In the First Division game on 13 September 2026, Strømsgodset beat Sandnes ULF 4:1. Match numbers: shots on target 8:2, corners 9:3.
Match report
Strømsgodset put four past Sandnes Ulf at Marienlyst Stadion on Saturday, a result that keeps them firmly in the hunt for a top-four finish. The hosts opened the scoring in the twenty-second minute through J. Taaje, and by then it was clear this would not be a contest. To be fair, Sandnes did not look like a side ready to fight back.
Taaje struck again in the thirty-second minute before M. Sundberg added a third just two minutes later. Sandnes pulled one back through E. Melkersen on the stroke of half-time, but the damage was done. The visitors had nothing to do all evening after that.
E. Ingebrethsen made it four in the fifty-second minute, and the game was effectively over. Strømsgodset managed their substitutions with care — Sundberg and A. Jorgensen both came off in the fifty-eighth minute. By then the old head of the home side had settled them down.
The statistics tell the story plainly. Strømsgodset enjoyed sixty per cent possession and launched 119 attacks compared to just 55 from the visitors. They registered eight shots on target against Sandnes' two, though the final score suggests chances went begging on both sides.
We had given Strømsgodset a 59 per cent chance of victory before kick-off, and the result vindicated that assessment. The home side turned it on from the first whistle, stretching the back line with relentless pressure. And here's the thing — Sandnes struggled to find any rhythm at all.
The win moves Strømsgodset to third place with 45 points from 22 games, while Sandnes remain twelfth on 24 points. The gap between them is now twenty-one points, and the visitors are running out of games to make up ground. The hosts keep their heads and their ambitions alive.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %60–40
Shots on target8–2
Shots off target15–9
Attacks119–55
HT⚽32' J. Taaje — Goal⚽34' M. Sundberg — Goal⚽37' J. Taaje — Goal⚽45+1' E. Melkersen — Goal⚽52' E. Ingebrethsen — Goal⇄58' M. Sundberg — Substitution⇄58' A. Jorgensen — Substitution⇄63' E. Ingebrethsen — Substitution⇄63' E. Melkersen — Substitution⇄67' A. Nyhagen — Substitution⇄67' Z. Nsoni — Substitution⇄72' K. Krasniqi — Substitution⇄72' L. Vilsvik — Substitution⇄76' O. Sundgot — Substitution⇄81' S. Pingel — Substitution🟨84' M. Henriksen — Yellow card🟨90+3' O. Bardarson — Yellow card
0'45'90'
Match events
32'1:0Strømsgodset⚽GoalJ. Taaje assist: H. Stengel
34'1:1Sandnes ULF⚽GoalM. Sundberg assist: A. Nyhagen
