Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Rosenborg in 6th and Viking in 10th place.
It's no vacation for neither Rosenborg nor Viking as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Rosenborg's stadium, Lerkendal Stadion, has a grass surface. Viking have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Viking when playing on grass; 5 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses from 14 matches. They have scored 18 goals in these games and conceded 26.
These teams have little in common geographically as Viking have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Rosenborg form and stats
Rosenborg have played 5 Eliteserien games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Rosenborg bring valid hopes of a third.
The fans are hoping that Rosenborg will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Eliteserien game against Haugesund (placed 11th). Ahead of that match, Rosenborg won a home game hosting Sandefjord (2-1).
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Rosenborg's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won two matches, drawn two and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rosenborg as they are travelling to their away game against Odd in the Eliteserien. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Rosenborg in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. 5 goals have been conceded.
Viking form and stats
Playing away, Viking have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eliteserien this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Viking goalkeeper Arild Østbø is eager to challenge this, with his 190 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The supporters enjoyed Viking's previous game versus Sarpsborg 08 (placed 12th), a Eliteserien 3-0 win played at home. Prior to that result Viking won their away game at Haugesund. The scoreline was 2-0.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Viking when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning one game.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kristiansund in just three days.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Viking manager B. Berntsen has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rosenborg eight wins, two draws and Viking zero victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Zachariassen 4 goals | D. Islamovic 2 goals |   A. Pereira 2 goals |
Rosenborg missing players
Viking missing players
| Rosenborg | Viking | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 80% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 40% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 40% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| 4.8 | 3.4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 7.6 | 6.4 |
| 5.4 | 5.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 | 53 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 48 | 113 |
| 40 | 21 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 15 | 39 |
| 32% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 33% |
- All of Viking's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Rosenborg has the fewest conceded goals (8)
- Rosenborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rosenborg have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Viking have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- 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 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 30 |
| 2 | Molde | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 25 |
| 3 | Vålerenga | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | Odd | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Stabæk | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Rosenborg | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Brann | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Kristiansund | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Viking | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Start | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 6 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -19 | 3 |
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)