It's time to decide the outcome of the Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round meeting between Viking and Sparta Praha. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
It's quite the trip for Sparta Praha when visiting Viking as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.
Only a few days to rest for the home team, as they featured in a Eliteserien fixture only four days ago. That game was an away game at Vålerenga, so at least Viking are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Viking form and stats
Viking are steadily winning Eliteserien games and points here at SR-Bank Arena. 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.
Viking are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-4 away versus Vålerenga. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Viking's goalkeeper Østbø was extremely busy against Vålerenga, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves. Midfield player Sandberg got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Sandberg hit three key passes and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).
A decent goal production from Viking in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. From these home matches, Viking have conceded only 6 goals.
Sparta Praha form and stats
Sparta Praha was sent out of Europa Conference League in the knockout round play-offs last season, when Partizan turned out to be too strong.Sparta delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Viking in their previous match; a Europa Conference League fixture.
After this away game Sparta Praha return home for a Czech Liga game against Slovan Liberec. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier on this season: Sparta Praha - Viking 0-0.Top Goalscorers
  V. Berisha 8 goals |  S. Sebulonsen 4 goals |  Z. Tripić 3 goals |
Viking missing players
Sparta Praha missing players
| Viking | Sparta Praha | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 51 | 21 | Scored | S | 11 | 40 | ||
| 28 | 7 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 24% | ||
| 7 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.9 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 10.4 | ||
| 5 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 38% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||
| 12.3 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | Bodø / Glimt | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Viking | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 25 |
| 6 | Strømsgodset | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 22 |
| 7 | Aalesund | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 8 | Vålerenga | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 9 | Odd | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 20 |
| 10 | Sarpsborg 08 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 11 | HamKam | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Sandefjord | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 13 | Haugesund | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Jerv | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -20 | 11 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | -19 | 2 |
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
