The first of two encounters in the Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round, as the hometeam Sparta Praha will try to edge Viking in their own ballpark.
Viking play their home matches on artifical turf, while this fixture takes place on grass. Up to date statistics for Viking when featuring on grass are 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from 13 matches. They have scored 21 goals and conceded 27 times in these games.
It's quite the trip for Viking when visiting Sparta as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Eliteserien.
Sparta Praha form and stats
Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the knockout round play-offs against Partizan.The club members are hoping that Sparta Praha will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 1-3 away defeat in the Czech Cup fixture against Slovacko.
Viking form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Viking playing as the away team in the Eliteserien this season.
Viking won their last game, 2-1 versus Kristiansund played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Jensen when Sandberg scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 64th minute. Kabran got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, top player of the team. Kabran scored one goal and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).
Prior to that result Viking won their away game at Lillestrøm in the Eliteserien. The scoreline was 1-0.Viking have another fixture away from home in just three sleeps, a Eliteserien game against Vålerenga. A difficult fixture list for the visitors!
Viking are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 7 away games so far. In the opposite end, Viking have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Berisha 8 goals |  S. Sebulonsen 4 goals |  Z. Tripić 3 goals |
Sparta Praha missing players
Viking missing players
| Sparta Praha | Viking | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 42 | 29 | Scored | S | 30 | 54 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 25 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 5.1 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 7 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.6 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 14.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 38% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 39% | ||
| 8.8 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 11.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 33 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | Viking | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Bodø / Glimt | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 25 |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Strømsgodset | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 21 |
| 7 | Aalesund | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 19 |
| 9 | Odd | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 19 |
| 10 | HamKam | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Sandefjord | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 12 | Vålerenga | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Haugesund | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Jerv | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -15 | 11 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | -19 | 1 |
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