Vålerenga 3-2 Start: result and report

Eliteserien · Sunday 30 September 2018

Result

Vålerenga 3-2 Start

Eliteserien · Sunday 30 September 2018, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Vålerenga · Start · Eliteserien predictions

Vålerenga 3-2 Start: match report

Vålerenga defeated Start 3-2 in the Eliteserien on Sunday 30 September 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sam Johnson opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Vålerenga's goals came from Sam Johnson (25'), Sam Johnson (57') and Bard Finne (89'). Start scored through Mathias Bringaker (88') and H. Shala (90+1').

Discipline: Vålerenga received 3 yellow cards; Start received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Vålerenga were 7th on 33 points from 23 and Start 14th on 23 points from 23. Vålerenga went on to finish that season 6th with 42 points, and Start 15th with 29.

Vålerenga lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Start in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Bård Finne of Vålerenga (9.2), ahead of Sam Johnson (8.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Vålerenga win, 0 draws and 0 for Start.

Going into the match Vålerenga's last five read L-L-W-W-W and Start's W-W-D-L-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Sam JohnsonVålerenga · 1-0
  • 38'Yellow card · M. AbuVålerenga
  • 57'Goal · Sam JohnsonVålerenga · 2-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Erik IsraelssonVålerenga
  • 77'Yellow card · Henrik RobstadStart
  • 88'Goal · Mathias BringakerStart · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Aron DönnumVålerenga
  • 89'Goal · Bard FinneVålerenga · 3-1
  • 90+1'Goal · H. ShalaStart · 3-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Vålerenga 1, draws 0, Start 0.

Team news

Vålerenga line-up (4-2-3-1)

Adam Kwarasey, Amin Nouri, Jonatan Nation, Felipe Carvalho, Sam Adekugbe, Daniel Fredheim Holm, Mohammed Abu, Chidera Ejuke, Erik Israelsson, Bård Finne, Sam Johnson

Start line-up (3-4-3)

Jonas Deumeland, Espen Berger, Damion Lowe, Simon Larsen, Eirik Wichne, Erlend Segberg, Afeez Aremu, Carl Elliot Leifson Käck, Herolind Shala, Adeleke Akinyemi, Tobias Christensen