Match-goers at SR-Bank Arena haven’t witnessed many victories this season, with Viking languishing in the 11th place. The guesting Odd will believe to shield their higher league spot in this fixture.
- Viking have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
Viking are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Odd most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Viking form and stats
5-4-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Eliteserien numbers at home for Viking so far this season. Three consecutive losses here at SR-Bank Arena is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
No payout for Viking in their previous match, an away game at Bodø / Glimt that ended in defeat 4-5. A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Bodø / Glimt) as a comfortable lead 4-2 was completely ruined into a loss 4-5. The forward Kabran won the honour of being "man of the match" for Viking with a rating of 8.2/10. Kabran scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the home loss against Molde with the scoreline 1-4.Some stats: A review of the 21 latest league games highlights that 18 of them had goals from both sides.
The Viking fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Viking have conceded 18 goals.
Odd form and stats
As the visiting team in Eliteserien matches, Odd have produced an overall stat of 5-4-5 so far.
Odd won their last game, 5-1 versus Strømsgodset played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Odd was very dominant against Strømsgodset, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Jørgensen, Wallem, Hoff (2) and Stensrud providing the goals. Midfield player Hoff was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.73/10. Hoff scored two goals and had 69 successful passes (of 78 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Lillestrøm at their stadium, the result 2-0.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Odd when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 9 matches with the visitors losing 7 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
Observe! Both sides have scored goal(s) in 8 of this club's latest 10 league matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Odd have scored 16 goals in 14 league games away. Odd have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Odd - Viking 2-1 was the product when these two contenders formerly met, also in this season. Data for the last ten meetings involving these two squads are: four wins for Viking, one draw and five wins for Odd. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Berisha 8 goals |   T. Lauritsen 6 goals |
Viking missing players
Odd missing players
| Viking | Odd | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 47 | 20 | 8 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | 42 |
| 53 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 22 | 44 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 97% |
| 83% | 79% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | 76% |
| 69% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 50% | 59% |
| 38% | 21% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | 34% |
| 28% | 14% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 72% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 43% | 55% |
| 21% | 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 29% | 24% |
| 10% | 21% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 36% | 24% |
| 6.6 | 8 | 8.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14.7 | 16.1 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 35% | 31% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 30% | 33% |
| 11.7 | 9 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 16.9 | 15.2 |
| 3.7 | 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 5 | 4.4 |
- 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 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 69 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 45 | 75 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 82 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 43 | 57 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 67 | 41 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 56 |
| 4 | Lillestrøm | 29 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 50 |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 51 | 47 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 4 | 44 |
| 6 | Odd | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 22 | -2 | 44 |
| 7 | Tromsø | 29 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 44 | 47 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 26 | -3 | 42 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 54 | 52 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 2 | 38 |
| 9 | Aalesund | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -13 | 38 |
| 10 | Haugesund | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -4 | 37 |
| 11 | Viking | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 47 | 53 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 35 | -6 | 34 |
| 12 | Strømsgodset | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 51 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 30 | -9 | 33 |
| 13 | HamKam | 29 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 32 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 31 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 66 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 33 | -26 | 23 |
| 15 | Kristiansund | 29 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 59 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 31 | -23 | 22 |
| 16 | Jerv | 29 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 29 | 68 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 39 | -39 | 19 |
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
