IK Start met Bryne in their final friendly match before the season starts. Start took the lead after 3 minutes when Jesper Cornelius pressed high and scored his first goal in the Start jersey. After the goal, Start dominated the game, both with and without the ball, but without creating big chances. After 19 minutes, Tom Strannegård dribbled past the Bryne defense and made a good pass to Eirik Schulze. Eirik headed the ball, but the attempt was saved by the Bryne goalkeeper. In the 27th minute, Kristoffer Tønnessen tested his shot on a full volley. The shot was good, but it went just outside the Bryne goal. Jesper Cornelius continued to press high and won the ball from Bryne's last chance in the 40th minute. Jesper found Erlend Segberg in the field who played on to Tom Strannegård on the corner of Bryne's 16-meter. Tom lifted his head and found Håkon Lorentzen in the field who headed the ball. But the good attempt ended with the Bryne goalkeeper. The teams went to the break with a one-goal lead for Start after Jesper Cornelius' early goal. Just after the break, Erlend Dahl Reitan won a free kick in a good position. Substitute Alexander Gurendal stood up and took the free kick just outside the Bryne goal. Unfortunately, Alexander Gurendal had to leave after about 10 minutes on the pitch, and Mikael Ugland came in. When the time was up, Bryne got a penalty and equalized to 1-1 with scorer Duarte Moreira. Start made a triple substitution after the equalizer with Fredrik Pålerud, Marius Nordal, and Markus Soomets coming in for Erlend Dahl Reitan, Eirik Schulze, and Steve Mvoue. After 67 minutes, Bryne took the lead with Alfred Scriven and the score was 2-1. About 10 minutes later, the equalizer came from Start after Omar Jebali extended a pass from Tom Strannegård to Fredrik Pålerud. He scored the ball firmly in the net and 2-2. Start dominated and pressed for the winning goal after the equalizer against a low-lying Bryne, but without creating the big chance. Lukas Gausdal came in for Håkon Lorentzen in the 88th minute. Thus, the match ended 2-2 against Bryne.