Football match preview: Vålerenga vs Viking

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 24.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Intility Arena (1500 seats)

Vålerenga have found it difficult to get points this season. Could they get some points when Viking stop by Intility Arena?

Insights:
  • Vålerenga have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Viking have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. That game, against Sparta Praha, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Viking.

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Vålerenga form and stats

Vålerenga have collected 10 points from their Eliteserien home games so far after 3-1-2.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Vålerenga, as their goalkeeper Magnus Smelhus Sjøeng has completely shut out the opponents for 210 minutes in the Eliteserien.

A good away victory last time out for Vålerenga, who won 1-0 against Sarpsborg 08 (placed 8th). Sjøeng, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.55 out of 10 in that game. Sjøeng topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Vålerenga had a home game versus Kristiansund which ended with a victory 3-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vålerenga handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Vålerenga are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Vålerenga have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Viking form and stats

The visitors are W3-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Eliteserien.

It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Sparta Praha in their previous outing. The Europa Conference League fixture ended 0-0.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Kristiansund.

We have checked recent matches where Viking have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 7 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

Take note! Both teams have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's latest 12 league fixtures.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sparta Praha in just four days.

Viking has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. Viking have conceded 13 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vålerenga four wins, three draws and Viking three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VikingV. Berisha
V. Berisha
8 goals
VålerengaV. Kjartansson
V. Kjartansson
4 goals
VikingS. Sebulonsen
S. Sebulonsen
4 goals

Vålerenga missing players

Viking missing players

Vålerenga Viking
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 6 1 Played P 2 7 16
5 3 0 Won W 0 3 8
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 4
7 2 1 Lost L 1 3 4
16 7 0 Scored S 3 12 28
22 7 4 Conceded C 5 13 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
64% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 75%
50% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 50%
36% 17% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 25%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 43% 25%
43% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 62%
21% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 38%
36% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
6.1 9.2 14 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5.6 7.4
5.2 4.3 1 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.4 4
1.1 1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
15.9 22.2 22 Shots (avg) S ( 10 15 16.1
4.9 7.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.7 5.2
23% 16% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 36% 33%
 
13.8 11.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 13.6 11.1
4.8 4 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.3 2.7
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Viking have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Viking have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Viking have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Viking haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Vålerenga have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Vålerenga have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • 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 Molde 15 10 3 2 29 13 9 6 1 2 20 10 6 4 2 0 9 3 16 33
2 Lillestrøm 15 10 3 2 29 14 7 6 0 1 13 2 8 4 3 1 16 12 15 33
3 Viking 16 8 4 4 28 19 9 5 3 1 16 6 7 3 1 3 12 13 9 28
4 Bodø / Glimt 14 7 4 3 30 18 7 3 4 0 17 8 7 4 0 3 13 10 12 25
5 Rosenborg 14 5 7 2 23 17 6 4 2 0 13 6 8 1 5 2 10 11 6 22
6 Strømsgodset 14 6 3 5 20 21 7 4 1 2 13 12 7 2 2 3 7 9 -1 21
7 Aalesund 15 5 6 4 17 19 7 3 3 1 8 7 8 2 3 3 9 12 -2 21
8 Sarpsborg 08 14 6 1 7 29 23 8 3 1 4 13 11 6 3 0 3 16 12 6 19
9 Odd 15 6 1 8 15 21 8 3 0 5 11 15 7 3 1 3 4 6 -6 19
10 HamKam 14 3 8 3 18 17 8 2 4 2 10 9 6 1 4 1 8 8 1 17
11 Sandefjord 13 5 2 6 23 26 5 0 2 3 7 13 8 5 0 3 16 13 -3 17
12 Vålerenga 14 5 2 7 16 22 6 3 1 2 7 7 8 2 1 5 9 15 -6 17
13 Haugesund 15 3 4 8 21 27 7 2 2 3 11 13 8 1 2 5 10 14 -6 13
14 Tromsø 12 2 7 3 16 23 6 2 3 1 9 10 6 0 4 2 7 13 -7 13
15 Jerv 14 3 2 9 10 25 8 3 1 4 6 11 6 0 1 5 4 14 -15 11
16 Kristiansund 12 0 1 11 8 27 5 0 1 4 5 13 7 0 0 7 3 14 -19 1

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Read more about Eliteserien

Eliteserien is at the top of the Norwegian football league system. Seasons run from March to November with the 16 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 240 fixtures. When all these are played, the top team in the league table is the the “League Winner” while the winner of the cup in Norway is the “Norwegian Champion”.