Sarpsborg 08 - Viking: Small difference between teams in Eliteserien clash

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 03.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sarpsborg Stadion (8022 seats)

It's a fresh Eliteserien campaign and Sarpsborg 08 are itching to get on the pitch here at Sarpsborg Stadion. Viking are guesting and this should be a breathtaking season launch.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Sarpsborg 08 form and stats

The season before, Sarpsborg 08's league statistics were 11 wins, 6 draws and 13 losses, leading to 8th place in the Eliteserien. In these 30 matches they scored 39 goals and conceded 44. Performing as the host team in the last season Sarpsborg 08 generated 6-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 14 conceded.

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 Sarpsborg 08 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won one, drawn four and lost two.

Sarpsborg 08 have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and six practice matches played. These training games have ended with 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Sarpsborg 08 scored 13 goals and let in 8 goals during these six games.

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Viking form and stats

Let's have a look at how Viking performed last season in the Eliteserien: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 60 and conceded 47 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 26/25 goals scored/conceded.

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 six relevant matches. Results were four Viking wins, two draws and zero defeats.

Just as the home team, Viking have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 5 Viking wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Sarpsborg 08 wins - draws - Viking wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Sarpsborg 08 missing players

Viking missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sarpsborg 08 Viking
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Sarpsborg 08 Last season Viking
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
11 6   Won W   8 17
6 5   Drew D   3 6
13 4   Lost L   4 7
39 21   Scored S   26 60
44 14   Conceded C   25 47
93% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
77% 60%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 90%
57% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 73%
33% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 53%
17% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 30%
60% 53%   BTTS BTTS   60% 77%
23% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 13%
23% 27%   Failed to Score F T   13% 10%
 
3.6 3.3   Corners for (avg) C F   6.3 6.4
4.6 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.9
1.8 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.7
2 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.5 11.1   Shots (avg) S (   15.4 15.9
2.8 2.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.9
46% 49%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 41%
 
11.9 11.1   Shots against (avg) S A   14.8 13.3
3.8 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 3.8

Last season 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 30 18 9 3 59 25 15 10 4 1 34 13 15 8 5 2 25 12 34 63
2 Molde 30 18 6 6 70 40 15 11 2 2 46 18 15 7 4 4 24 22 30 60
3 Viking 30 17 6 7 60 47 15 9 3 3 34 22 15 8 3 4 26 25 13 57
4 Lillestrøm 30 14 7 9 49 40 15 8 3 4 23 13 15 6 4 5 26 27 9 49
5 Rosenborg 30 13 9 8 58 42 15 8 4 3 35 19 15 5 5 5 23 23 16 48
6 Kristiansund 30 14 4 12 41 46 15 10 2 3 27 16 15 4 2 9 14 30 -5 46
7 Vålerenga 30 11 12 7 46 37 15 7 7 1 27 14 15 4 5 6 19 23 9 45
8 Sarpsborg 08 30 11 6 13 39 44 15 6 5 4 21 14 15 5 1 9 18 30 -5 39
9 Strømsgodset 30 9 9 12 43 43 15 8 4 3 33 12 15 1 5 9 10 31 0 36
10 Sandefjord 30 10 6 14 38 52 15 6 5 4 21 18 15 4 1 10 17 34 -14 36
11 Haugesund 30 9 8 13 46 45 15 8 3 4 30 17 15 1 5 9 16 28 1 35
12 Tromsø 30 8 11 11 33 44 15 3 6 6 16 21 15 5 5 5 17 23 -11 35
13 Odd 30 8 9 13 44 58 15 5 4 6 30 29 15 3 5 7 14 29 -14 33
14 Brann 30 5 11 14 38 55 15 4 5 6 20 24 15 1 6 8 18 31 -17 26
15 Stabæk 30 6 7 17 35 62 15 4 3 8 17 27 15 2 4 9 18 35 -27 25
16 Mjøndalen 30 4 10 16 33 52 15 2 5 8 19 22 15 2 5 8 14 30 -19 22

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