- Kick-off
- Sun, 25 Oct 2026 · 16:00 (UTC)
- Venue
- Sør Arena, Kristiansand
- Referee
- Rohit Saggi
Match timeline
- 89’Substitution
StartAltin Ujkani ONDeni Dashaev OFF - 87’Yellow card
StartJesper Cornelius - 87’Yellow card
SandefjordBendik Slotfeldt Berntsen - 84’Substitution
SandefjordHakon Krogelien ONXander Lambrix OFF - 81’Substitution
SandefjordMartin Hellan ONgustav hojbjerg OFF - 80’Substitution
StartJohan Meyer ONOusmane Diallo Toure OFF - 72’Goal!
StartHakon LorentzenAssist: Eirik Schulze1 – 0 - 72’Substitution
SandefjordErvin Gigovic ONSander Risan Mörk OFF
Show 3 earlier events
- 72’Substitution
SandefjordBendik Slotfeldt Berntsen ONEvangelos Patoulidis OFF - 61’Substitution
StartEirik Schulze ONNikolaos Koutsakos OFF - 46’Substitution
SandefjordOscar Forsmo Kapskarmo ONSebastian Holm Mathisen OFF - 1’Kick-off
Key stats
- 33%Possession67%
- 10Shots12
- 0.87xG1.06
- 2Shots on Target0
- 5Corners5
- 16Fouls16
- 2Offsides0
- 0Saves1
- 256Passes538
- 1Yellow Cards1
Lineups
Confirmed selections
Start5 - 3 - 2
- 26Sjøeng
- 12Dashaev
- 5Granheim
- 6Norheim
- 29Reitan
- 27Toure
- 18Ugland
- 20Lorentzen
- 10Mvoué
- 17Cornelius
- 9Koutsakos
Substitutions
- 61’↑11 E. Schulze↓9 N. Koutsakos
- 80’↑4 J. Meyer↓27 O. Toure
- 89’↑3 A. Ujkani↓12 D. Dashaev
Unused substitutes 8 N. Jojić, 37 Filip Lien, 15 M. Nordal, 2 F. Pålerud, 35 santino samuyiwa, 24 S. Strand-Kolbjørnsen
Coach A. Karadas
Sandefjord4 - 3 - 3
- 30Hadaya
- 5hojbjerg
- 13Holten
- 44Lambrix
- 4Pedersen
- 14Pettersen
- 8Børkeeiet
- 6Mørk
- 27Dunsby
- 24Mathisen
- 7Patoulidis
Substitutions
- 46’↑9 O. Kapskarmo↓24 S. Mathisen
- 72’↑10 E. Gigović↓6 S. Mørk
- 72’↑19 Bendik Berntsen↓7 E. Patoulidis
- 81’↑2 M. Hellan↓5 gustav hojbjerg
- 84’↑16 H. Krogelien↓44 X. Lambrix
Unused substitutes 1 A. Grønneberg, 32 D. Skaarud, 37 J. Vester, 3 V. Egeli
Coach Andreas Tegström
Match facts
- Competition
- Eliteserien
- Round
- Matchday 12
- Date
- Sun, 25 Oct 2026
- Kick-off
- 16:00 (UTC)
- Venue
- Sør Arena, Kristiansand
- Referee
- Rohit Saggi
- Start coach
- A. Karadas
- Sandefjord coach
- Andreas Tegström
League table
Eliteserien
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 4 | +38 | 59 | |
| 2 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 4 | +38 | 59 | |
| 3 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | +21 | 46 | |
| 4 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | +20 | 43 | |
| 5 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | +3 | 42 | |
| 12 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 27 | |
| 16 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -32 | 19 |
Match related news
Player ratings
- 1
H. Lorentzen8.2 - 2
O. Toure7.9 - 3
D. Dashaev7.6 - 4
J. Norheim7.3 - 5
E. Reitan7.2 - 6
S. Granheim7.1 - 7
J. Meyer7.0 - 8
E. Schulze7.0 - 9
A. Ujkani6.9 - 10
S. Mvoué6.8 - 11
M. Ugland6.5 - 12
J. Cornelius6.5 - 13
N. Koutsakos6.4 - 14
M. Sjøeng6.3 - 15
N. Jojić0.0 - 16
M. Nordal0.0 - 17
F. Pålerud0.0 - 18
S. Strand-Kolbjørnsen0.0
- 1
R. Holten7.7 - 2
E. Hadaya7.3 - 3
X. Lambrix7.0 - 4
F. Pedersen7.0 - 5
T. Børkeeiet6.7 - 6
O. Kapskarmo6.6 - 7
M. Hellan6.5 - 8
H. Krogelien6.5 - 9
J. Dunsby6.4 - 10
S. Mathisen6.4 - 11
E. Pettersen6.3 - 12
E. Gigović6.3 - 13
E. Patoulidis6.2 - 14
Bendik Berntsen6.2 - 15
S. Mørk6.1 - 16
V. Egeli0.0 - 17
A. Grønneberg0.0 - 18
D. Skaarud0.0 - 19
J. Vester0.0
Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.
MVP of the match

H. Lorentzen
Start
- 1
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
Rated 8.2, the best on the pitch — 1 goal in 90 minutes.
Team form comparison
Last 5 matches, all competitions
- W-D-L
- 1-0-4
- Scored / match
- 1.0
- Conceded / match
- 3.0
- W-D-L
- 1-2-2
- Scored / match
- 1.4
- Conceded / match
- 1.4
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What happened
Match report
Start beat Sandefjord 1-0 at Sør Arena after Hakon Lorentzen struck in the 72nd minute, with Eirik Schulze providing the assist after coming on in the 61st minute.
The first half ended goalless, leaving it 0-0 at the break.
Schulze, introduced in the 61st minute, set up the only goal on 72 minutes. Start then saw out the closing stages after Sandefjord made three changes in the 72nd minute across a double substitution and a further switch later on. Start made two late changes of their own, including Johan Meyer for Ousmane Diallo Toure on 80 minutes and Altin Ujkani for Deni Dashaev on 89 minutes.
Sandefjord had 67% of the possession and 538 passes to Start’s 256, while Start had the edge in shots on target with 2 to 0. The visitors also finished with more shots, 12 to 10, but the corners were level at 5-5 and the xG was 1.06 to 0.87 in Sandefjord’s favour. Start had 16 fouls and 2 offsides, while Sandefjord also committed 16 fouls and were caught offside none.
Jesper Cornelius was booked for Start in the 87th minute, and Bendik Slotfeldt Berntsen was booked for Sandefjord in the same minute.
Match record
- Competition
- Eliteserien
- Round
- Matchday 12
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Sør Arena, Kristiansand
- Referee
- Rohit Saggi
- Match ID
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11 events
- 46’Substitution
SandefjordOscar Forsmo Kapskarmo ONSebastian Holm Mathisen OFF - 61’Substitution
StartEirik Schulze ONNikolaos Koutsakos OFF - 72’Goal!
StartHakon LorentzenAssist: Eirik Schulze1 – 0 - 72’Substitution
SandefjordErvin Gigovic ONSander Risan Mörk OFF - 72’Substitution
SandefjordBendik Slotfeldt Berntsen ONEvangelos Patoulidis OFF - 80’Substitution
StartJohan Meyer ONOusmane Diallo Toure OFF - 81’Substitution
SandefjordMartin Hellan ONgustav hojbjerg OFF - 84’Substitution
SandefjordHakon Krogelien ONXander Lambrix OFF - 87’Yellow card
StartJesper Cornelius - 87’Yellow card
SandefjordBendik Slotfeldt Berntsen - 89’Substitution
StartAltin Ujkani ONDeni Dashaev OFF









