Ferjestad beat Vålerenga 3:1 in a club friendly match on 11 September 2026. And here's the thing — the sides had met just a week earlier, on 4 September, when Ferjestad also won 3:1. Same scoreline, different venue. The home side took the result by the same margin, and the pattern held.
Ferjestad's last outing before this one was that 3:1 win over Vålerenga. After that they had mixed results: a 2:3 loss to Örebro, a 0:2 defeat to Frölunda, a 0:3 loss to Leksand, and a 2:0 win over Linköping HC. By then they were looking for consistency, and getting it against the same opponent.
Vålerenga came into this match having lost 1:3 to Ferjestad the previous week. Their previous results were a 2:6 loss to Krefeld Pinguins, a 2:3 defeat to Stjernen, and two matches against Frisk Asker — a 0:3 loss and a 2:5 loss. To be fair, they had not been getting much out of these friendlies.
One week apart, both meetings ended 3:1 to Ferjestad. That is not a coincidence worth overthinking, but it is worth noting. The home side did not need to improvise — they played the same way they had a few days before and got the same result. And here's the thing, sometimes that is enough.