Viking vs Aalesund pre-match info: Guests face a grim task at SR-Bank Arena

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 10.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: SR-Bank Arena (16300 seats)

It's game day two of the Eliteserien campaign and a lot to play for. Check out our thorough preview of Viking-Aalesund!

This should be an interesting match with lots of fun and bustle as both teams are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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Viking form and stats

In the previous season, Viking's league results were 17 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, results that produced 3rd position in the Eliteserien. Over these 30 matches they scored 60 goals and conceded 47. Appearing as the host team in the previous season Viking produced 9-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with 34 goals and 22 conceded.

Viking are confident in defense, having played 267 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

It's back home for Viking, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sarpsborg 08 away with the result 1-0. Tripić found the net in that victory. The forward Tripić won the honour of being "man of the match" for Viking with a rating of 9.45/10. Tripić scored one goal, hit nine key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

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Aalesund form and stats

Let's have a look at how Aalesund performed last season in the Obos-Ligaen: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 10 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 68 and conceded 43 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 28/24 goals scored/conceded.

Aalesund had fun at their own home (SR-Bank Arena) last time out, beating Kristiansund 1-0. Barmen scored. Attacker Nordli got a player rating of 8.03 in the game. "Man of the match" Nordli hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).

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Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Viking victories, four draws and three Aalesund wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VikingZ. Tripić
Z. Tripić
1 goals
AalesundK. Barmen
K. Barmen
1 goals

Viking missing players

Aalesund missing players

Viking Aalesund
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
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% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
21 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 19
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
 
7 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 10
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Viking Last season Aalesund
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
17 9   Won W   6 16
6 3   Drew D   5 10
7 3   Lost L   4 4
60 34   Scored S   28 68
47 22   Conceded C   24 43
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 93%
90% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 83%
73% 80%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 63%
53% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 53%
30% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   40% 40%
77% 93%   BTTS BTTS   60% 70%
13% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 20%
10% 7%   Failed to Score F T   33% 17%
 
6.4 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   7.1 6.8
4.9 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.5
1.7 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.4
2 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
15.9 16.5   Shots (avg) S (   13.1 14.5
4.9 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.5 6.2
41% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 37%
 
13.3 11.8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.9 10.5
3.8 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 4.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sandefjord 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Odd 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Aalesund 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Jerv 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Molde 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Viking 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Bodø / Glimt 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 HamKam 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Lillestrøm 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Rosenborg 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 Kristiansund 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Sarpsborg 08 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Strømsgodset 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Vålerenga 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Haugesund 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Tromsø 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -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 Bodø / Glimt 30 18 9 3 59 25 15 10 4 1 34 13 15 8 5 2 25 12 34 63
2 Molde 30 18 6 6 70 40 15 11 2 2 46 18 15 7 4 4 24 22 30 60
3 Viking 30 17 6 7 60 47 15 9 3 3 34 22 15 8 3 4 26 25 13 57
4 Lillestrøm 30 14 7 9 49 40 15 8 3 4 23 13 15 6 4 5 26 27 9 49
5 Rosenborg 30 13 9 8 58 42 15 8 4 3 35 19 15 5 5 5 23 23 16 48
6 Kristiansund 30 14 4 12 41 46 15 10 2 3 27 16 15 4 2 9 14 30 -5 46
7 Vålerenga 30 11 12 7 46 37 15 7 7 1 27 14 15 4 5 6 19 23 9 45
8 Sarpsborg 08 30 11 6 13 39 44 15 6 5 4 21 14 15 5 1 9 18 30 -5 39
9 Strømsgodset 30 9 9 12 43 43 15 8 4 3 33 12 15 1 5 9 10 31 0 36
10 Sandefjord 30 10 6 14 38 52 15 6 5 4 21 18 15 4 1 10 17 34 -14 36
11 Haugesund 30 9 8 13 46 45 15 8 3 4 30 17 15 1 5 9 16 28 1 35
12 Tromsø 30 8 11 11 33 44 15 3 6 6 16 21 15 5 5 5 17 23 -11 35
13 Odd 30 8 9 13 44 58 15 5 4 6 30 29 15 3 5 7 14 29 -14 33
14 Brann 30 5 11 14 38 55 15 4 5 6 20 24 15 1 6 8 18 31 -17 26
15 Stabæk 30 6 7 17 35 62 15 4 3 8 17 27 15 2 4 9 18 35 -27 25
16 Mjøndalen 30 4 10 16 33 52 15 2 5 8 19 22 15 2 5 8 14 30 -19 22
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 HamKam 30 21 6 3 62 21 15 12 1 2 36 13 15 9 5 1 26 8 41 69
2 Aalesund 30 16 10 4 68 43 15 10 5 0 40 19 15 6 5 4 28 24 25 58
3 Jerv 30 15 9 6 49 46 15 9 5 1 26 17 15 6 4 5 23 29 3 54
4 Fredrikstad 30 15 7 8 60 42 15 9 4 2 35 18 15 6 3 6 25 24 18 52
5 KFUM 30 12 8 10 46 45 15 9 2 4 28 18 15 3 6 6 18 27 1 44
6 Sogndal 30 11 9 10 40 35 15 5 8 2 21 16 15 6 1 8 19 19 5 42
7 Åsane 30 11 7 12 44 53 15 7 3 5 25 27 15 4 4 7 19 26 -9 40
8 Sandnes Ulf 30 10 9 11 43 49 15 7 3 5 25 24 15 3 6 6 18 25 -6 39
9 Start 30 10 8 12 59 59 15 5 4 6 30 32 15 5 4 6 29 27 0 38
10 Bryne 30 11 4 15 44 48 15 7 3 5 25 18 15 4 1 10 19 30 -4 37
11 Raufoss 30 10 5 15 51 54 15 8 1 6 33 26 15 2 4 9 18 28 -3 34
12 Ranheim 30 9 7 14 56 62 15 6 4 5 33 31 15 3 3 9 23 31 -6 34
13 Grorud 30 10 4 16 45 59 15 6 1 8 24 28 15 4 3 8 21 31 -14 34
14 Stjørdals-Blink 30 8 7 15 32 50 15 6 5 4 18 13 15 2 2 11 14 37 -18 31
15 Ullensaker / Kisa 30 7 8 15 34 50 15 4 4 7 15 18 15 3 4 8 19 32 -16 29
16 Strømmen 30 4 12 14 32 49 15 3 7 5 14 19 15 1 5 9 18 30 -17 24

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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”.