Only three points will satisfy the Viking supporters in this SR-Bank Arena battle with Kristiansund, as they enjoy a solid lead on the away side in the Eliteserien standings.
- Viking have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Kristiansund have the fewest scored goals (7) in Eliteserien
Both teams have had enough days rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's look for an enthusiastic fixture!
Viking form and stats
The story so far in the Eliteserien for Viking at their home stadium (SR-Bank Arena) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
It's back home for Viking, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Lillestrøm away with the result 1-0. Traore found the net in that victory. Just what the doctor ordered, as that was the first three points in the league after failing to win six consecutive matches. Manager Jensen felt very clever after Traore scored the winning goal against Lillestrøm, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 70th minute. Vevatne was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.84 out of 10. The defender Vevatne won 5 of 7 duels.
In the match before that, Viking hosted Rosenborg and drew the game 1-1.Viking are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 5 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 2, drew 3 and lost 0.
The manager Jensen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sparta Praha in only four days.
A decent goal production from Viking in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Viking have conceded only 5 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Kristiansund form and stats
As the visiting team in Eliteserien matches, Kristiansund have produced an overall stat of 0-0-6 so far. Three has not been a lucky number for Kristiansund as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Rosenborg match.
Kristiansund play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Vålerenga (placed 11th). Midfield player Aasbak was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.2/10. Aasbak hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Lillestrøm.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Kristiansund played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 4 times.
Kristiansund are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 6 away games. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Kristiansund has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the previous ten meetings involving these two sides are: seven wins for Viking, one draw and two wins for Kristiansund. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  V. Berisha 8 goals |  S. Sebulonsen 4 goals |  Z. Tripić 3 goals |
Viking missing players
Kristiansund missing players
| Viking | Kristiansund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 26 | 14 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 93% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 82% |
| 47% | 38% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 64% |
| 27% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 36% |
| 27% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 60% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 45% |
| 40% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 55% |
| 7.5 | 9.2 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.5 | 6.2 |
| 4 | 3.6 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.8 | 6 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 16.9 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13 | 13.1 |
| 5.4 | 6 | 8.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| 32% | 29% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 13% | 22% |
| 11.1 | 9 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 16.8 | 16.3 |
| 2.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
- Kristiansund have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Kristiansund have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Kristiansund have lost all their away matches so far.
- Kristiansund have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Eliteserien
- Kristiansund have the fewest points (0) away in Eliteserien
- Kristiansund have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Eliteserien
- Kristiansund have the fewest scored goals (7) in Eliteserien
- Kristiansund have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Eliteserien
- Kristiansund have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Eliteserien
- Kristiansund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kristiansund is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Viking have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Viking have scored more than double the goals of Kristiansund.
- Viking have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Viking have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 | Viking | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Bodø / Glimt | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Strømsgodset | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 21 |
| 7 | Sarpsborg 08 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 8 | Aalesund | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | Odd | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | HamKam | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 11 | Vålerenga | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Sandefjord | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Haugesund | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Jerv | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -14 | 11 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -18 | 1 |
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
- Kristiansund BK
- Tidens Krav - (local newspaper)
- Uglan supporterklubb - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
