Viking are thought of as favourites to win this home fixture versus Sandefjord, if the league positions are anything to judge by. Or could we be eyeing a possible shock?
- Viking is in the best form (5-1-0) in Eliteserien
- Sandefjord have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Eliteserien
This football stadium has artifical turf, which is not Sandefjord's normal surface at their own pitch. When playing on artifical turf Sandefjord have performed like this: Played 27 matches earning 7 wins, 2 draws and 18 defeats with the goal numbers 37-59 (scored/conceded).
This promises to be an interesting game with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!
Viking form and stats
Viking are steadily winning Eliteserien games and points here at SR-Bank Arena. 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. days ago.
Happy days for Viking in their previous game, a fixture away at Haugesund (placed 14th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Viking goalkeeper Gunnarsson did an outstanding job against Haugesund with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory. Gunnarsson, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.22 out of 10 in that game. Gunnarsson topped it up with a clean sheet.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Vålerenga.Viking are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 7 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 4, drew 3 and lost 0.
Viking are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at SR-Bank Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 29 goals in 11 matches. Viking's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sandefjord form and stats
Sandefjord have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Eliteserien, after 1-2-8 (11 played). Sandefjord seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The followers enjoyed Sandefjord's previous match versus Strømsgodset (placed 10th), a 2-0 win played at home. That win felt nice as this club had gone four league games without victory. Midfielder Ottosson was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.21. Ottosson scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 60 successful passes (of 75 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Odd wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.You'll want to know how Sandefjord managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 11 similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 1 draw and 9 home wins.
People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Sandefjord concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
This was the result when the teams faced each other earlier this campaign; Sandefjord - Viking 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Viking victories, two draws and four Sandefjord wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Tripić 11 goals |  L. Salvesen 7 goals |   D. Al-Saed 7 goals |
Viking missing players
Sandefjord missing players
| Viking | Sandefjord | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 46 | 29 | 14 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 31 |
| 26 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 28 | 39 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 81% |
| 86% | 91% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 73% | 71% |
| 52% | 55% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 55% | 57% |
| 43% | 55% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 55% | 52% |
| 24% | 36% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 55% | 43% |
| 67% | 73% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 55% | 52% |
| 29% | 27% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 9% | 29% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 45% | 38% |
| 5.6 | 7.2 | 10.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 12.7 | 8.1 | 6.5 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.4 | 18.5 | 21.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 10.8 | 13 |
| 6 | 6.8 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
| 37% | 39% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 33% |
| 13 | 13.2 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22.7 | 19 | 16.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6.5 | 5.3 |
- Sandefjord have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sandefjord have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sandefjord have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Eliteserien
- Sandefjord have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Viking have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Viking have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sandefjord have scored away.
- Viking have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Viking have the most scored goals (29) at home in Eliteserien
- Viking have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in Eliteserien
- Viking have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Viking haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Viking is in the best form (5-1-0) in Eliteserien
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Viking | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 48 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 26 | 46 |
| 3 | Tromsø | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 45 |
| 4 | Molde | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 24 | 40 |
| 5 | Brann | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 39 |
| 6 | Sarpsborg 08 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Lillestrøm | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 33 |
| 8 | Rosenborg | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -3 | 29 |
| 9 | Odd | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -3 | 29 |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 26 |
| 11 | HamKam | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 45 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -15 | 23 |
| 12 | Vålerenga | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 28 | -8 | 21 |
| 14 | Haugesund | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 20 |
| 15 | Stabæk | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -15 | 16 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 34 | -36 | 11 |
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
