Betting preview: Kristiansund vs Viking should be interesting

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 28.November
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kristiansund Stadion (4277 seats)

Kristiansund and Viking are both high-flying in the Eliteserien with their 5th and 3rd places respectively. Expect a wonderful match!

Insights:
  • Kristiansund haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Viking have the most points from losing position (20) in Eliteserien

Kristiansund and Viking should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Kristiansund form and stats

Kristiansund have performed here at Kristiansund Stadion this season with 9 wins from 13 Eliteserien matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.

The fans are hoping that Kristiansund will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Eliteserien game against Stabæk (placed 14th). Defender Dan Peter Ulvestad got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.6/10. Ulvestad hit two key passes and won 7 of 11 duels.

Before that match, a win away at Odd.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kristiansund have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost one.

The Kristiansund fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 13 league matches. Kristiansund have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Viking form and stats

The visitors are W6-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Eliteserien. Having won their last three away games Viking has no reason to fear anyone.

Viking's last game was the home draw against Haugesund (1-1). Joe Bell got a match rating of 7.94 in that game, top player of the team. Bell hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Prior to that result Viking won their away game at Mjøndalen. The scoreline was 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Viking in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Viking, two draws and zero defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Viking's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 13 league matches away. In the opposite end, Viking have conceded 23 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other before in this season, with the match result Viking - Kristiansund 3-2 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Kristiansund two wins, one draw and Viking five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VikingV. Berisha
V. Berisha
20 goals
VikingZ. Tripić
Z. Tripić
7 goals
KristiansundS. Nilsen
S. Nilsen
6 goals

Kristiansund missing players

Viking missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kristiansund Viking
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
13 9 2 Won W 0 6 14
4 2 0 Drew D 2 3 6
10 2 1 Lost L 1 4 7
35 23 3 Scored S 4 21 52
39 12 2 Conceded C 9 23 44
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 89%
48% 31% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 69% 74%
30% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 54% 52%
22% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 23% 30%
41% 46% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 78%
33% 46% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 11%
33% 8% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 15% 11%
 
7 8.3 10.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6.1 6.5
6.4 5.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8.7 5.1 5
1.7 1.6 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.8 15.3 18.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10 15.8 16.2
4.5 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.4 4.9
29% 35% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 37% 39%
 
13.6 11.8 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 19 15.3 13.4
4.4 3.5 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.8 3.6
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Kristiansund haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Viking have the most points from losing position (20) in Eliteserien
  • Viking have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in Eliteserien
  • Viking haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bodø / Glimt 27 17 7 3 54 23 14 10 3 1 32 11 13 7 4 2 22 12 31 58
2 Molde 27 16 5 6 64 36 14 11 1 2 43 15 13 5 4 4 21 21 28 53
3 Viking 27 14 6 7 52 44 14 8 3 3 31 21 13 6 3 4 21 23 8 48
4 Rosenborg 27 12 7 8 53 39 13 8 2 3 33 17 14 4 5 5 20 22 14 43
5 Kristiansund 27 13 4 10 35 39 13 9 2 2 23 12 14 4 2 8 12 27 -4 43
6 Lillestrøm 27 12 6 9 40 36 13 6 3 4 17 12 14 6 3 5 23 24 4 42
7 Vålerenga 27 9 12 6 41 34 14 6 7 1 25 14 13 3 5 5 16 20 7 39
8 Sarpsborg 08 27 10 6 11 35 40 14 6 5 3 21 13 13 4 1 8 14 27 -5 36
9 Haugesund 27 9 7 11 44 41 13 8 3 2 28 13 14 1 4 9 16 28 3 34
10 Strømsgodset 27 9 7 11 40 37 14 8 3 3 33 12 13 1 4 8 7 25 3 34
11 Tromsø 27 7 10 10 32 42 13 3 5 5 16 19 14 4 5 5 16 23 -10 31
12 Odd 27 7 9 11 39 52 13 4 4 5 26 26 14 3 5 6 13 26 -13 30
13 Sandefjord 27 8 6 13 33 47 14 5 5 4 18 16 13 3 1 9 15 31 -14 30
14 Stabæk 27 6 6 15 33 56 14 4 3 7 16 24 13 2 3 8 17 32 -23 24
15 Mjøndalen 27 4 10 13 32 44 13 2 5 6 18 16 14 2 5 7 14 28 -12 22
16 Brann 27 4 10 13 34 51 13 3 5 5 18 22 14 1 5 8 16 29 -17 22

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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 Bodø / Glimt 27 17 7 3 54 23 14 10 3 1 32 11 13 7 4 2 22 12 31 58
2 Molde 27 16 5 6 64 36 14 11 1 2 43 15 13 5 4 4 21 21 28 53
3 Viking 27 14 6 7 52 44 14 8 3 3 31 21 13 6 3 4 21 23 8 48
4 Rosenborg 27 12 7 8 53 39 13 8 2 3 33 17 14 4 5 5 20 22 14 43
5 Kristiansund 27 13 4 10 35 39 13 9 2 2 23 12 14 4 2 8 12 27 -4 43
6 Lillestrøm 27 12 6 9 40 36 13 6 3 4 17 12 14 6 3 5 23 24 4 42
7 Vålerenga 27 9 12 6 41 34 14 6 7 1 25 14 13 3 5 5 16 20 7 39
8 Sarpsborg 08 27 10 6 11 35 40 14 6 5 3 21 13 13 4 1 8 14 27 -5 36
9 Haugesund 27 9 7 11 44 41 13 8 3 2 28 13 14 1 4 9 16 28 3 34
10 Strømsgodset 27 9 7 11 40 37 14 8 3 3 33 12 13 1 4 8 7 25 3 34
11 Tromsø 27 7 10 10 32 42 13 3 5 5 16 19 14 4 5 5 16 23 -10 31
12 Odd 27 7 9 11 39 52 13 4 4 5 26 26 14 3 5 6 13 26 -13 30
13 Sandefjord 27 8 6 13 33 47 14 5 5 4 18 16 13 3 1 9 15 31 -14 30
14 Stabæk 27 6 6 15 33 56 14 4 3 7 16 24 13 2 3 8 17 32 -23 24
15 Mjøndalen 27 4 10 13 32 44 13 2 5 6 18 16 14 2 5 7 14 28 -12 22
16 Brann 27 4 10 13 34 51 13 3 5 5 18 22 14 1 5 8 16 29 -17 22

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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”.