Viking favourites for feisty fight facing Kristiansund

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 08.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: SR-Bank Arena (16300 seats)

Playing at their own ground is safe and nice for Viking, but Kristiansund are fully intent and able to win. How will it end?

Insights:
  • Viking have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Eliteserien
  • Kristiansund have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Eliteserien

Viking and Kristiansund should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Viking form and stats

Viking, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Eliteserien, have played 6 Eliteserien games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Viking have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Viking enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Djerv's place. The match ended 2-0.

Before that match, a win away at Staal Jørpeland.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Viking handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, four draws and two defeats.

Goals decide football matches and Viking are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. Viking have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Kristiansund form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Kristiansund playing as the away team in the Eliteserien this season.

It's the second away game in a row for Kristiansund, but there's smiles all around after the 5-1 victory versus Tiller in the NM Cup last time out. As mentioned above, Kristiansund was the only team on the pitch versus Tiller in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-2 at Volda (after extra-time).

We have checked recent matches where Kristiansund have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were two victories, two draws and three defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Kristiansund's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 6 matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Kristiansund in these games.

Head 2 Head

Viking-Kristiansund H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Viking four wins, Kristiansund two wins, one draw. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

VikingV. Berisha
V. Berisha
10 goals
VikingS. Friðjónsson
S. Friðjónsson
3 goals
VikingH. Tangen
H. Tangen
3 goals

Viking missing players

Kristiansund missing players

Viking Kristiansund
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 0 Played P 2 6 13
5 3 0 Won W 1 2 7
3 2 0 Drew D 1 1 2
5 1 0 Lost L 0 3 4
24 13 0 Scored S 1 3 13
27 8 0 Conceded C 0 7 12
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 92%
92% 83% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 62%
85% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 23%
62% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
38% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
77% 83% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 23%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 46%
23% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 67% 38%
 
5.6 6.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.7 6.4
5.6 4.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.7 7.3
2.2 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.5 16.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 16 11.3 13.2
4.1 4.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4 4.2
45% 46% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 12% 24%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Kristiansund have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Kristiansund have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kristiansund have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eliteserien
  • Kristiansund have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Eliteserien
  • Kristiansund have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Eliteserien
  • Kristiansund have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Eliteserien
  • Kristiansund have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Viking have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Viking have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kristiansund have scored away.
  • Viking have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Eliteserien
  • Viking have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Eliteserien
  • Viking have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Eliteserien
  • Viking have the most points from losing position (12) 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 Molde 14 9 3 2 34 13 7 6 0 1 22 5 7 3 3 1 12 8 21 30
2 Bodø / Glimt 14 7 4 3 29 15 8 5 2 1 22 9 6 2 2 2 7 6 14 25
3 Lillestrøm 13 7 3 3 20 16 7 5 1 1 11 6 6 2 2 2 9 10 4 24
4 Kristiansund 13 7 2 4 13 12 7 5 1 1 10 5 6 2 1 3 3 7 1 23
5 Rosenborg 14 6 4 4 26 19 7 4 1 2 15 8 7 2 3 2 11 11 7 22
6 Haugesund 13 6 4 3 18 12 7 6 1 0 16 4 6 0 3 3 2 8 6 22
7 Vålerenga 14 5 6 3 25 20 7 2 4 1 13 9 7 3 2 2 12 11 5 21
8 Strømsgodset 14 5 4 5 21 23 7 5 2 0 16 5 7 0 2 5 5 18 -2 19
9 Sandefjord 13 6 1 6 18 21 7 3 1 3 9 9 6 3 0 3 9 12 -3 19
10 Odd 14 5 4 5 20 24 6 3 2 1 12 8 8 2 2 4 8 16 -4 19
11 Viking 13 5 3 5 24 27 6 3 2 1 13 8 7 2 1 4 11 19 -3 18
12 Sarpsborg 08 14 3 5 6 11 19 7 1 4 2 5 6 7 2 1 4 6 13 -8 14
13 Mjøndalen 13 2 6 5 15 15 6 1 3 2 7 6 7 1 3 3 8 9 0 12
14 Tromsø 13 2 4 7 12 24 6 0 2 4 6 13 7 2 2 3 6 11 -12 10
15 Stabæk 13 2 3 8 16 28 6 1 1 4 6 12 7 1 2 4 10 16 -12 9
16 Brann 14 1 4 9 13 27 7 1 3 3 8 11 7 0 1 6 5 16 -14 7

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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”.