Eliteserien: First-class against below average, at least based on the matches so far. Viking - Aalesund. Home victory or a surprise?
- Viking is in the best form (5-0-1) in Eliteserien
- Aalesund have the fewest scored goals (10) in Eliteserien
This looks to be an entertaining game with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!
Viking form and stats
Viking are steadily winning Eliteserien games and points here at SR-Bank Arena. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.
Viking are confident in defense, having played 185 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Viking, who won 1-0 against Stabæk (placed 11th). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Jensen when Bjarnason scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 87th minute. The attacker Tripić was named "man of the match" for Viking with the rating of 7.84/10. Tripić hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Haugesund in a game that was won 2-0.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Viking home games with this odds we find 6 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 0 matches were won by at least two goals.
Some goal stats: A review of the 12 latest league games reveals that 10 of them had at least one goal from each side.
With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Viking defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Aalesund form and stats
As the visiting team in Eliteserien matches, Aalesund have produced an overall stat of 0-0-7 so far. Bitter travels for Aalesund as they have lost seven games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Strømsgodset match.
Two away games in a row for Aalesund, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-5 versus Lillestrøm. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Lillestrøm was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. Atanga, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.21. Atanga scored one goal.
A loss against Odd was the result prior to that, in a home game.You'll want to know how Aalesund managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 8 similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 0 draws and 7 home wins.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 10 of this club's 13 most recent league games have ended with at least three goals.
Goals are few and far between in Aalesund's away league games. Only {3 goals} from 7 travels. Aalesund are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 3 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Viking wins - draws - Aalesund wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Tripić 7 goals |  L. Salvesen 5 goals |  S. Svendsen 4 goals |
Viking missing players
Aalesund missing players
| Viking | Aalesund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 31 | 21 | 9 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | 33 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 67% |
| 57% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 67% |
| 43% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 29% | 43% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 71% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 21% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 53% |
| 5.6 | 7.1 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 8.7 | 7.2 |
| 1.9 | 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15.2 | 17.9 | 23 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 10.7 | 11 |
| 6.1 | 7.3 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| 36% | 41% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 16% | 21% |
| 12.6 | 12 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 16.3 | 15.9 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
- Aalesund have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Aalesund have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Aalesund have lost all their away matches so far.
- Aalesund have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Aalesund have the fewest points (0) away in Eliteserien
- Aalesund have the fewest scored goals (10) in Eliteserien
- Aalesund have the most conceded goals (33) in Eliteserien
- Aalesund have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Eliteserien
- Aalesund have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Eliteserien
- Aalesund have the the worst goal difference (-23) in Eliteserien
- Aalesund haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- All of Viking's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Viking have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Viking have scored more than double the goals of Aalesund.
- Viking have the most points from losing position (14) in Eliteserien
- Viking have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Eliteserien
- Viking have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Viking haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Viking is in the best form (5-0-1) in Eliteserien
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 24 | 38 |
| 2 | Viking | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
| 3 | Brann | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Tromsø | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Molde | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 26 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 26 |
| 7 | Sarpsborg 08 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Strømsgodset | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Odd | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | Rosenborg | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Stabæk | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 16 |
| 12 | Haugesund | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 13 | HamKam | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -16 | 13 |
| 14 | Vålerenga | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -8 | 11 |
| 15 | Sandefjord | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 19 | -23 | 7 |
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
