Start vs Sandefjord (25 October 2026) ⋆ Eliteserien ⋆ Live Score, Results, H2H, Stats & Lineups

Match events

46' SubstitutionS. Mathisen off - O. Kapskarmo on
61' SubstitutionN. Koutsakos off - E. Schulze on
72' Goal - H. LorentzenAssist - E. Schulze • 1 : 0
72' SubstitutionS. Mork off - E. Gigovic on
72' SubstitutionE. Patoulidis off - B. Berntsen on
80' SubstitutionO. Toure off - J. Meyer on
80' SubstitutionG. Hojbjerg off - M. Hellan on
85' SubstitutionX. Lambrix off - H. Krogelien on
87' Yellow card - J. Cornelius
87' Yellow card - B. Berntsen
90' SubstitutionD. Dashaev off - A. Ujkani on

Match statistics

33%Ball Possession67%

12Shots Total18

2Shots On Goal0

53Dangerous Attacks67

90Attacks106

5Corners5

Full statistics

Match information

Country: Norway
Competition: Eliteserien
Season: 2026
Round: 12
Date: 25 October 2026
Kick-off: 16:00
Stadium: Sparebanken Sør Arena, Kristiansand
Referee: R. Saggi

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
12	HamKam	24	-18	26
13	Sandefjord	24	-9	24
14	Aalesund	24	-13	24
15	Kristiansund	24	-24	20
16	Start	24	-28	19

Full standings

Recent form

Start

LWWLL

Sandefjord

WWDLL

Head-to-head

20 September 2026 • Eliteserien • Sandefjord 3 : 0 Start (Half-time 0 : 0)
8 March 2026 • Club Friendlies • Sandefjord 3 : 2 Start (Half-time 1 : 1)
5 March 2023 • Club Friendlies • Start 1 : 0 Sandefjord (Half-time 0 : 0)

Full H2H

Clubs

Start

Founded: 1905
Country: Norway
Stadium: Sparebanken Sør Arena
City: Kristiansand
Capacity: 14 563
Surface: artificial turf

Sandefjord

Founded: 1998
Country: Norway
Stadium: Release Arena
City: Sandefjord
Capacity: 6 582
Surface: grass

Match commentary

It is all over: Start 1 : 0 Sandefjord.
90'Start make a change: D. Dashaev off, A. Ujkani on.
87'Yellow card for B. Berntsen (Sandefjord).
87'Yellow card for J. Cornelius (Start).
85'Sandefjord make a change: X. Lambrix off, H. Krogelien on.
80'Sandefjord make a change: G. Hojbjerg off, M. Hellan on.
80'Start make a change: O. Toure off, J. Meyer on.
72'Sandefjord make a change: E. Patoulidis off, B. Berntsen on.
72'Sandefjord make a change: S. Mork off, E. Gigovic on.
72'Start score! E. Schulze sets it up and H. Lorentzen finishes. 1 : 0.
61'Start make a change: N. Koutsakos off, E. Schulze on.
46'Sandefjord make a change: S. Mathisen off, O. Kapskarmo on.
We are back for the second half.
Half-time. 0 : 0.
Kick-off! The match is under way.

Line-up - Start • 5-3-2

9Koutsakos17Cornelius

18Ugland10Mvoué20Lorentzen

12Dashaev5Granheim6Norheim (C)29Reitan27Toure

26Sjøeng

27Ousmane Diallo Toure
5Sander Aske Granheim
12Deni Dashaev
6John Olav Norheim C
20Hakon Lorentzen
29Erlend Dahl Reitan
18Mikael Ugland
10Steve Mvoué
9Nikolas Koutsakos
26Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng
17Jesper Cornelius

Substitutes

3Altin Ujkani
35Santino Samuyiwa
37Filip Strømland Lien
11Eirik Schulze
2Fredrik Palerud
24Storm Strand-Kolbjörnsen
8Nikola Jojić
15Marius Nordal
4Johan Meyer

Line-up - Sandefjord • 4-2-3-1

24Mathisen

27Dunsby14Pettersen7Patoulidis

8Borkeeiet6Mörk (C)

5Højbjerg44Lambrix13Holten4Pedersen

30Hadaya

27Jakob Maslo Dunsby
4Fredrik Carson Pedersen
24Sebastian Holm Mathisen
30Elias Hadaya
8Tobias Borkeeiet
44Xander Lambrix
6Sander Risan Mörk C
7Evangelos Patoulidis
13Rasmus Holten
14Edvard Pettersen
5Gustav Højbjerg

Substitutes

19Bendik Berntsen
32Daniel Skaarud
2Martin Hellan
3Vetle Walle Egeli
10Ervin Gigović
16Hakon Krogelien
37Jakob Vester
9Oscar Kapskarmo
1Alf Grønneberg

Coaches

Start: Azar Karadas
Sandefjord: Andreas Tegstrom

Team statistics

StartSandefjord

5Corners5

0Throw In0

0Free Kick0

0Goal Kick0

0Penalty0

3Substitution5

90Attacks106

53Dangerous Attacks67

33%Ball Possession67%

12Shots Total18

2Shots On Goal0

5Shots Off Goal10

5Shots Blocked8

7Shots Inside Box13

5Shots Outside Box5

16Fouls16

2Offsides0

1Yellow Cards1

0Saves1

260Passes Total543

187Passes Accurate448

Player statistics - Start

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	On target	Dribbles	Offsides
26Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng	6.7	90	0	0	0	0	-	0
12Deni Dashaev	8.0	89	0	0	0	0	-	0
29Erlend Dahl Reitan	7.5	90	0	0	1	0	-	0
6John Olav Norheim C	8.6	90	0	0	0	0	0/1	0
27Ousmane Diallo Toure	7.6	80	0	0	0	0	0/1	0
5Sander Aske Granheim	6.5	90	0	0	1	0	-	0
20Hakon Lorentzen	7.9	90	1	0	3	2	-	0
18Mikael Ugland	7.2	90	0	0	1	0	-	0
10Steve Mvoué	6.6	90	0	0	1	0	1/2	0
17Jesper Cornelius	6.6	90	0	0	0	0	0/1	1
9Nikolas Koutsakos	6.9	61	0	0	0	0	-	1
11Eirik Schulze sub	6.9	29	0	1	0	0	-	0
4Johan Meyer sub	6.7	10	0	0	0	0	-	0
3Altin Ujkani sub	6.3	8	0	0	0	0	-	0

Player	Rating	Passes	Accurate	Accuracy	Key passes	Crosses
26Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng	6.7	36	15	42%	0	-
12Deni Dashaev	8.0	11	9	82%	3	4/10
29Erlend Dahl Reitan	7.5	29	24	83%	0	0/1
6John Olav Norheim C	8.6	31	23	74%	0	-
27Ousmane Diallo Toure	7.6	23	20	87%	1	1/2
5Sander Aske Granheim	6.5	19	13	68%	0	-
20Hakon Lorentzen	7.9	21	17	81%	0	-
18Mikael Ugland	7.2	26	18	69%	0	1/3
10Steve Mvoué	6.6	32	26	81%	0	-
17Jesper Cornelius	6.6	10	6	60%	2	0/1
9Nikolas Koutsakos	6.9	16	13	81%	0	-
11Eirik Schulze sub	6.9	5	3	60%	1	-
4Johan Meyer sub	6.7	1	0	0%	0	-
3Altin Ujkani sub	6.3	0	0	-	0	-

Player	Rating	Tackles	Interceptions	Clearances	Blocks	Duels won	Aerials	Fouls	YC
26Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng	6.7	0	0	2	0	-	0	0	0
12Deni Dashaev	8.0	1	1	4	1	6/10	2	3	0
29Erlend Dahl Reitan	7.5	1	1	7	1	2/6	1	3	0
6John Olav Norheim C	8.6	1	2	9	3	12/15	10	1	0
27Ousmane Diallo Toure	7.6	5	2	2	0	8/11	0	1	0
5Sander Aske Granheim	6.5	0	3	4	0	2/5	2	1	0
20Hakon Lorentzen	7.9	2	0	2	0	5/8	1	1	0
18Mikael Ugland	7.2	2	1	3	2	4/7	1	1	0
10Steve Mvoué	6.6	0	0	2	0	3/9	0	0	0
17Jesper Cornelius	6.6	1	0	0	0	4/12	2	2	1
9Nikolas Koutsakos	6.9	0	1	1	0	5/12	2	1	0
11Eirik Schulze sub	6.9	0	0	0	0	1/4	1	0	0
4Johan Meyer sub	6.7	0	0	1	0	-	0	0	0
3Altin Ujkani sub	6.3	0	0	0	1	0/3	0	2	0

Player	Rating	Min	Saves	In the box	Punches	Conceded	Pens saved
26Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng	6.7	90	0	0	1	0	0

Player statistics - Sandefjord

Player	Rating	Min	Shots	Dribbles
30Elias Hadaya	6.9	90	0	-
4Fredrik Carson Pedersen	6.6	90	0	1/1
5Gustav Højbjerg	6.2	80	2	0/2
13Rasmus Holten	8.2	90	0	-
44Xander Lambrix	7.3	85	0	-
14Edvard Pettersen	6.9	90	0	1/1
7Evangelos Patoulidis	6.9	72	0	0/1
27Jakob Maslo Dunsby	7.5	90	4	3/5
6Sander Risan Mörk C	6.7	72	1	-
8Tobias Borkeeiet	7.6	90	1	0/1
24Sebastian Holm Mathisen	6.6	45	0	-
9Oscar Kapskarmo sub	6.2	45	1	0/1
19Bendik Berntsen sub	6.7	18	1	-
10Ervin Gigović sub	6.2	18	0	-
16Hakon Krogelien sub	6.6	12	0	-
2Martin Hellan sub	6.7	10	0	1/2

Player	Rating	Passes	Accurate	Accuracy	Key passes	Crosses
30Elias Hadaya	6.9	49	38	78%	0	-
4Fredrik Carson Pedersen	6.6	50	43	86%	1	1/2
5Gustav Højbjerg	6.2	41	35	85%	1	0/1
13Rasmus Holten	8.2	99	87	88%	1	-
44Xander Lambrix	7.3	70	65	93%	1	-
14Edvard Pettersen	6.9	31	21	68%	2	0/1
7Evangelos Patoulidis	6.9	35	27	77%	1	1/8
27Jakob Maslo Dunsby	7.5	33	23	70%	1	1/7
6Sander Risan Mörk C	6.7	30	22	73%	2	2/3
8Tobias Borkeeiet	7.6	75	64	85%	0	0/1
24Sebastian Holm Mathisen	6.6	2	1	50%	1	-
9Oscar Kapskarmo sub	6.2	8	6	75%	0	-
19Bendik Berntsen sub	6.7	4	4	100%	1	1/2
10Ervin Gigović sub	6.2	5	5	100%	1	-
16Hakon Krogelien sub	6.6	5	2	40%	0	-
2Martin Hellan sub	6.7	6	5	83%	0	-

Player	Rating	Tackles	Interceptions	Clearances	Blocks	Duels won	Aerials	Fouls	YC
30Elias Hadaya	6.9	0	0	3	0	-	0	0	0
4Fredrik Carson Pedersen	6.6	0	1	3	0	3/6	1	0	0
5Gustav Højbjerg	6.2	3	1	2	0	4/8	0	1	0
13Rasmus Holten	8.2	2	0	4	2	8/11	5	2	0
44Xander Lambrix	7.3	1	0	5	1	4/10	2	4	0
14Edvard Pettersen	6.9	2	0	0	1	4/6	0	1	0
7Evangelos Patoulidis	6.9	1	1	0	0	3/8	0	1	0
27Jakob Maslo Dunsby	7.5	0	1	1	1	10/16	2	3	0
6Sander Risan Mörk C	6.7	0	0	1	0	2/4	2	1	0
8Tobias Borkeeiet	7.6	2	2	4	0	3/7	1	1	0
24Sebastian Holm Mathisen	6.6	0	0	2	0	1/4	0	0	0
9Oscar Kapskarmo sub	6.2	0	0	0	0	4/9	1	0	0
19Bendik Berntsen sub	6.7	0	0	0	0	0/2	0	0	1
10Ervin Gigović sub	6.2	0	0	0	0	0/3	0	1	0
16Hakon Krogelien sub	6.6	0	0	0	0	1/1	1	0	0
2Martin Hellan sub	6.7	0	0	0	0	1/4	0	1	0

Player	Rating	Min	Saves	In the box	Punches	Conceded	Pens saved
30Elias Hadaya	6.9	90	1	1	1	1	0

Head-to-head

Last 3 meetings

Start wins1

Draws0

Sandefjord wins2

Goals: Start: 3 (1.0)
Goals: Sandefjord: 6 (2.0)
Goals per match: 3.0
Both teams scored: 1 / 3
Over 2.5 goals: 2 / 3

Results

20 September 2026 • Eliteserien • Sandefjord 3 : 0 Start (Half-time 0 : 0)
8 March 2026 • Club Friendlies • Sandefjord 3 : 2 Start (Half-time 1 : 1)
5 March 2023 • Club Friendlies • Start 1 : 0 Sandefjord (Half-time 0 : 0)

Form: last 9 matches

	Start	Sandefjord
W-D-L	5-0-4	3-3-3
Scored (per match)	19 (2.1)	24 (2.7)
Conceded (per match)	20 (2.2)	10 (1.1)
Clean sheets	1 / 9	4 / 9
Both teams scored	6 / 9	4 / 9
Over 2.5 goals	7 / 9	4 / 9

Recent form - Start

L18 October 2026 • Eliteserien • Molde 6 : 1 Start (Half-time 2 : 0)
L11 October 2026 • Eliteserien • Start 2 : 4 HamKam (Half-time 1 : 1)
W6 October 2026 • NM Cupen • Raufoss 1 : 5 Start (Half-time 1 : 3)
W2 October 2026 • Club Friendlies • Start 2 : 1 Brann (Half-time 1 : 1)
L20 September 2026 • Eliteserien • Sandefjord 3 : 0 Start (Half-time 0 : 0)
W16 September 2026 • NM Cupen • Vindbjart 2 : 3 Start (Half-time 1 : 1)
W13 September 2026 • Eliteserien • Start 2 : 0 Brann (Half-time 1 : 0)
L4 September 2026 • Eliteserien • Aalesund 2 : 0 Start (Half-time 2 : 0)
W30 August 2026 • Eliteserien • Start 4 : 1 KFUM Oslo (Half-time 2 : 1)

Recent form - Sandefjord

L28 October 2026 • NM Cupen • Odd 3 : 1 Sandefjord (Half-time 2 : 0)
L18 October 2026 • Eliteserien • Sandefjord 0 : 2 Lillestrom (Half-time 0 : 2)
D10 October 2026 • Eliteserien • Rosenborg 1 : 1 Sandefjord (Half-time 1 : 0)
W30 September 2026 • NM Cupen • Flint 0 : 1 Sandefjord (Half-time 0 : 0)
W20 September 2026 • Eliteserien • Sandefjord 3 : 0 Start (Half-time 0 : 0)
L14 September 2026 • Eliteserien • Bodo/Glimt 3 : 2 Sandefjord (Half-time 1 : 0)
D4 September 2026 • Eliteserien • Sandefjord 1 : 1 Viking (Half-time 0 : 0)
D30 August 2026 • Eliteserien • Sandefjord 0 : 0 Brann (Half-time 0 : 0)
W23 August 2026 • NM Cupen • Eidanger 0 : 15 Sandefjord (Half-time 0 : 4)

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Viking	24	19	2	3	62	23	+39	59
2	Bodo/Glimt	24	18	2	4	58	21	+37	56
3	Molde	24	13	4	7	57	36	+21	43
4	Rosenborg	24	12	4	8	46	31	+15	40
5	Tromso	24	11	7	6	43	34	+9	40
6	Lillestrom	24	12	3	9	35	33	+2	39
7	Sarpsborg 08	24	8	7	9	30	35	-5	31
8	KFUM Oslo	24	8	6	10	30	39	-9	30
9	Brann	24	9	2	13	42	40	+2	29
10	Valerenga	24	8	5	11	39	46	-7	29
11	Fredrikstad	24	8	5	11	29	41	-12	29
12	HamKam	24	7	5	12	33	51	-18	26
13	Sandefjord	24	6	6	12	22	31	-9	24
14	Aalesund	24	5	9	10	40	53	-13	24
15	Kristiansund	24	5	5	14	25	49	-24	20
16	Start	24	5	4	15	26	54	-28	19

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Viking	12	12	0	0	44	13	+31	36
2	Bodo/Glimt	12	10	0	2	34	8	+26	30
3	Molde	13	9	1	3	35	15	+20	28
4	Tromso	12	7	4	1	22	10	+12	25
5	Rosenborg	12	7	3	2	28	14	+14	24
6	KFUM Oslo	12	6	2	4	15	14	+1	20
7	Lillestrom	12	6	1	5	22	19	+3	19
8	Brann	12	6	0	6	20	18	+2	18
9	Fredrikstad	11	5	3	3	14	12	+2	18
10	Sarpsborg 08	12	5	3	4	14	16	-2	18
11	Valerenga	12	5	2	5	23	20	+3	17
12	HamKam	12	5	2	5	17	24	-7	17
13	Kristiansund	12	4	3	5	16	20	-4	15
14	Start	12	4	3	5	15	19	-4	15
15	Sandefjord	12	3	5	4	10	12	-2	14
16	Aalesund	12	2	6	4	24	30	-6	12

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bodo/Glimt	12	8	2	2	24	13	+11	26
2	Viking	12	7	2	3	18	10	+8	23
3	Lillestrom	12	6	2	4	13	14	-1	20
4	Rosenborg	12	5	1	6	18	17	+1	16
5	Molde	11	4	3	4	22	21	+1	15
6	Tromso	12	4	3	5	21	24	-3	15
7	Sarpsborg 08	12	3	4	5	16	19	-3	13
8	Aalesund	12	3	3	6	16	23	-7	12
9	Valerenga	12	3	3	6	16	26	-10	12
10	Brann	12	3	2	7	22	22	0	11
11	Fredrikstad	13	3	2	8	15	29	-14	11
12	Sandefjord	12	3	1	8	12	19	-7	10
13	KFUM Oslo	12	2	4	6	15	25	-10	10
14	HamKam	12	2	3	7	16	27	-11	9
15	Kristiansund	12	1	2	9	9	29	-20	5
16	Start	12	1	1	10	11	35	-24	4

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals	Pen.	Assists
1	D. Karlsbakk	Sarpsborg 08	18	0	0
2	K. Hogh	Bodo/Glimt	17	0	0
1	P. Christiansen	Viking	15	1	7
2	A. Chiakha	Rosenborg	15	3	4
3	S. I. Sigurdarson	Sandefjord	15	0	0
4	D. Islamovic	Rosenborg	14	0	0
5	P. Christiansen	Viking	14	0	7
6	Camoes Ieltsin	Tromso	13	0	0
3	Andreas Helmersen	Bodo/Glimt	12	0	0
7	E. Sorensen	Valerenga	12	0	0
4	L. Alvheim	Start Kristiansand	11	0	0
8	Z. Tripic	Viking	11	0	19
9	K. Lien	HamKam	11	0	0
5	H. Larsen	Tromso	10	1	4
6	Christensen Mathias	Aalesund	10	1	4
7	E. Breivik	Molde	10	0	10
8	S. Kvia-Egeskog	Viking	9	0	3
10	M. Farji	Stromsgodset	9	0	0
10	V. Erlien	Tromso	9	0	0
9	Vá	Lillestrom	8	0	5
47	Cornelius Jesper	Start	4	0	0
49	Lorentzen Hakon	Start	4	1	0