Skeid  - Strømsgodset 2-3 (1-0)
Att: 4605
1-0 O.M. Johansen (pen. 36)
1-1 K. Isaksen (53)
1-2 P. Skistad (68)
1-3 J. Flo (78)
2-3 C. Johansen (82)
Yellow card: Kjølø, Jacobsen, A. Michelsen, Skeid. Horsrud, Karlsen, 
Strømsgodset. 

- Skeid's return to the premier division didn't end in a pleasant way. In
  a game which could be taped and used as an instruction film on long-ball
  football, long throw-ins, set-pieces and defensive mistakes, the home
  side was always second best against a battling SIF side. If this continue
  Skeid will have major problems staying up. SIF wasn't mich better, but 
  their "Flo-football" could cause problems for any team even though it's
  not pretty to watch.

Rosenborg - Molde 2-0 (0-0)
Att: 18950 
1-0 Stensaas (72)
2-0 Heggem (89)
Yellow card: Berg Hestad, Molde. 

- The biggest game of the first round ended like the one last season. However,
  had Molde taken their chances, things could have been very different.
  It wasn't until Heggem scored one minute from time that the home win for
  the champions was secured. For long parts of the game the visitors were
  equal if not better than Rosenborg, but experience told in the end.

Viking Tromsø 2-2 (1-1)
Att: 11072
1-0 Østenstad (23)
1-1 Berg Johansen (36)
2-1 Skogheim (76)
2-2 Rushfeldt (80)
Yellow card: Pedersen, Kindervåg, Viking. Nilsen, Ludviksen, Hanssen, Tromsø. 

- TIL surprised Viking with a more offensive display than expected, but
  should still have been three goals down at half-time, if it hadn't been
  for the erratic finishing of Østenstad. In the second half the game
  was more even, and the announced change of style to more possesion play 
  by Viking was never really witnessed.

Moss - Bodø/Glimt 0-1 (0-0)
Att: 5052
0-1 Johansen (51)
Yellow card: Sylte, Moss.

- The newcomers Moss played well in the first half, but woeful finishing
  let them down. When B/G stepped up a gear in the second, they eventually
  scored the winning goal, and managed to contain the home side for the rest
  of the game. Based on this match (and the outcome) the two teams will
  be fighting in opposite ends of the table, as predicted by all experts.

Lillestrøm - Vålerenga 2-0 (0-0)
Att: 10532
1-0 Solbakken (59)
2-0 Sandstø (65)
Yellow card: Bjarmann, Werni, LSK. Lunde, Riisnæs, Musæus, Vålerenga.

- The games between LSK and VIF (whose new name officially is Vålerenga 
  Fotball) were the closest you got to a local derby in Oslo, and despite
  the arrival of Skeid, the games attract a lot of interest. The hatred 
  between the supporters of both teams are well known, and some had expected
  some spectator trouble in this game, but I'm glad to say that it didn't 
  happen at all. It was just like a good game of football should be, with
  both sets of supporters singing and dancing in the packed stadium. On the
  field though, things were different. VIF are in deep crisis because of
  injuries and most of all because they don't seem to score or even create
  any chances at all. The home side wasn't much better in the first half,
  but after Solbakken scored with the outside of his right foot from 16
  metres, they took more control and added a second only minutes later.