SANDEFJORD, Norway (Interstat) — Sandefjord II scored three unanswered goals after halftime and beat Sarpsborg 08 II 3-2 on Monday at Jotun Arena. Sarpsborg 08 II led 2-0 before Vetle Holtung’s late hat trick turned the match. Sandefjord II improved to 1-2 in this competition and across all competitions. Sarpsborg 08 II moved to 1-1-1 in this competition and across all competitions. The home side finished with three goals total, and the visiting side finished with two.

No goals were recorded before the 53rd minute. Sarpsborg 08 II opened the scoring in the 53rd minute when Maximilian Ljung scored. Buraas Gabrielsen Lucas doubled the visiting lead in the 68th minute. Sarpsborg 08 II held that two-goal advantage until Holtung began the comeback in the 75th minute. Holtung scored again in the 78th minute and completed the hat trick in the 83rd minute, giving Sandefjord II the final margin. The home side scored all three of its goals in a span of eight minutes.

Holtung was Sandefjord II’s top star with three goals in 90 minutes. Ljung scored once in 90 minutes for Sarpsborg 08 II, and Gabrielsen Lucas also scored once in 90 minutes. The goals from Ljung and Gabrielsen Lucas had put Sarpsborg 08 II in position for a road result before Sandefjord II’s late surge. Holtung’s three goals came after Sarpsborg 08 II had held the lead for much of the second half.

Sandefjord II had entered the match after a 5-0 loss at Lillehammer and a 2-0 home loss to Rade in its previous two matches. Sarpsborg 08 II’s previous results this season included a 7-0 home win over Bjorkelangen and a 1-1 home draw with Raelingen. The visiting side’s early lead came against a Sandefjord II team that had been shut out in each of its previous two matches, but Holtung’s three goals changed the finish. Sandefjord II’s first goal arrived in the 75th minute, and the equalizer followed three minutes later.

Sandefjord II’s comeback made the final score 3-2 after Sarpsborg 08 II had taken a 2-0 lead. Holtung’s first goal cut the deficit to 2-1, his second leveled the match at 2-2, and his third put Sandefjord II ahead for the first time. Sarpsborg 08 II did not answer after the 83rd minute. The match ended with Sandefjord II ahead by one goal, and the home side had scored three times after the 68th minute.

The result gave Sandefjord II its first win in this competition this season. Sandefjord II’s season record in this competition is now one win and two losses, and its season record across all competitions is also one win and two losses. Sarpsborg 08 II’s season record in this competition is now one win, one loss and one draw, and its season record across all competitions is also one win, one loss and one draw. Sarpsborg 08 II had won 7-0 over Bjorkelangen and drawn 1-1 with Raelingen in its previous two matches before the trip to Jotun Arena. The result left Sarpsborg 08 II with a one-goal defeat after it had led by two goals.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Sandefjord II 2, Sarpsborg 08 II 2. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Sandefjord II with a 72.9 percent probability to win. Sandefjord II had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 5 went under the over/under line of 4.