Viking have played really well so far, proven by 3rd place in the table. Odd have an outlook both ways from the 9th position.
- Viking have the most points from losing position (8) in Eliteserien
- Odd have the most clean sheets (5) in Eliteserien
It's no vacation for neither Viking nor Odd as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Viking form and stats
Viking have collected seven points from their first three Eliteserien games here at SR-Bank Arena, a promising start.
A good away victory last time out for Viking, who won 2-1 against Sandefjord (placed 11th). The victory against Sandefjord came after Løkberg's winning goal. The Viking manager Jensen was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 66th minute. Svendsen, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the declared top player for the side in that game, earning a rating of 8.35 (out of 10). Svendsen served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Strømsgodset.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Viking handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Viking always seem capable of creating a buzz here at SR-Bank Arena with 10 goals in 3 league games. Viking have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Odd form and stats
As the visiting team in Eliteserien matches, Odd have produced an overall stat of 1-2-1 so far.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Lillestrøm with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Late heartbreak for Odd in the Lillestrøm match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime. Midfield player Wallem was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.43/10. Wallem hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 67 successful passes (of 76 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Tromsø.Odd are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
Little scoring action? 7 league matches in a row with this club have had two goals or less.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Odd's away games in the league this season with only {1 goals} from 4 matches. Odd are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Viking victories, two draws and five Odd wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Svendsen 2 goals |  S. Bjørshol 2 goals |  N. D'Agostino 2 goals |
Viking missing players
Odd missing players
| Viking | Odd | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 75% | 71% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 75% | 71% |
| 5.7 | 6.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 4.8 | 6.4 |
| 1.8 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.5 | 19 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.2 | 10.9 |
| 5.8 | 6.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 37% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 9% | 17% |
| 13 | 13 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 10.8 | 11.1 |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.2 | 2.9 |
- All of Viking's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Odd have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Eliteserien
- Odd have the most clean sheets (3) away in Eliteserien
- Odd have the most clean sheets (5) in Eliteserien
- Odd have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Eliteserien
- Viking have not yet lost a game at home.
- Viking have scored more than double the goals of Odd.
- Viking have the most points from losing position (8) in Eliteserien
- Viking have the most scored goals in the second half (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 | Bodø / Glimt | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | Viking | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | Brann | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Tromsø | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Stabæk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Molde | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Odd | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Vålerenga | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Sandefjord | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Rosenborg | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 13 | Haugesund | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | HamKam | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 6 |
| 15 | Strømsgodset | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | -13 | 1 |
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
