Rosenborg vs Start 4-1

Rosenborg beat Start 4-1 at Lerkendal Stadion after building a two-goal lead before half-time, then adding a penalty and a stoppage-time finish.

Ole Selnaes opened the scoring in the 27th minute, heading Rosenborg in front from Jonas Svensson’s assist, before Svensson made it 2-0 himself on 42 minutes. Start went in at the break two down after a first half in which Rosenborg controlled the chances.

Start made two changes on 72 minutes, while Rosenborg made two of their own on 82 minutes. The home side then had a VAR check go in their favour on 86 minutes, with the penalty confirmed, and Amin Chiakha scored from the spot on 88 minutes to make it 3-0. Start pulled one back three minutes into stoppage time when Nikolaos Koutsakos, who had come on in the 72nd minute, scored from Deni Dashaev’s assist to make it 3-1.

Rosenborg had 71% of the possession and 627 passes to Start’s 248. They also led the shot count 17-9, shots on target 5-2, corners 6-3 and expected goals 2.13 to 0.56. Start won more fouls, 13-9, while Rosenborg finished with fewer offsides, 1-2, and one save to Start’s two.

The bookings were Erlend Segberg in first-half stoppage time, Johan Meyer on 53 minutes and Deni Dashaev on 79 minutes for Start, and Nemcik Tomas on 57 minutes and Ole Selnaes on 74 minutes for Rosenborg. There were no red cards.