This should be an absorbing fixture as Stabæk have their supposed home advantage, while Viking are ahead 10 points in the Eliteserien table.
- Viking have the most points from losing position (14) in Eliteserien
Viking play their home matches on artifical turf, while this match will take place on grass. The latest results for Viking when featuring on grass are 8 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 16 matches. They have managed to score {24 goals} and conceded 20 times in these fixtures.
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!
Stabæk form and stats
3 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Stabæk have to build on here at Nadderud Stadion in the Eliteserien.
Stress levels are on the rise for Stabæk's attacking players as they have now played 263 minutes without scoring in a league game. Högh was their last goal scorer.
Stabæk shared the glory with Sandefjord in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. A painful moment in the game against Sandefjord was the missed penalty kick from Bakenga in the 35th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome. Pedersen was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.45 out of 10. The defender Pedersen won 4 of 7 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Strømsgodset with the scoreline 0-1.Stabæk has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Stabæk have conceded only 5 goals.
Viking form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Viking playing as the away team in the Eliteserien this season. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Viking hope to make it five in this match.
Viking had fun at their own home (Nadderud Stadion) last time out, beating Haugesund 2-0. Tripić and Salvesen scored. The attacker Tripić got a match rating of 9.2 in that game. Tripić scored one goal, served one assist and hit six key passes.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Vålerenga with the score of 2-1.Observe that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.
The travelling fans enjoy Viking's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. Viking's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 10 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Viking have won or drawn the last 10 matches (4-6-0) versus Stabæk.Top Goalscorers
  Z. Tripić 7 goals |   K. Høgh 5 goals |  L. Salvesen 5 goals |
Stabæk missing players
Viking missing players
| Stabæk | Viking | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 30 |
| 20 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 85% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 62% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 38% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 46% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 54% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 77% |
| 31% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.7 | 5.5 |
| 6 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 1 | 1.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.2 | 13.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.5 | 15.3 |
| 3.7 | 4.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 5.9 |
| 31% | 28% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 35% | 39% |
| 13.6 | 12.4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 14.2 | 13 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 4.3 |
- Viking have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Viking have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Viking have the most points from losing position (14) in Eliteserien
- Viking have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Eliteserien
- Viking have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 23 | 35 |
| 2 | Tromsø | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | Viking | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Brann | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Molde | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | Sarpsborg 08 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Strømsgodset | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Lillestrøm | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Stabæk | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 16 |
| 10 | Odd | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 12 | Rosenborg | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 13 | Vålerenga | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 18 | -8 | 10 |
| 15 | HamKam | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -17 | 10 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | -16 | 7 |
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
