Brian West picked up an assist as a second half substitute to help Fredrikstad come away with a victory against Start in Sunday's Eliteserien action.

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FFK GRABS MUCH NEEDED WIN

Brian West entered the match in the 56th minute for Ismael Beko Fofana and caused immediate problems for the IK Start defense, who were already down one.

FFK doubled their lead a minute after the speedy American's entry and tallied a third only moments later when West fed Gardar Johannsson inside the area. Johannsson made no mistake, taking time to settle the ball before blasting past the Start keeper to cap a 3-0 result.

With the victory Fredrikstad climbs to fifth in the rankings on 15 points, only five behind league leaders Brann who were the victims of a six-nil thrashing at the hands of Lyn on Saturday. Up next for FFK is an away bout with Sandefjord on Wednesday.

Scoring
FFK - Ismael Beko Fofana 1 39'
FFK - Tarik Elyounoussi 5 47'
FFK - Gardar Johannsson 2 61'

Line-ups
FFK – Rami Shaaban; Pål Andre Czwartek, Patrik Gerrbrand, Raio Piiroja, Anders Prytz (Anders Stadheim 67'), Ismael Beko Fofana (Brian West 56'), Hans Erik Ramberg, John Anders Bjørkøy, Raymond Kvisvik, Tarik Elyounoussi (Miikka Multaharju 65'), Gardar Johansson

IKS – Rune Nilssen, Steinar Pedersen, Lars Martin Engedal, Kristoffer Paulsen, Jon Midttun Lie, Christer Kleiven (Stefan Bärlin 57'), Ygor Maciel Santiago (Johannes Hardarson 70'), Kristofer Hæstad (Bruno 80'), Morten Hæstad, David Nielsen, Geir Ludvig Fevang, Stefan Bärlin

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AAFK FALLS HARD AT HOME

Adin Brown could not prevent his side from suffering yet another loss, this time a 4-1 home defeat at the hands of Stabæk.

Stabæk got things going as early as the second minute, picking up a goal from Somen Tchoyi, and Daniel Nannskog doubled the lead with a well placed shot in the 37th minute.

Aalesund cut the visitor's lead to a goal when Lasse Olsen found the back of the net in the 56th minute, but only three minutes later, Stabæk were up 1-3 via Alanzinho. Henning Hauger finished off the scoring with a 90th minute strike.

The result leaves AAFK in next to last place on the table with eight points.

Scoring
SIF - Somen Tchoyi 3 2'
SIF - Daniel Nannskog 5 37'
AAFK - Lasse Olsen 2 56'
SIF - Alanzinho 2 59'
SIF - Henning Hauger 1 90'

Line-ups
AAFK - Adin Brown; Enar Jääger, Benjamin Kibebe, Haraldur Gudmundsson, Gustave Bahoken, Amund Skiri, Lasse Olsen, Trond Fredriksen (Joakim Alexandersson 87'), Karl Oskar Fjørtoft (Dag Roar Ørsal 80'), Joakim Austnes (Jonathan Parr 74'), Tor Hogne Aarøy

SIF - Jon Knudsen (Jens Waltorp Sørensen 63'); Tom Stenvoll, Morten Skjønsberg, Pontus Segerstrøm, Bjørnar Holmvik, Christian Keller, Somen Tchoyi, Henning Hauger, Alanzinho (Tommy Stenersen 77' (Espen Nystuen 84')), Veigar Pall Gunnarsson, Daniel Nannskog

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SOGNDAL DOWNS SKEID

Man of the Match Brian Waltrip went 89 minutes and assisted twice as Sogndal defeated Skeid 2-0 for their sixth win of the season, keeping promotion hopes alive.

Waltrip controlled the right side of the field most of the match and his work paid off in the 36th minute when Henrik Furebotn settled the American's cross before firing past the Skeid keeper to give the visitors a leg up.

Håvard Flo doubled the lead in the 82nd minute with a header from Waltrip's corner and Sogndal were able to close out the

final minutes without conceding a goal.

The result puts Songdal on 20 points after eleven matches, only five points behind 1st division leaders Bodø Glimt.

Scoring
SND - Henrik Furebotn 2 36'
SND - Håvard Flo 9 82'

Line-ups
Skeid - Bjarte Kringlemoen; Ulrik Arneberg, Joar Harøy, Jo Andreas Gundersen, Magnus Paulsen (Kjetil Berge 83'), Kjell Andre Thu (Espen Grina 70'), Tom Erik Breive, Andreas Hagen, Mohammed Abdellaoui, Kim Larsen, Øystein Rogstad (Abdurahim Laajaab 70')

Sogndal - Terje Skjeldestad; Kurt Heggestad, Even Hovland, Morten Christensen, Ahyee Aye Elvis, Rune Bolseth, Daniel Marcin Lubieniecki, Brian Waltrip (Daniel Kvåle 89'), Henrik Furebotn (Peter Nyström 90'), Håvard Flo, Lennox Kanu

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ON THE SIDELINES

Once again, Ramiro Corrales did not see the field as Brann were hammered by Lyn 6-0 in Saturday action.

Injured striker Cameron Weaver did not take part as FK Haugesund dropped a 4-2 home Adeccoligaen decison to Molde FK.