The season is still fairly new and the Eliteserien table has to be read with caution. So far Start find themselves in 14th position and Viking are placed 12th.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Start and Viking.
Start form and stats
Three Eliteserien home games done for Start, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches. Start has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager J. Hardarson and the players. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Start, their manager J. Hardarson and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Stress levels are on the rise for Start's attacking players as they have now played 195 minutes without scoring in a league game. M. Bringaker was their last goal scorer.
No payout for Start in their previous match, an away game at Haugesund that ended in defeat 0-1. Before that game, the home loss against Odd with the scoreline 0-5.
The defeat against Haugesund was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by J. Daland (own goal)).
Start are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Start have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Viking form and stats
It's not happening yet for Viking on their Eliteserien travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Viking has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Viking go into this game after a win, the home game against Sandefjord that ended 2-0. Prior to that match, the Viking manager B. Berntsen faced defeat when travelling to Vålerenga and losing 1-2.
1 goal so far away for Viking, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Start wins - draws - Viking wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Bringaker 3 goals |   V. Berisha 2 goals |  J. Daland 1 goals |
Start missing players
Viking missing players
| Start | Viking | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 7 | 7.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 10 | 6.8 |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | 39 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 19 | 47 |
| 12 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 50% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 33% |
- All of Start's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- All of Viking's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Start has the most conceded goals (10) at home
- Start has the the worst goal difference (-6) at home
- Start have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Start have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Start have yet to win a game.
- Start haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Viking have lost all their away matches so far.
- Viking have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Viking have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Viking haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Start | Last season | Viking | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 31 | 16 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 55 | 31 | Scored | S | 23 | 55 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Conceded | C | 27 | 42 | ||
| 90% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 90% | ||
| 74% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 83% | ||
| 52% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 23% | ||
| 45% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 53% | ||
| 42% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 37% | ||
| 23% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 434 | 252 | Total Shots | T S | 174 | 385 | ||
| 168 | 111 | Shots on Target | S O | 62 | 142 | ||
| 32% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 39% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 15 |
| 2 | Molde | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | Brann | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Kristiansund | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | Mjøndalen | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Stabæk | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Strømsgodset | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Vålerenga | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | Haugesund | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 10 | Odd | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Rosenborg | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 12 | Viking | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | Start | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 2 |
| 15 | Aalesund | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 2 |
| 16 | Sarpsborg 08 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
- FVN.no - (local newspaper)
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)