In this week 17 match on the 7th of August, Haugesund will host Jerv in a meeting of these two Eliteserien teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which is great football weather. Haugesund is fresh off their 3-1 win against Sarpsborg 08. Joachim Soltvedt struck first for Sarpsborg 08 in the 18th minute, but Christos Zafeiris got the equalizer for Haugesund in the 27th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 47th minute on a goal by Mads Sande to cap off a wild match. Haugesund is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Jerv recorded a 2-5 loss against Vålerenga. Tollas Nation struck first for Vålerenga in the 9th minute on a feed from Fredrik Jensen, then Mikael Ugland tied it up for Jerv in the 27th minute , but luckily for Vålerenga it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. Jerv looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10.
In their last match together, Jerv was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Schroter struck first for Jerv in the 90th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Haugesund couldn’t manage to score, and Jerv took the shutout win.
Jerv’s top weapon lately has been Felix Schroter, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. For Haugesund, their top scorers are Ndour and Bilal Njie, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.