This could be an interesting match as Viking have their presumed home advantage while Rosenborg are ahead 15 points in the Eliteserien table.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Eliteserien. That game was an away game at Odd, so at least Viking are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
7 - 9 - 4 with 30-27. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Rosenborg when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Rosenborg play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Viking form and stats
4-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Eliteserien numbers at home for Viking so far this season.
The fans are hoping that Viking will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Eliteserien game against Odd (placed 4th). Before that, Viking played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Stabæk.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (23 in 11 games), Viking's attacking play is working. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Viking defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Rosenborg form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Eliteserien, are W5-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Eliteserien. In general it has been a productive period now for Rosenborg as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.
The supporters enjoyed Rosenborg's previous game versus Start (placed 14th), a Eliteserien 1-0 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Sarpsborg 08.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Å. Fridtjof Hareide when Carlo Holse scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.
Rosenborg are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 11 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Rosenborg as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Rosenborg - Viking 3-0 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Viking victories, two draws and eight Rosenborg wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Berisha 11 goals |   K. Zachariassen 10 goals |  Z. Bytyqi 9 goals |
Viking missing players
Rosenborg missing players
| Viking | Rosenborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 39 | 23 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 43 |
| 43 | 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 82% | 87% |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 74% |
| 70% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 65% |
| 35% | 45% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 26% |
| 26% | 36% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 22% |
| 61% | 73% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 45% | 57% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 35% |
| 22% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 303 | 166 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 50 | 127 | 287 |
| 100 | 54 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 42 | 104 |
| 39% | 43% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 36% | 41% |
- Rosenborg has the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Eliteserien
- Rosenborg has the fewest conceded goals (22) in Eliteserien
- Rosenborg has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Eliteserien
- Rosenborg is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Viking have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 19 | 49 | 62 |
| 2 | Molde | 23 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 57 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 29 | 46 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 45 |
| 4 | Odd | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 42 |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 42 |
| 6 | Kristiansund | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 36 |
| 7 | Stabæk | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 23 | -3 | 30 |
| 8 | Viking | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 24 | -4 | 30 |
| 9 | Sarpsborg 08 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -3 | 28 |
| 10 | Haugesund | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -10 | 28 |
| 11 | Sandefjord | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -12 | 27 |
| 12 | Brann | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 24 | -10 | 25 |
| 13 | Strømsgodset | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -12 | 24 |
| 14 | Start | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 26 | -17 | 19 |
| 15 | Mjøndalen | 23 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -23 | 17 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 23 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 26 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 31 | -38 | 10 |
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)