Low-Block Fortress
Start
Start handed over the ball and defended the box in numbers — 12 shots blocked or saved on 37.0% of possession.
- Possession
- 37.0%
- Shots blocked
- 8
- Saves
- 4
- Conceded
- 0
Eliteserien · Matchday 21Start
O. Toure 44'
J. Cornelius 90'
2 – 0
FT
HT 1–0
Brann
Eliteserien
Matchday 21Start2–0Brann
2.22
Expected goals
1.15
44′90′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: STA 2.22, BRA 1.15.
Match report
Start 2-0 Brann
Start saw off Brann 2-0 at Sparebanken Sør Arena in Eliteserien. Toure opened the scoring for Start on 44' and Cornelius made it 2-0 to Start on 90'.
Expected goals finished Start 2.22, Brann 1.15. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Brann held 63.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Start graded out for low-block fortress — 37.0% possession and 8 shots blocked. Start graded out for counter-punch — 37.0% possession and 2.22 expected goals.
Filip Manojlović came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 9.0 for Start across 90 minutes.
It was a niggly afternoon: 25 fouls between them and 3 yellow cards, with Brann conceding the most free-kicks (15).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
37%Possession63%
22Shots14
2.22xG1.15
What the numbers say
5 readsCounter-Punch
Start
Start were happy without the ball and still created more — 2.22 xG from 37.0% possession.
- Possession
- 37.0%
- Expected goals
- 2.22
- Opponent xG
- 1.15
Box Occupation
Start
Start kept getting bodies into the area — 86% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 19 of 22
- Share
- 86%
- xG per shot
- 0.10
Late Drama
Both teams
The game was still moving in the closing minutes — Start scored on 90′.
- Goals after 80′
- 1
- Last goal
- 90′
Timeline
🟨17'
Niklas Jensen Wassberg
Foul
🟨26'
Leo Cornic
Foul
O. Toure — assist: E. Segberg
⚽44'
Half-time
🔄57'
N. Kasanwirjo ↑ B. Finne ↓
🔄57'
K. Eriksen ↑ N. Wassberg ↓
J. Cornelius ↑ N. Koutsakos ↓
🔄63'
E. Schulze ↑ H. Lorentzen ↓
🔄75'
🔄83'
V. Dragsnes ↑ J. Soltvedt ↓
🔄83'
J. Laegreid ↑ U. Mathisen ↓
🟨86'
Neraysho Kasanwirjo
Foul
J. Cornelius — assist: E. Schulze
⚽90'
J. Meyer ↑ E. Reitan ↓
🔄90+3'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueSparebanken Sør Arena, Kristiansand
RefereeOla Hobber Nilsen, Norway
CompetitionEliteserien
Season2026
RoundMatchday 21
StatusMatch Finished