Fyllingen - Strømsgodset 1-2 (0-0)
Att: 2.543
0-1 O.Johnsen (46)
1-1 H.Jørgensen (87)
1-2 H.Storskogen (89)

Kongsvinger - Tromsø 5-3 (2-0)
Att: 3.385
1-0 C.Francis (7)
2-0 A.Engerbakk (41)
3-0 Engerbakk (47)
3-1 S.Berg-Johansen (62)
4-1 Francis (63)
4-2 L.Espejord (67)
4-3 Berg-Johansen (71)
5-3 D.Riisnæs (85)

Lyn - Lillestrøm 3-2 (2-1)	
Att: 7.126
1-0 O.Thordarson (40 sec.)
1-1 O.M.Johansen (13)
2-1 T.Sundby (21)
2-2 E.Arnevaag (67)
3-2 K.Bergersen (73)

Molde - Start 0-4 (0-1)	
Att: 2.207
0-1 T.A.Dahlum (20)
0-2 O.Klepp (47)
0-3 Klepp (53)
0-4 V.Strømme (87)

Sogndal - Rosenborg 3-1 (0-0)	
Att: 1.898
0-1 K.P.Løken (46)
1-1 S.Hopen (59)
2-1 Hopen (63)
3-1 R.Nilsson (68)

Viking - Brann 2-1 (1-1)
Att: 11.750
0-1 T.Hadler-Olsen (36)
1-1 G.Aase (39)
2-1 B.Meinseth (79)


After a round on thursday with only eight goals , this weekends matches
produced not more than 27 goals (4.5 per match). I attended the Lyn-Lillestrøm
game , which was played on a sunny with very windy afternoon here in Oslo.
 We hadn' t got to our seats before the first goal came. A cross from the 
left was met on the chest by Thordarsen and with not a single Lillestrøm
defender within a mile , it was a simple task to fire a low shot into the
left corner giving Grodaas no chance. That's it we thought. Let us show
the peasants from Lillestrøm what Lyn is made of !!!!
 (Lillestrøm is (beside Rosenborg) the team in Norway everyone (except 
their fans) love to hate . They are also situated just outside Oslo
so this match is the closest you can get to an Oslo-derby these days).
 The next five minutes Lyn had at least 3 good chances to add to their
lead. Lillestrøm looked shocked but they recovered quikly. A freekick from
the right was headed home by Johansen with the Lyn-defence watching.
 Fortunately Lyn hit straight back with a beatuful shot from Sundby just
inside the penalty-area. The rest of the half was evenly fought with 
good attacking football from both sides.
 After the break the quality of the match sunk a bit , but we were
encouraged by the news from Stavanger that Viking couldn't beat Brann. 
If we won and they didn't we would go top of the table.
 Suddenly our dreams were shattered. A thundering shot from Johansen
just outside the area was only half-cleared by Rossbach and there was
Arnevaag to tap in the rebound. But again Lyn recovered quickly.
 A fine long ball found Fodstad, who got past his defender and sent a
lovely cross from the right to Bergesen who blasted his shot past Grodaas.
What a goal !! And we were now top of the table.!!! 
 In the rest of the match no great chances occured so the result stood.
As we were leaving the ground the speaker announced that Viking had won
after all. So we wasn't to be top of the table. But who cares it is 17
matches still to be played !!!!

 Elsewhere the big negative suprise is that defending champion Rosenborg
is bottom of the table without a win this season. Yesterday they lost
and deservedly too 3-1 away to newly promoted Sogndal. Actually almost
the same thing happened last time they were defending champions ,so who
knows maybe they can't handle beeing number one? Kongsvinger is the
suprise team at the moment  scoring 5 goals against Tromsø is very good,
considering Tromsø's reputation as a very well-organised team defensively.
 Maybe they could cause an upset ? 
At the bottom it's very tight only four points seperating the last eight.
Strømsgodset got off the bottom with a lucky win against Fyllingen while
Start got their second win in a row after having a disasterous start.