Sandefjord will battle it out with Viking in this Eliteserien game. All you need to know about the match can be found here!
- Sandefjord is in the worst form (1-0-4)
- Viking have scored more than double the goals of Sandefjord.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Viking play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Viking when playing on grass are 6 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 16 matches. They have scored 24 goals and conceded 30 times in these games.
Sandefjord form and stats
Sandefjord have played three Eliteserien home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 0 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Sandefjord to get some points in this home game.
The Sandefjord crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Molde here at Komplett Arena in a Eliteserien match. Midfielder Amer Ordagić was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.13 (out of ten) in that game. Ordagić hit three key passes.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Vålerenga.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 Sandefjord have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won one, drawn five and lost one.
Sandefjord have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Sandefjord having conceded 8 goals here at Komplett Arena so far.
Viking form and stats
Things could have gone better for Viking in their Eliteserien away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Viking go into this game after a win, the home game against Vålerenga that ended 4-1. Attacker Veton Berisha got a player rating of 10.0 in the game. "Man of the match" Berisha scored two goals, signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Haugesund wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Viking playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were two Viking wins, two draws and zero defeats.
Viking has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. Viking can't defend away. 10 goals have been scored by the opposition in 3 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Sandefjord-Viking H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sandefjord two wins, Viking four wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  V. Berisha 5 goals |  S. Friðjónsson 3 goals |   S. Foss 2 goals |
Sandefjord missing players
Viking missing players
| Sandefjord | Viking | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 12 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 60% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 4 | 3.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 5.4 | 5 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.7 | 5.9 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 13 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10 | 12 |
| 5.6 | 5.3 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 21% | 12% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 42% | 47% |
- All of Sandefjord's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Viking's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Sandefjord have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sandefjord have lost all their home matches so far.
- Sandefjord have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Eliteserien
- Sandefjord have the fewest points (0) at home in Eliteserien
- Sandefjord have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Eliteserien
- Sandefjord haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sandefjord is in the worst form (1-0-4)
- Viking have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Viking have scored more than double the goals of Sandefjord.
- 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Kristiansund | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | Molde | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | Viking | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Vålerenga | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Strømsgodset | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Lillestrøm | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 10 | Stabæk | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Mjøndalen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Haugesund | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Odd | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 5 |
| 15 | Brann | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -10 | 4 |
| 16 | Sandefjord | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)