In the NM Cupen game on 16 September 2026, Egersund beat Jerv 1:2. Match numbers: corners 3:4, possession, % 46:54.
Match report
Jerv hosted Egersund in the Round of 64 of the Norwegian Cup at Levermir Stadion on 16 September 2026. The visitors claimed a 2-1 victory after a swift opening spell. We had tipped the away side at 64 per cent confidence, and it proved the right call.
Only three minutes separated the first two goals. P. Simba gave Jerv the lead in the opening minute before K. Eggen responded for Egersund. By then the match already had momentum, and H. Hardarson added a second for the visitors in the seventeenth. One mistake ends it, and that is how Jerv found themselves chasing the game.
Jerv managed 88 attacks against 81 for Egersund, but possession favoured the visitors at 54 per cent. Shots on target were level at five each, though Jerv threw nine off target compared to five for the away side. There were no red cards, but Egersund picked up two yellows while the hosts kept their discipline.
Egersund had drawn their last three outings before this cup tie — 1-1 away to Kongsvinger, 1-1 at home against Lyn, and 2-2 with Osane. Jerv were more mixed, including a 2-1 win over Fram and a heavy 3-5 defeat to Grorud.
The result sends Egersund through to the next round while Jerv's campaign ends. Not many matches decide on three goals in seventeen minutes, but that is the kind of episode that matters more than possession figures.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %46–54
Shots on target5–5
Shots off target9–5
Attacks88–81
HT⚽1' P. Simba — Goal⚽3' K. Eggen — Goal⚽17' H. Hardarson — Goal
