On the 24th of April, Haugesund will travel to Kjeller to battle Lillestrøm in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Eliteserien teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Lillestrøm is fresh off their 2-1 win against Molde. Igoh Ogbu scored the first goal for Lillestrøm in the 19th minute, then Kristoffer Haugen got the equalizer for Molde in the 80th minute on a feed from Martin Linnes. Lillestrøm is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while haugesund sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Strømsgodset. Lars-Jørgen Salvesen struck first for Strømsgodset in the 81st minute on a feed from Gustav Valsvik, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Haugesund couldn’t muster any offence and Strømsgodset ran away with the shutout win. Haugesund looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Lillestrøm won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Alexander Søderlund and Hillary Gong are the top scorers for Haugesund in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Both Smidesang Edh and Yildren Ibrahimaj have been the hottest scorers for Lillestrøm in the last five each having scored 2 goals.