Lillestrom – Start

Lillestrøm secured a comfortable 3‑1 victory over Start at home, extending their recent good form and moving further up the table. The win lifted Lillestrøm to fifth place with 32 points from 20 games, a record that includes ten wins, two draws and eight defeats while edging a narrow +2 goal difference (28‑26). For Start, the defeat left them anchored in 16th place with just 16 points, having managed four wins and four draws from the same number of matches but suffering a heavy -19 goal deficit (22‑41). The result also settled the head‑to‑head this season in Lillestrøm’s favour, as they have now won the only encounter between the sides.