Home advantage could prove decisive in Sarpsborg 08 - Viking battle

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Date: Sun 01.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sarpsborg Stadion (8022 seats)

Sarpsborg 08 hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 15 points and a 16th position in the Eliteserien table. Visiting Viking holds 8th place with 26 pts.

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!

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Sarpsborg 08 form and stats

2-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Eliteserien numbers at home for Sarpsborg 08, who have the fewest scored goals (20) in Eliteserien, so far this season. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts. The home fans are hungry for more even though Sarpsborg 08 have been steadily collecting points here at Sarpsborg Stadion through three straight draws.

The fans are hoping that Sarpsborg 08 will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Eliteserien game against Strømsgodset. Before that, Sarpsborg 08 drew at home versus Bodø / Glimt.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sarpsborg 08 handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D1-L0.

The Sarpsborg 08 fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. Sarpsborg 08's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Viking form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Viking so far with only 8 Eliteserien points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Viking has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

There were no winners in Viking's previous match, a Eliteserien home game that ended 2-2 vs Ranheim. Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Strømsgodset.

We have checked recent matches where Viking have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were W3-D2-L2.

Viking are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Viking have conceded 19 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Viking - Sarpsborg 08 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's {3 Sarpsborg 08 victories}, 2 draws and 5 Viking wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

K. Thorstvedt
8 goals / 2 assists
T. Høiland
6 goals / 3 assists
K. Zachariassen
4 goals / 2 assists

Sarpsborg 08 missing players

Viking missing players

Sarpsborg 08 Viking
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played 4 9 19
2 2 1 Won 1 2 7
9 5 0 Drew 2 2 5
8 2 1 Lost 1 5 7
20 10 1 Scored 5 10 29
27 10 1 Conceded 6 19 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 75% 89% 89%
84% 78% 0% Over 1.5 75% 78% 84%
37% 22% 0% Over 2.5 25% 44% 53%
16% 22% 0% Over 3.5 25% 33% 32%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 25% 33% 21%
74% 67% 0% BTTS 50% 56% 53%
11% 22% 50% Clean Sheets 50% 33% 37%
16% 11% 50% Failed To Score 25% 22% 21%
 
4.9 5.1 6.5 Corners For (avg) 5.2 4.4 4.4
5.3 4.2 3 Corners Against (avg) 6.5 6.2 5.4
1.7 2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.7 1.9
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Sarpsborg 08 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Sarpsborg 08
All Eliteserien Europa League NM Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
21-07-19 EL Molde 2 - 1 Sarpsborg 08
03-08-19 EL Sarpsborg 08 1 - 1 Rosenborg
14-08-19 EL Viking 2 - 1 Sarpsborg 08
19-08-19 EL Sarpsborg 08 1 - 1 Bodø / Glimt
25-08-19 EL Strømsgodset 2 - 1 Sarpsborg 08
01-09-19 EL Sarpsborg 08 16:00 Viking
16-09-19 EL Sarpsborg 08 17:00 Vålerenga
22-09-19 EL Odd 16:00 Sarpsborg 08
29-09-19 EL Sarpsborg 08 16:00 Stabæk
06-10-19 EL Ranheim 16:00 Sarpsborg 08
Viking
All Obos-Ligaen Eliteserien NM Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
04-08-19 EL Viking 0 - 2 Molde
11-08-19 EL Bodø / Glimt 2 - 1 Viking
14-08-19 EL Viking 2 - 1 Sarpsborg 08
18-08-19 EL Viking 4 - 0 Strømsgodset
25-08-19 EL Viking 2 - 2 Ranheim
01-09-19 EL Sarpsborg 08 16:00 Viking
15-09-19 EL Viking 16:00 Odd
22-09-19 EL Vålerenga 16:00 Viking
26-09-19 NMC Aalesund 18:00 Viking
30-09-19 EL Viking 17:00 Mjøndalen

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Bodø / Glimt 20 13 3 4 46 30 10 8 1 1 27 7 10 5 2 3 19 23 16 42
2 Molde 19 12 4 3 44 20 9 7 2 0 23 6 10 5 2 3 21 14 24 40
3 Odd 20 11 5 4 31 23 11 9 2 0 22 10 9 2 3 4 9 13 8 38
4 Rosenborg 19 9 5 5 30 24 10 7 2 1 22 10 9 2 3 4 8 14 6 32
5 Brann 19 8 5 6 25 21 10 4 3 3 11 10 9 4 2 3 14 11 4 29
6 Vålerenga 19 7 5 7 33 29 9 5 2 2 18 8 10 2 3 5 15 21 4 26
7 Kristiansund 19 7 5 7 24 21 9 5 2 2 17 8 10 2 3 5 7 13 3 26
8 Viking 19 7 5 7 29 30 10 5 3 2 19 11 9 2 2 5 10 19 -1 26
9 Lillestrøm 19 7 4 8 25 29 9 5 1 3 13 12 10 2 3 5 12 17 -4 25
10 Haugesund 19 6 6 7 27 23 10 2 4 4 13 13 9 4 2 3 14 10 4 24
11 Stabæk 20 6 5 9 22 27 11 4 5 2 15 10 9 2 0 7 7 17 -5 23
12 Tromsø 19 6 3 10 23 38 9 3 2 4 11 12 10 3 1 6 12 26 -15 21
13 Mjøndalen 19 4 8 7 26 34 9 3 4 2 15 15 10 1 4 5 11 19 -8 20
14 Ranheim 19 5 4 10 22 34 9 2 1 6 13 21 10 3 3 4 9 13 -12 19
15 Strømsgodset 20 4 4 12 22 39 10 4 1 5 16 21 10 0 3 7 6 18 -17 16
16 Sarpsborg 08 19 2 9 8 20 27 9 2 5 2 10 10 10 0 4 6 10 17 -7 15

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