Match Summary · Football · Norway · Eliteserien · Tromsoe IL · Vaalerenga IF · Heine Asen Larsen · Ruben Jenssen · Jens Hjerto-Dahl
| Metric | Tromsoe IL | Vaalerenga IF |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 37% | 63% |
| Shots | 13 | 15 |
| Shots on target | 8 | 3 |
| Shots off target | 4 | 4 |
| Corners | 4 | 7 |
| Fouls | 11 | 10 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 1 | 2 |
| Goalkeeper saves | 3 | 4 |
Heine Asen Larsen set the tone early, opening the scoring after 11 minutes with Ruben Jenssen providing the assist. Tromsoe doubled their lead in the 22nd minute when Jens Hjerto-Dahl finished a move created by Vetle Skjaervik, and the home side struck again right on 45 minutes as Heine Asen Larsen grabbed his second after Leo Cornic's assist. By the interval, the result already looked beyond Vaalerenga.
The second half brought changes from both benches rather than a comeback. Vaalerenga sent on Mohamed Ofkir just before the hour and made further substitutions in the 72nd minute, while Tromsoe withdrew two-goal scorer Heine Asen Larsen on 66 minutes and continued to refresh the side. David Edvardsson picked up a yellow card on 73 minutes, but he still played a key part in the final goal, setting up Troy Engseth Nyhammer to score in the 79th minute. Sebastian Jarl was also booked late on for the visitors, and the final stats matched the eye test: a comfortable clean-sheet win and a one-sided match summary for Tromsoe.
Our pre-match analysis called this one correctly. These picks were backed before kick-off and landed after the final result.
1X2: Home @1.81
Pre-match pick: Tromsoe are the pick because the article expects a home win.