On Saturday Sep 12th, in week 17, Haugesund and Stabæk will play a match in Bærum in a clash of these two evenly matched Eliteserien teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Stabæk is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Rosenborg. Stabæk is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while haugesund is fresh off their 2-1 win against Vålerenga, and Haugesund is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sun Aug 2nd, Haugesund hosted Stabæk in their last match together. Haugesund was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Kristoffer Velde struck first for Haugesund in the 39th minute on a feed from Kevin Martin Krygard, then Kristoffer Velde added another in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Kevin Martin Krygard.
Haugesund is glad to have Kristoffer Velde in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored four goals. Emil Bohinen has been the most prolific scorer on Stabæk in his last 5 matches with 2 goals.