Viking and Kristiansund spectators can't wait for Eliteserien clash

Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Date: sø 31.mars
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)

It's the first game of the new season for Viking and Kristiansund. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.

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Viking form and stats

Viking have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and nine practice matches played. These training games have ended with 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Viking scored 22 goals and let in 14 goals during these nine games.

It's the first season at a new level for Viking as they were promoted from Obos-Ligaen last season. Happy days that were secured through 20 wins, 1 draw and 9 losses from 30 games. The team scored 35 goals at home last season and conceded 17. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

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Kristiansund form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Kristiansund in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Kristiansund, 3 draws and 8 defeats.

Just as the home team, Kristiansund have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 3 Kristiansund wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.

Let's have a look at how Kristiansund performed last season in the league. They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 7 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 20/25 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Viking, 1 draw and 0 wins for Kristiansund.

Top Goalscorers

B. Bye
9 goals

Viking missing players

Kristiansund missing players

Viking Last season Kristiansund
Total Home Statistic Away Total
30 15 Played 15 30
68 35 Scored 20 46
44 17 Conceded 25 41
97% 100% Over 0.5 93% 97%
90% 93% Over 1.5 80% 80%
67% 60% Over 2.5 60% 53%
50% 47% Over 3.5 33% 33%
37% 27% Over 4.5 27% 20%
53% 47% Both teams to score 53% 60%
30% 40% Clean Sheet 20% 20%
20% 13% Failed To Score 33% 23%

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Viking 30 20 1 9 68 44 15 11 0 4 35 17 15 9 1 5 33 27 24 61
2 Mjøndalen 30 17 9 4 49 24 15 6 7 2 21 14 15 11 2 2 28 10 25 60
3 Aalesund 30 18 5 7 58 31 15 9 3 3 32 13 15 9 2 4 26 18 27 59
4 Sogndal 30 15 6 9 47 31 15 7 3 5 29 20 15 8 3 4 18 11 16 51
5 Ullensaker / Kisa 30 11 10 9 59 49 15 6 7 2 32 22 15 5 3 7 27 27 10 43
6 Nest-Sotra 30 12 7 11 43 41 15 7 2 6 22 17 15 5 5 5 21 24 2 43
7 Tromsdalen 30 12 7 11 43 47 15 7 3 5 24 23 15 5 4 6 19 24 -4 43
8 Kongsvinger 30 12 6 12 59 49 15 8 2 5 34 20 15 4 4 7 25 29 10 42
9 HamKam 30 12 6 12 46 44 15 6 4 5 25 23 15 6 2 7 21 21 2 42
10 Sandnes Ulf 30 11 9 10 43 47 15 7 4 4 21 15 15 4 5 6 22 32 -4 42
11 Strømmen 30 12 2 16 49 53 15 8 0 7 25 27 15 4 2 9 24 26 -4 38
12 Notodden 30 10 6 14 36 40 15 5 4 6 18 19 15 5 2 8 18 21 -4 36
13 Jerv 30 8 11 11 31 41 15 5 6 4 16 15 15 3 5 7 15 26 -10 35
14 Åsane 30 9 6 15 38 57 15 6 2 7 24 29 15 3 4 8 14 28 -19 33
15 Florø 30 8 3 19 27 59 15 5 1 9 16 28 15 3 2 10 11 31 -32 27
16 Levanger 30 3 6 21 32 71 15 1 2 12 17 35 15 2 4 9 15 36 -39 15
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Rosenborg 30 19 7 4 51 24 15 9 5 1 32 14 15 10 2 3 19 10 27 64
2 Molde 30 18 5 7 63 36 15 11 1 3 38 15 15 7 4 4 25 21 27 59
3 Brann 30 17 7 6 45 31 15 9 4 2 24 11 15 8 3 4 21 20 14 58
4 Haugesund 30 16 5 9 45 33 15 10 2 3 25 14 15 6 3 6 20 19 12 53
5 Kristiansund 30 13 7 10 46 41 15 8 4 3 26 16 15 5 3 7 20 25 5 46
6 Vålerenga 30 11 9 10 39 44 15 7 5 3 23 19 15 4 4 7 16 25 -5 42
7 Ranheim 30 12 6 12 43 50 15 8 4 3 29 20 15 4 2 9 14 30 -7 42
8 Sarpsborg 08 30 11 8 11 46 39 15 7 3 5 28 17 15 4 5 6 18 22 7 41
9 Odd 30 11 7 12 39 38 15 8 3 4 27 16 15 3 4 8 12 22 1 40
10 Tromsø 30 11 3 16 41 48 15 7 2 6 26 19 15 4 1 10 15 29 -7 36
11 Bodø / Glimt 30 6 14 10 32 35 15 4 6 5 22 18 15 2 8 5 10 17 -3 32
12 Lillestrøm 30 7 11 12 34 44 15 5 8 2 16 12 15 2 3 10 18 32 -10 32
13 Strømsgodset 30 7 10 13 46 48 15 5 4 6 26 19 15 2 6 7 20 29 -2 31
14 Stabæk 30 6 11 13 37 50 15 5 6 4 23 22 15 1 5 9 14 28 -13 29
15 Start 30 8 5 17 30 54 15 6 2 7 17 20 15 2 3 10 13 34 -24 29
16 Sandefjord 30 4 11 15 35 57 15 3 4 8 16 22 15 1 7 7 19 35 -22 23

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