Eliteserien prediction and preview: Viking modest favorites to beat Ranheim

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Date: Sun 25.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: SR-Bank Arena (16508 seats)

With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Viking fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Ranheim.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Viking form and stats

Viking have collected 17 points from their home games so far after 5-2-2. Two home wins in a row for Viking bring valid hopes of a third.

The Viking supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Strømsgodset in Eliteserien and win 4-0. Ahead of that match, Viking won a home game hosting Sarpsborg 08 (2-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Viking handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D2-L1.

The Viking fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

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Ranheim form and stats

Playing away, Ranheim have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats so far this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eliteserien home defeat versus Molde with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Haugesund at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Ranheim are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of two matches.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Ranheim have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Ranheim - Viking 5-2. Viking-Ranheim H2H statistics last one meeting regardless of arena: Viking 0 wins, Ranheim 1 win, 0 draws. 1 of these one matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

K. Thorstvedt
6 goals / 2 assists
T. Høiland
6 goals / 3 assists
Z. Tripić
4 goals

Viking missing players

Ranheim missing players

Viking Ranheim
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played 3 9 18
7 5 3 Won 1 3 5
4 2 0 Drew 1 2 3
7 2 0 Lost 1 4 10
27 17 9 Scored 2 7 20
28 9 1 Conceded 2 11 32
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 67% 78% 89%
83% 89% 100% Over 1.5 33% 44% 67%
50% 56% 100% Over 2.5 33% 33% 50%
28% 22% 33% Over 3.5 0% 22% 33%
22% 11% 0% Over 4.5 0% 11% 28%
50% 44% 33% BTTS 33% 33% 50%
39% 44% 67% Clean Sheets 67% 44% 28%
22% 22% 0% Failed To Score 33% 44% 33%
 
4.2 4 2.3 Corners For (avg) 4.3 3.8 3.9
5.2 4.1 2 Corners Against (avg) 6 5.8 5.4
1.9 2.2 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.7 1.3 1.5
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Viking have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Viking have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ranheim have scored away.

Viking
All Obos-Ligaen Eliteserien NM Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
13-07-19 EL Rosenborg 5 - 1 Viking
04-08-19 EL Viking 0 - 2 Molde
11-08-19 EL Bodø / Glimt 2 - 1 Viking
14-08-19 EL Viking 2 - 1 Sarpsborg 08
18-08-19 EL Viking 4 - 0 Strømsgodset
25-08-19 EL Viking 16:00 Ranheim
01-09-19 EL Sarpsborg 08 16:00 Viking
15-09-19 EL Viking 16:00 Odd
22-09-19 EL Vålerenga 16:00 Viking
26-09-19 NMC Aalesund 18:00 Viking
Ranheim
All Obos-Ligaen Eliteserien NM Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
04-07-19 EL Ranheim 2 - 3 Rosenborg
13-07-19 EL Bodø / Glimt 5 - 1 Ranheim
04-08-19 EL Ranheim 0 - 3 Brann
11-08-19 EL Haugesund 0 - 1 Ranheim
18-08-19 EL Ranheim 2 - 3 Molde
25-08-19 EL Viking 16:00 Ranheim
01-09-19 EL Ranheim 16:00 Kristiansund
15-09-19 EL Strømsgodset 16:00 Ranheim
22-09-19 EL Ranheim 16:00 Bodø / Glimt
25-09-19 NMC Ranheim 16:00 Fram

  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 Molde 18 12 3 3 42 18 8 7 1 0 21 4 10 5 2 3 21 14 24 39
2 Bodø / Glimt 18 12 3 3 41 27 9 7 1 1 23 7 9 5 2 2 18 20 14 39
3 Odd 18 10 4 4 26 20 10 8 2 0 19 9 8 2 2 4 7 11 6 34
4 Rosenborg 18 8 5 5 27 22 9 6 2 1 19 8 9 2 3 4 8 14 5 29
5 Brann 18 8 5 5 23 18 9 4 3 2 9 7 9 4 2 3 14 11 5 29
6 Vålerenga 18 7 5 6 33 25 9 5 2 2 18 8 9 2 3 4 15 17 8 26
7 Viking 18 7 4 7 27 28 9 5 2 2 17 9 9 2 2 5 10 19 -1 25
8 Haugesund 18 6 6 6 27 21 9 2 4 3 13 11 9 4 2 3 14 10 6 24
9 Kristiansund 18 6 5 7 20 21 8 4 2 2 13 8 10 2 3 5 7 13 -1 23
10 Lillestrøm 18 6 4 8 23 29 9 5 1 3 13 12 9 1 3 5 10 17 -6 22
11 Mjøndalen 18 4 8 6 26 30 9 3 4 2 15 15 9 1 4 4 11 15 -4 20
12 Stabæk 18 5 5 8 18 23 10 3 5 2 13 9 8 2 0 6 5 14 -5 20
13 Ranheim 18 5 3 10 20 32 9 2 1 6 13 21 9 3 2 4 7 11 -12 18
14 Tromsø 18 5 3 10 20 36 9 3 2 4 11 12 9 2 1 6 9 24 -16 18
15 Sarpsborg 08 18 2 9 7 19 25 9 2 5 2 10 10 9 0 4 5 9 15 -6 15
16 Strømsgodset 18 3 4 11 19 36 9 3 1 5 14 20 9 0 3 6 5 16 -17 13

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