Viking go on their trip to Sandefjord and Komplett Arena brimming with hope and confidence, but the home team is not a walk in the park. More info on the game here!
- Sandefjord have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Eliteserien
- Viking have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
6 - 3 - 4 with 21-24. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Viking when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Viking play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three days ago.
Sandefjord form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eliteserien this season. Sandefjord have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Komplett Arena.
The regulars are hoping that Sandefjord will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against Tromsø (placed 13th). Defender Taaje got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.33/10. Taaje hit one key pass and won 11 of 13 duels.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Kristiansund.Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 14 of the 16 latest league games with this team has seen three goals or more.
A decent goal production from Sandefjord in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. Sandefjord are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (16 from 7 played).
Viking form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Eliteserien.
The fans enjoyed Viking's previous game versus Sligo Rovers, a Europa Conference League win (5-1) played at home. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league games winning points.
Betting fact: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 8 of this club's latest 10 league games.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Viking manager Jensen as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sligo Rovers.
Viking are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 8 away games so far. The Viking manager Jensen has some worries about the defense as 17 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the contenders faced each other earlier this season; Viking - Sandefjord 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sandefjord four wins, one draw and Viking five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Ofkir 8 goals |   V. Berisha 8 goals |  A. Tveter 6 goals |
Sandefjord missing players
Viking missing players
| Sandefjord | Viking | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 27 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 30 |
| 32 | 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 9 | 17 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 76% |
| 88% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 53% |
| 50% | 71% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 29% |
| 25% | 29% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 50% | 29% |
| 62% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 65% |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 35% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.4 | 7.2 |
| 7.9 | 6.4 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.9 | 10.7 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.3 | 14.1 | 15.6 |
| 4 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| 42% | 44% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 38% | 34% |
| 18.3 | 17.9 | 19.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 14.9 | 11.8 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5 | 3.1 |
- All of Sandefjord's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Sandefjord have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sandefjord have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Eliteserien
- Sandefjord haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Viking have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Viking have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Viking have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Viking haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | Tromsø | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Haugesund | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 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 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 16 | -20 | 6 |
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
