Vålerenga 2-1 Sandefjord: result and report
Eliteserien · Sunday 3 August 2025
Result
Vålerenga 2-1 Sandefjord
Eliteserien · Sunday 3 August 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Vålerenga 2-1 Sandefjord: match report
Vålerenga beat Sandefjord 2-1 in the Eliteserien on Sunday 3 August 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.
M. Grundetjern opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Vålerenga's goals came from M. Grundetjern (53') and Elias Sørensen (81'). Sandefjord scored through Loris Mettler (90+3', penalty).
Discipline: Vålerenga received no yellow cards; Sandefjord received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Vålerenga were 10th on 18 points from 16 and Sandefjord 6th on 27 points from 15. Vålerenga went on to finish that season 9th with 41 points, and Sandefjord 5th with 48.
Vålerenga lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sandefjord in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to M. Grundetjern of Vålerenga (8.1), ahead of Loris Mettler (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Vålerenga win, 0 draws and 2 for Sandefjord.
Going into the match Vålerenga's last five read L-W-L-D-W and Sandefjord's W-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 53'Goal · M. Grundetjern
- 81'Goal · Elias Sørensen
- 83'Yellow card · Christopher Cheng
- 90+3'Penalty goal · Loris Mettler
- 90+4'Yellow card · Fredrik Carson Pedersen
Head-to-head
Team news
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Vålerenga line-up (4-3-3)
Oscar Hedvall, Vegar Eggen Hedenstad, Aaron Kiil Olsen, Sebastian Jarl, Vinícius Nogueira de Oliveira, Henrik Bjørdal, Fidel Brice Ambina, Elias Kristoffersen Hagen, Mohamed Ofkir, M. Grundetjern, Petter Strand
Sandefjord line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carljohan Eriksson, Fredrik Carson Pedersen, Zinedin Smajlović, Stian Kristiansen, Christopher Cheng, Filip Ottosson, Sander Risan Mørk, Evangelos Patoulidis, Loris Mettler, Elias Jemal, Stefán Ingi Sigurdarson