to 13 and 9 to 4. Sandefjord's 2.99 xG was also higher than Aalesund's 1.72, though the home side won 7 corners to 6 and made 15 fouls to 12. Aalesund had 4 yellow cards and Sandefjord 2, with Sandefjord also shown the game's only red.

Patoulidis was booked on 32 minutes, Ervin Gigovic on 38, and Aalesund had three first-half cautions for Mbacke Diop on 41, Paul Ngongo on 44 and Endre Osenbroch on 90. Myrlid was booked on 77 minutes after scoring, while Oscar Forsmo Kapskarmo was cautioned on 86.