Viking vs Sarpsborg 08 match preview

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 16.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: SR-Bank Arena (16300 seats)

This is match day, this is Eliteserien and this is Viking - Sarpsborg 08. Read our full match preview!

Insights:
  • Viking have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Sarpsborg 08 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The hosts Viking saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the NM Cup. This match was also played here at SR-Bank Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Sarpsborg 08 have had more rest.

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Viking form and stats

Viking have played 12 Eliteserien games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Viking's previous match was a NM Cup game also played at their own arena, finishing 1-0 vs Kristiansund. The home team are looking to continue in that form.

Preceding that match was a Eliteserien defeat to Lillestrøm (0-3).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Viking have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.

Some stats: A review of the 10 latest league matches reveals that 9 of them had at least one goal from each side.

The Viking fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 12 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sarpsborg 08 form and stats

4-1-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sarpsborg 08 in their Eliteserien matches away.

Torp, Heintz (2) and Skalevik scored in Sarpsborg's previous match, the home game against Haugesund that ended 4-0. As you can tell from the results above, Sarpsborg 08 was very dominant against Haugesund, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Torp, Heintz (2) and Skalevik providing the goals. Heintz got a match rating of 9.13 in that game, top player of the team. Heintz scored two goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sandefjord.

We have checked recent matches where Sarpsborg have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Take note that 15 of this side's 19 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.

Sarpsborg 08 are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 23 times in 12 away games so far. For Sarpsborg 08, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

This happened when the sides played each other earlier this campaign; Sarpsborg 08 - Viking 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Viking victories, one draw and three Sarpsborg 08 wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VikingV. Berisha
V. Berisha
8 goals
Sarpsborg 08M. Maigaard
M. Maigaard
7 goals

Viking missing players

Sarpsborg 08 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Viking Sarpsborg 08
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 2 Played P 3 12 25
9 5 0 Won W 1 4 10
6 4 2 Drew D 0 1 2
10 3 0 Lost L 2 7 13
40 19 2 Scored S 6 23 47
41 13 2 Conceded C 6 25 46
96% 92% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
84% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 80%
68% 58% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 75% 68%
32% 17% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 75% 56%
24% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 50% 40%
72% 58% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 75% 68%
24% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 12%
8% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 17% 20%
 
6.5 8.2 10.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5.1 6
3.9 3.4 1 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.9 6
2 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
14.8 16.3 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 14.9 15.3
4.6 4.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.7 5.4
35% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 41% 35%
 
11.8 9 8 Shots against (avg) S A 17 16.5 15.5
3.5 2.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5.5 4.9
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Sarpsborg 08 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sarpsborg 08 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Viking have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Viking have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Molde 25 20 3 2 60 21 13 10 1 2 35 11 12 10 2 0 25 10 39 63
2 Bodø / Glimt 25 14 6 5 64 32 13 6 6 1 37 16 12 8 0 4 27 16 32 48
3 Rosenborg 25 13 8 4 56 35 12 10 2 0 30 10 13 3 6 4 26 25 21 47
4 Lillestrøm 25 14 5 6 44 28 12 8 2 2 21 9 13 6 3 4 23 19 16 47
5 Vålerenga 25 13 3 9 46 35 12 9 1 2 27 10 13 4 2 7 19 25 11 42
6 Odd 25 10 5 10 31 39 13 6 1 6 19 20 12 4 4 4 12 19 -8 35
7 Tromsø 25 8 10 7 36 41 12 7 3 2 22 17 13 1 7 5 14 24 -5 34
8 Viking 25 9 6 10 40 41 12 5 4 3 19 13 13 4 2 7 21 28 -1 33
9 Sarpsborg 08 25 10 2 13 47 46 13 6 1 6 24 21 12 4 1 7 23 25 1 32
10 Strømsgodset 25 9 5 11 39 40 13 7 2 4 29 19 12 2 3 7 10 21 -1 32
11 Haugesund 25 8 6 11 36 41 13 6 3 4 23 20 12 2 3 7 13 21 -5 30
12 Aalesund 24 7 7 10 26 38 12 4 4 4 14 16 12 3 3 6 12 22 -12 28
13 HamKam 25 5 11 9 28 36 13 4 5 4 15 14 12 1 6 5 13 22 -8 26
14 Sandefjord 25 6 5 14 37 59 12 1 5 6 19 29 13 5 0 8 18 30 -22 23
15 Kristiansund 25 4 6 15 30 51 12 3 4 5 22 27 13 1 2 10 8 24 -21 18
16 Jerv 24 4 2 18 21 58 12 4 1 7 11 22 12 0 1 11 10 36 -37 14

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Molde 25 20 3 2 60 21 13 10 1 2 35 11 12 10 2 0 25 10 39 63
2 Bodø / Glimt 25 14 6 5 64 32 13 6 6 1 37 16 12 8 0 4 27 16 32 48
3 Rosenborg 25 13 8 4 56 35 12 10 2 0 30 10 13 3 6 4 26 25 21 47
4 Lillestrøm 25 14 5 6 44 28 12 8 2 2 21 9 13 6 3 4 23 19 16 47
5 Vålerenga 25 13 3 9 46 35 12 9 1 2 27 10 13 4 2 7 19 25 11 42
6 Odd 25 10 5 10 31 39 13 6 1 6 19 20 12 4 4 4 12 19 -8 35
7 Tromsø 25 8 10 7 36 41 12 7 3 2 22 17 13 1 7 5 14 24 -5 34
8 Viking 25 9 6 10 40 41 12 5 4 3 19 13 13 4 2 7 21 28 -1 33
9 Sarpsborg 08 25 10 2 13 47 46 13 6 1 6 24 21 12 4 1 7 23 25 1 32
10 Strømsgodset 25 9 5 11 39 40 13 7 2 4 29 19 12 2 3 7 10 21 -1 32
11 Haugesund 25 8 6 11 36 41 13 6 3 4 23 20 12 2 3 7 13 21 -5 30
12 Aalesund 24 7 7 10 26 38 12 4 4 4 14 16 12 3 3 6 12 22 -12 28
13 HamKam 25 5 11 9 28 36 13 4 5 4 15 14 12 1 6 5 13 22 -8 26
14 Sandefjord 25 6 5 14 37 59 12 1 5 6 19 29 13 5 0 8 18 30 -22 23
15 Kristiansund 25 4 6 15 30 51 12 3 4 5 22 27 13 1 2 10 8 24 -21 18
16 Jerv 24 4 2 18 21 58 12 4 1 7 11 22 12 0 1 11 10 36 -37 14

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Eliteserien is at the top of the Norwegian football league system. Seasons run from March to November with the 16 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 240 fixtures. When all these are played, the top team in the league table is the the “League Winner” while the winner of the cup in Norway is the “Norwegian Champion”.