Arna-Bjørnar took all three points against Odd in the 1. division women's regular season on Sunday, winning 3-0 at home to the hosts. The result keeps the visitors in fifth place with fourteen points after eight games, while Odd remain seventh on nine.
For the first half it was a quiet affair, with neither side creating much. And here's the thing — the match only woke up when Arna-Bjørnar stopped holding back. M. Mjelde made her presence felt twice in the fifty-minute mark, scoring one from open play and then converting a penalty. By then Odd had barely tested their goalkeeper.
T. Skogedal added a second in the sixty-fifth minute, and a third in stoppage time at ninety-plus-two. The away side had been patient, waiting for the right moment to strike. Odd dug in for the full ninety but could not stop the flood.
Arna-Bjørnar's recent form speaks for itself. They beat Start 3-0, then thrashed Brønnøysund 6-2, before recording another clean sheet against Klepp. Odd, meanwhile, have struggled to string results together — two wins, three draws, three defeats, and a heavy 3-0 loss to Viking on the first of August.
The gap between the two sides in the table now stands at five points. To be fair, Odd had looked respectable in their last draw with Frigg Oslo, but this match showed they still have work to do if they want to climb.