Lillestrøm SK beat SK Brann 2-1 in the Eliteserien, with Vá and Fredrik Gulbrandsen scoring inside the first 22 minutes. Brann replied once, but the visitors’ early advantage proved enough.
Vá put Lillestrøm ahead in the sixth minute and Fredrik Gulbrandsen doubled the lead in the 22nd. Brann pulled one back after that to make it 1-2, but no equaliser came. Noah Jean Holm and Ylldren Ibrahimaj were booked, in the 45th and 56th minutes respectively.
Brann dominated the numbers: 73% possession, 23 shots, 11 corners and 1.88 expected goals against Lillestrøm’s 27%, eight shots, no corners and 1.33 expected goals. Lillestrøm, though, created four big chances to Brann’s one and scored two of them. The visitors were outplayed for long spells but took the important chances and the points.
