Eliteserien preview and news: Viking - Haugesund at SR-Bank Arena

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: SR-Bank Arena (16300 seats)

Viking are enjoying their 3rd, while Haugesund are dragging their feet 14 points behind in the league standings. Can they decrease the gap?

Insights:
  • Viking have the most points from losing position (20) in Eliteserien
  • Haugesund have the fewest points (6) away in Eliteserien

This has all the signs of an engrossing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both teams are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Haugesund play their home fixtures on grass, while this fixture is played on artifical turf. The latest statistics for Haugesund when featuring on artifical turf are 10 wins, 9 draws and 13 defeats from 32 matches. They have scored 50 goals and conceded 56 times in these fixtures.

Viking are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Haugesund is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Viking form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at SR-Bank Arena as Viking have scored 30 goals to get 26 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Eliteserien are 8-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Viking against Mjøndalen the last match, as Veton Berisha were on target. Some amazing scenes last match, when Veton Berisha scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time. Defender Gianni Stensness got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.32/10. Stensness won 4 of 4 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Sarpsborg 08 that was lost 1-2.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (30 in 13 games), Viking's attacking play is working. Viking have conceded 20 from these games.

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Haugesund form and stats

There's been little loot from Haugesund's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 13 away games in the Eliteserien. Haugesund only have 1 win to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Haugesund, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Haugesund's last game was the home draw against Bodø / Glimt (2-2). The draw against Bodø / Glimt came from a losing position. The Haugesund manager J. Grindhaug brought on Mads Berg Sande as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Alexander Søderlund, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.64. Søderlund scored one goal and hit one key pass.

A 1-2 defeat away at Stabæk before that.

Haugesund find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. For Haugesund, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved played each other before this campaign: Haugesund - Viking 4-2. Head-to-head data (for the last ten meetings): Viking won three games, three matches ended with a tie and Haugesund got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

VikingV. Berisha
V. Berisha
19 goals
VikingZ. Tripić
Z. Tripić
7 goals
HaugesundA. Ndour
A. Ndour
7 goals

Viking missing players

Haugesund missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Viking Haugesund
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
14 8 2 Won W 0 1 9
5 2 1 Drew D 1 3 6
7 3 1 Lost L 3 9 11
51 30 11 Scored S 6 15 43
43 20 5 Conceded C 10 27 40
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 85%
88% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 85% 81%
77% 85% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 69%
54% 54% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 35%
31% 38% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 23% 19%
77% 92% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 54%
12% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 15% 31%
12% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 31%
 
6.5 6.8 8.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4 4.9
5.1 5.1 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.4 5.5
1.8 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
16.2 16.6 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 10.2 11.5
5 5.5 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.8 4.5
40% 42% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 30% 37%
 
13.5 11.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 14 12.8 11.5
3.6 3.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.8 4
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Haugesund have the fewest points (6) away in Eliteserien
  • Haugesund have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Viking have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Viking have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Viking have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Eliteserien
  • Viking have the most points from losing position (20) in Eliteserien
  • Viking have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in Eliteserien
  • Viking 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 26 16 7 3 52 23 13 9 3 1 30 11 13 7 4 2 22 12 29 55
2 Molde 26 15 5 6 60 35 13 10 1 2 39 14 13 5 4 4 21 21 25 50
3 Viking 26 14 5 7 51 43 13 8 2 3 30 20 13 6 3 4 21 23 8 47
4 Rosenborg 26 12 7 7 52 35 13 8 2 3 33 17 13 4 5 4 19 18 17 43
5 Kristiansund 26 13 4 9 35 36 13 9 2 2 23 12 13 4 2 7 12 24 -1 43
6 Lillestrøm 26 12 6 8 40 34 13 6 3 4 17 12 13 6 3 4 23 22 6 42
7 Vålerenga 26 9 11 6 40 33 13 6 6 1 24 13 13 3 5 5 16 20 7 38
8 Sarpsborg 08 26 10 5 11 34 39 13 6 4 3 20 12 13 4 1 8 14 27 -5 35
9 Strømsgodset 26 9 7 10 39 35 13 8 3 2 32 10 13 1 4 8 7 25 4 34
10 Haugesund 26 9 6 11 43 40 13 8 3 2 28 13 13 1 3 9 15 27 3 33
11 Tromsø 26 7 9 10 31 41 13 3 5 5 16 19 13 4 4 5 15 22 -10 30
12 Odd 26 7 8 11 38 51 13 4 4 5 26 26 13 3 4 6 12 25 -13 29
13 Sandefjord 26 8 5 13 31 45 13 5 4 4 16 14 13 3 1 9 15 31 -14 29
14 Brann 26 4 9 13 32 49 13 3 5 5 18 22 13 1 4 8 14 27 -17 21
15 Stabæk 26 5 6 15 30 56 13 3 3 7 13 24 13 2 3 8 17 32 -26 21
16 Mjøndalen 26 3 10 13 30 43 13 2 5 6 18 16 13 1 5 7 12 27 -13 19

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Table
  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 26 16 7 3 52 23 13 9 3 1 30 11 13 7 4 2 22 12 29 55
2 Molde 26 15 5 6 60 35 13 10 1 2 39 14 13 5 4 4 21 21 25 50
3 Viking 26 14 5 7 51 43 13 8 2 3 30 20 13 6 3 4 21 23 8 47
4 Rosenborg 26 12 7 7 52 35 13 8 2 3 33 17 13 4 5 4 19 18 17 43
5 Kristiansund 26 13 4 9 35 36 13 9 2 2 23 12 13 4 2 7 12 24 -1 43
6 Lillestrøm 26 12 6 8 40 34 13 6 3 4 17 12 13 6 3 4 23 22 6 42
7 Vålerenga 26 9 11 6 40 33 13 6 6 1 24 13 13 3 5 5 16 20 7 38
8 Sarpsborg 08 26 10 5 11 34 39 13 6 4 3 20 12 13 4 1 8 14 27 -5 35
9 Strømsgodset 26 9 7 10 39 35 13 8 3 2 32 10 13 1 4 8 7 25 4 34
10 Haugesund 26 9 6 11 43 40 13 8 3 2 28 13 13 1 3 9 15 27 3 33
11 Tromsø 26 7 9 10 31 41 13 3 5 5 16 19 13 4 4 5 15 22 -10 30
12 Odd 26 7 8 11 38 51 13 4 4 5 26 26 13 3 4 6 12 25 -13 29
13 Sandefjord 26 8 5 13 31 45 13 5 4 4 16 14 13 3 1 9 15 31 -14 29
14 Brann 26 4 9 13 32 49 13 3 5 5 18 22 13 1 4 8 14 27 -17 21
15 Stabæk 26 5 6 15 30 56 13 3 3 7 13 24 13 2 3 8 17 32 -26 21
16 Mjøndalen 26 3 10 13 30 43 13 2 5 6 18 16 13 1 5 7 12 27 -13 19

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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”.