Start 2-3 Vålerenga: result and report

Eliteserien · Sunday 24 July 2016

Result

Start 2-3 Vålerenga

Eliteserien · Sunday 24 July 2016, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Start 2-3 Vålerenga: match report

Start were beaten by Vålerenga 2-3 in the Eliteserien on Sunday 24 July 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

J. Nation opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Start's goals came from Espen Borufsen (78') and Espen Borufsen (84'). Vålerenga scored through J. Nation (23'), Ghayas Zahid (53'), Christian Grindheim (81') and Henrik Kjelsrud Johansen (88').

Discipline: Start received no yellow cards; Vålerenga received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Start were 16th on 11 points from 16 and Vålerenga 12th on 16 points from 16. Start went on to finish that season 16th with 22 points, and Vålerenga 10th with 38.

Start lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Vålerenga in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Grindheim of Vålerenga (8.5), ahead of Espen Borufsen (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Start wins, 1 draw and 2 for Vålerenga.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Mohammed AbdellaoueVålerenga
  • 23'Goal · J. NationVålerenga · 0-1
  • 53'Goal · Ghayas ZahidVålerenga · 0-2
  • 78'Goal · Espen BorufsenStart · 1-2
  • 81'Goal · Christian GrindheimVålerenga · 1-3
  • 84'Goal · Espen BorufsenStart · 2-3
  • 88'Goal · Henrik Kjelsrud JohansenVålerenga · 2-4

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Start 2, draws 1, Vålerenga 2.

Team news

Start line-up (4-2-3-1)

Håkon Opdal, Tapio Heikkilä, Alex De John, Henrik Robstad, Rolf Daniel Vikstøl, Espen Hoff, Espen Borufsen, Andreas Hollingen, Gudmundur Kristjánsson, Jibril Bojang, Lars-Jørgen Salvesen

Vålerenga line-up (4-2-3-1)

M. Sandberg, Jonatan Nation, Robert Lundstrom, Simon Larsen, Rasmus Lindkvist, Daniel Fredheim Holm, Ghayas Zahid, V. Sakor, Christian Grindheim, Sander Berge, Mohammed Abdellaoue