In this 22nd week match, on Saturday Oct 16th, Lillestrøm and Kristiansund will play a match in Kjeller in a Eliteserien match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Lillestrøm recorded a 1-2 loss against Sarpsborg 08. Jonathan Lindseth struck first for Sarpsborg 08 in the 28th minute, then Lehne Olsen got the equalizer for Lillestrøm in the 57th minute on a feed from Ifeanyi Matthew. Lillestrøm is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while kristiansund sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Rosenborg. Snorre Nilsen struck first for Kristiansund in the 9th minute on a feed from Arbnor Mucolli, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Rosenborg couldn’t muster any offence and Kristiansund ran away with the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Kristiansund should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Sun May 30th, Kristiansund hosted Lillestrøm at the Kristiansund Stadion in their last match together. Kristiansund was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Bendik Bye struck first for Kristiansund in the 83rd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Lillestrøm couldn’t muster any offence and Kristiansund ran away with the shutout win.
Snorre Nilsen has been the most prolific scorer on Kristiansund in the last 5 matches with two goals. Thomas Lehne Olsen has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 6 goals for Lillestrøm.