It's game one of two in the Europa Conference League as Viking host Sligo Rovers. This is a 3rd Qualifying Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
These teams have little in common geographically as Sligo Rovers have to travel 2600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
The visiting Sligo Rovers played their last game only four days ago, a FAI Cup match.
Viking form and stats
Viking have reached this Europa Conference League stage through battling and winning against Sparta Praha.The home supporters can't complain about results here at SR-Bank Arena as Viking have scored 16 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Eliteserien are 5-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Viking's previous match was a Europa Conference League game also played at their own arena, ending 2-1 vs Sparta Praha. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.
A Eliteserien defeat was the result before that one, 2-4 away at Vålerenga.The manager Jensen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sandefjord in only three days.
A decent goal production from Viking in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. Viking have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sligo Rovers form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Bala Town and Motherwell in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Europa Conference League. Sligo Rovers's mission in Europa Conference League last season failed in the 1st qualifying round against FH.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier Division travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Total Europa Conference League statistics for Sligo Rovers: 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Rovers delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Wexford Youths in their previous match; a FAI Cup fixture.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bohemians in just three days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sligo Rovers have scored 13 goals in 11 league games away. As opposed to that, Sligo Rovers have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Keena 11 goals |   V. Berisha 8 goals |  S. Sebulonsen 4 goals |
Viking missing players
Sligo Rovers missing players
| Viking | Sligo Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 49 | 19 | Scored | S | 14 | 35 | ||
| 28 | 7 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 20% | ||
| 6.8 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.9 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 10.3 | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | ||
| 36% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 34% | ||
| 12.4 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 39 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 36 |
| 3 | Bodø / Glimt | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 31 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 28 |
| 5 | Viking | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Vålerenga | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 23 |
| 7 | Strømsgodset | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 22 |
| 8 | Aalesund | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 9 | Sandefjord | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | -5 | 20 |
| 10 | Odd | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 20 |
| 11 | Sarpsborg 08 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 19 |
| 12 | HamKam | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | Haugesund | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 16 |
| 15 | Jerv | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -23 | 11 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 16 | -20 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shamrock Rovers | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 23 | 52 |
| 2 | Dundalk | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 45 |
| 3 | Derry City | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 18 | 43 |
| 4 | St Patrick's | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | Bohemians | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Shelbourne | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | -5 | 31 |
| 8 | Drogheda United | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 27 |
| 9 | UCD | 25 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 31 | -34 | 13 |
| 10 | Finn Harps | 24 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -26 | 12 |
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