Viking have come here for an engaging fight against the home team Tromsø. Read up on the game with this thorough Eliteserien preview!
It's quite the trip for Viking when visiting Tromsø as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.
This has all the signs of an action-packed fixture with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well rested since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Tromsø form and stats
Tromsø have only played one Eliteserien game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats from 15 matches.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jakob Haugaard not having conceded a league goal in 235 minutes.
Tromsø shared the glory with Sandefjord in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Nilsen (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.4/10. Nilsen dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
Ahead of that match, Tromsø won a home game hosting Molde (1-0).At Alfheim Stadion, Tromsø has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Viking form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Eliteserien ended in defeat. Last season Viking had these away match statistics: Played 15; won 4, drew 3 and lost 8.
Viking won their last game, 2-0 versus Lillestrøm played at home. Brekalo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.32. The defender Brekalo won 6 of 7 duels.
Prior to that match, the Viking manager Jensen faced defeat when travelling to Rosenborg and losing 0-1.{0 goals} so far away for Viking, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Tromsø victories, two draws and four Viking wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Erlien 1 goals |   S. Bjørshol 1 goals | P. Yazbek 1 goals |
Tromsø missing players
Viking missing players
| Tromsø | Viking | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 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% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 5.5 | 10 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 20.5 | 24 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 4 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Tromsø | Last season | Viking | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 46 | 29 | Scored | S | 27 | 48 | ||
| 49 | 23 | Conceded | C | 35 | 54 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 87% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 83% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 67% | ||
| 37% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 37% | ||
| 17% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 27% | ||
| 77% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 87% | 73% | ||
| 10% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 20% | ||
| 13% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13.1 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 14.5 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 38% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 36% | ||
| 10.9 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Odd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Tromsø | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | HamKam | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Brann | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Viking | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Strømsgodset | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Sarpsborg 08 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Vålerenga | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Molde | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Stabæk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 15 | Lillestrøm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | Molde | 30 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 71 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 46 | 78 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 86 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 21 | 45 | 60 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 69 | 44 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 25 | 56 |
| 4 | Lillestrøm | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 53 |
| 5 | Odd | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 43 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -2 | 45 |
| 6 | Vålerenga | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 52 | 49 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 3 | 44 |
| 7 | Tromsø | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 46 | 49 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 26 | -3 | 43 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 57 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 41 |
| 9 | Aalesund | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 28 | -13 | 39 |
| 10 | Haugesund | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -4 | 38 |
| 11 | Viking | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 48 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 35 | -6 | 35 |
| 12 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 55 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 30 | -11 | 33 |
| 13 | HamKam | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 26 | -10 | 31 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 68 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 33 | -26 | 24 |
| 15 | Kristiansund | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 37 | 60 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 31 | -23 | 23 |
| 16 | Jerv | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 30 | 69 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 40 | -39 | 20 |
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
