Possible nail-biting contest in Viking - Bodø / Glimt game

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 24.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: SR-Bank Arena (16300 seats)

Bodø / Glimt have come here for an intriguing duel versus the home team Viking. Get ready for the match with this in-depth Eliteserien preview!

Insights:
  • Bodø / Glimt have the most scored goals (9) in Eliteserien

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Bodø / Glimt, who are travelling more than 1500 kilometers to play this game.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Viking and Bodø / Glimt.

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Viking form and stats

Viking have only played one Eliteserien game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats from 15 matches.

The fans hope that Viking will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the NM Cup fixture against Bodø / Glimt.

Prior to that, an away loss at Odd in the Eliteserien.

This is expected to be a close game, with Viking perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Viking as a small favourite), we find seven games. Viking has won three of these, drawn one and lost three.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Viking at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Bodø / Glimt form and stats

Only one away game in the Eliteserien so far for Bodø / Glimt and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 8 victories, 5 draws and 2 losses from 15 travels.

The fans enjoyed Bodø / Glimt's previous fixture versus Viking, a NM Cup win (2-1) played at home.

Before that, Bodø / Glimt secured a home win against Vålerenga with the score 5-1.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Bodø / Glimt has managed 2 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Viking wins - draws - Bodø / Glimt wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VikingZ. Tripić
Z. Tripić
2 goals
Bodø / GlimtH. Vetlesen
H. Vetlesen
2 goals
Bodø / GlimtU. Saltnes
U. Saltnes
2 goals

Viking missing players

Bodø / Glimt missing players

Viking Bodø / Glimt
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 1 0 Scored S 0 2 9
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7.3 9 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 6
3.7 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 3.3
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
20.3 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 22 18.7
5.3 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3.3
19% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 90%
 
10 5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6 5.3
2.7 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 2.7
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Bodø / Glimt have the most scored goals (9) in Eliteserien
  • Bodø / Glimt have the most scored goals in the second half (6) in Eliteserien
Viking Last season Bodø / Glimt
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
17 9   Won W   8 18
6 3   Drew D   5 9
7 3   Lost L   2 3
60 34   Scored S   25 59
47 22   Conceded C   12 25
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 97%
90% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 80%
73% 80%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 50%
53% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 30%
30% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 10%
77% 93%   BTTS BTTS   47% 47%
13% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 43%
10% 7%   Failed to Score F T   20% 13%
 
6.4 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 6.6
4.9 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4
1.7 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.2
2 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
15.9 16.5   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 14.7
4.9 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.2 2.8
41% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   76% 71%
 
13.3 11.8   Shots against (avg) S A   10.8 10
3.8 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.3

  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 3 2 1 0 9 4 2 1 1 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 7
2 Lillestrøm 3 2 1 0 8 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 5 7
3 Molde 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 6
4 Odd 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 6
5 Viking 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 6
6 Jerv 3 2 0 1 2 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -2 6
7 Rosenborg 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 5
8 HamKam 3 1 1 1 6 4 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 4
9 Sarpsborg 08 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 4
10 Aalesund 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
11 Tromsø 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 -1 4
12 Sandefjord 3 1 0 2 4 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 -2 3
13 Strømsgodset 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 -2 3
14 Vålerenga 3 1 0 2 3 7 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 6 -4 3
15 Kristiansund 3 0 0 3 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 -3 0
16 Haugesund 3 0 0 3 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 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

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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”.