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(Bodø / Glimt – Stabæk 5-2) The guests seemed to have taken an early Christmas break. So it became easy for the hungry yellow-clad players to write in the history books.
– It was brutal. Simply put, Stabæk midfielder Gustav Valsvik tells Eurosport.
The Northerners have long secured the first gold in the series for a team north of the Arctic Circle.
That didn’t stop Glimt from playing Stabæk in Aspmyra.
Before 19 minutes were up, the home team was 3-0.
Danish Philip Zinckernagel wants to break the record for the most goal points (goals and assists) in the Elite Series. There have been slightly different numbers if Veigar Páll Gunnarsson had 31 or 33 goal points.
But after two goals and one assist, Zinckernagel now has 18 goals and 18 assists, a total of 36 goal points this season. In addition, he has six assists called “indirect”, which are returns from the goalkeeper and the like.
– It’s a super good game, says Zinckernagel to Eurosport.
– We could have scored six or seven goals, but five is fine. We keep the momentum going, says the Dane, who has yet to decide where he will play when his contract expires on December 31.
HERJET: Philip Zinckernagel was back in central position and scored two goals and one pass on goal. Photo: Mats Torbergsen
After the match, Zinckernagel ended up in a little discussion with his roommate Kasper Junker, who is seeking the top scorer title. From the chalk mark, he scored his 22nd league goal, but he would have liked more.
He is one less than the Eliteserien’s top scorer, Kristiansund winger Amahl Pellegrino (23 goals), who has a match to spare.
Sondre Fet and Ulrik Saltnes were the other two on the home team’s top scorers list. Kosuke Kinoshita reduced Stabæk twice in extra time.
– It’s probably good for us and great for him. We have to put a parenthesis around this match, so we would very much like to finish with two matches, Stabæk coach Jan Jönsson tells Eurosport.
– It is completely inconceivable that we manage to concede two goals in extra time. If you remove it, then I mean there was a huge difference between the teams. Bodø / Glimt in their prime, says Glimt’s trainer Kjetil Knutsen.
TOP SCORE: Kasper Junker has scored 22 goals for Bodø / Glimt this season. Can he catch up with Amahl Pellegrino? Photo: Mats Torbergsen
The victory means that Bodø / Glimt averages 2.68 points per game so far this season.
If he loses the remaining two games, he will average 2.50 points per game. If both win, they will have an average of 2.70 points.
In any case, it will be better than Rosenborg’s 1998 record of 2.42 points per game.
Bodø / Glimt is also approaching the triple-digit number of goals.
They can also be the first team to win 15 of 15 home games, if they beat Viking at home in the last game.
CHRISTMAS: Stabæk was played regularly in Aspmyra. Photo: Mats Torbergsen
For each victory they obtain, they improve the record for the number of victories in a season. The same applies to the number of points in a season and the least amount of losses.
The winning percentage is 80 percent at worst and 86.7 percent at best. Anyway, it’s better than Lyn’s old 1968 record.
Bodø / Glimt are approaching 100 goals (96 goals) this season. No one has done that before.
They must score 101 goals to exceed Rosenborg’s goal average of 3.35 goals per game since 1997.
– I can promise you that we will try, says Zinckernagel.
Bodø / Glimt’s last two matches are away against Haugesund and at home against Viking. Neither team has much to play for.
