Sandefjord vs Molde 5-5

Sandefjord and Molde drew 5-5 at Sandefjord Arena in a game that swung from end to end. Evangelos Patoulidis scored three times for the hosts, while Kristian Lonebu scored twice for Molde and Sondre Granaas added a late equaliser.

Sandefjord went 2-0 up through Patoulidis in the first minute and Vetle Walle Egeli in the ninth, with Patoulidis setting up the second. Caleb Sery pulled one back on 19 minutes, before Patoulidis made it 3-1 in the 25th minute for his second of the match. Lonebu then reduced the gap in the 28th minute from Samukele Kabini's pass and levelled it in the 35th minute from Martin Linnes' assist. Gustav Højbjerg then put through his own net three minutes into first-half stoppage time, giving Sandefjord a 4-3 half-time lead.

Molde kept pressing after the break, but Sandefjord extended the lead when Patoulidis completed his hat-trick on 69 minutes from Walle Egeli's assist to make it 5-3. The home side then made two changes across the 75th and 76th minutes, and Bendik Slotfeldt Berntsen, who had come on in the 75th minute, scored on 84 minutes from Patoulidis' pass to make it 6-3. Molde responded with two changes on 77 minutes and two more on 88 minutes, and Sondre Granaas, with Mats Møller Dæhli supplying the assist after coming on in the 77th minute, pulled one back on 89 minutes to make it 6-4. The final score was 5-5 after Molde's late fightback.

The numbers matched the scale of the contest. Molde had 68% possession, 718 passes to Sandefjord's 349, 24 shots to 22, nine on target to eight, 13 corners to three and a slightly higher xG at 2.91 to 2.14. Sandefjord still made four saves to Molde's one and each side committed plenty of fouls, with 13 for Sandefjord and 14 for Molde.

Daniel Daga was booked for Molde in the 45th minute, Jakob Maslo Dunsby was booked for Sandefjord in the 67th minute, and Halldor Stenevik was booked for Molde in the 77th minute. There were no red cards.