Both Vålerenga and Viking are longing for points in this match, in spite of the away side holding a 10 point advantage so far this season.
- Vålerenga have the fewest points (3) at home in Eliteserien
- Viking have the most points from losing position (14) in Eliteserien
It's no vacation for neither Vålerenga nor Viking as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Vålerenga form and stats
Vålerenga have collected 3 points from their Eliteserien home games so far after 1-0-4. Vålerenga has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Nornes and the players.
Vålerenga are returning here after visiting Stjørdals-Blink in a NM Cup fixture and winning with a 5-0 scoreline.
Preceding that match was the home Eliteserien game against Strømsgodset that was lost 0-1.The Vålerenga fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches.
Viking form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Viking playing as the away team in the Eliteserien this season.
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Raufoss in their previous outing. The NM Cup duel ended 4-4.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Brann in the Eliteserien.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 8 relevant matches. Results were 5 Viking wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Betting related statistic: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's latest 10 league fixtures.
The visiting Viking have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. In the opposite end, Viking have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Vålerenga victories, three draws and two Viking wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Tripić 6 goals |  S. Svendsen 4 goals |
Vålerenga missing players
Viking missing players
| Vålerenga | Viking | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 26 |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 91% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 64% |
| 40% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 60% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 80% | 82% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 9% |
| 5 | 5.4 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4 | 5.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 1.1 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.8 | 14.2 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 13.4 | 15.6 |
| 5 | 6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 6.1 |
| 28% | 23% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 30% | 39% |
| 12.6 | 13 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 14.6 | 13.5 |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
- Viking have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Viking have the most points from losing position (14) in Eliteserien
- Viking have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Eliteserien
- Viking have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Viking haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vålerenga have the fewest points (3) at home in Eliteserien
- Vålerenga 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 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 31 |
| 2 | Tromsø | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Brann | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Viking | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Molde | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | Sarpsborg 08 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Lillestrøm | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Odd | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 9 | Stabæk | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -4 | 15 |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Rosenborg | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | Haugesund | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 13 | Vålerenga | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | HamKam | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -17 | 7 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -16 | 4 |
- Vålerenga
- Vålerenga På Nett - (supporter-driven news site)
- Klanen - (supporter site)
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
