Viking supporters put their faith in manager B. Berntsen to deliver victory against Sandefjord

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Wed 01.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: SR-Bank Arena (16300 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the Eliteserien so far, with Viking placed 15th and Sandefjord sitting in the 11th position.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Viking and Sandefjord.

It should be mentioned that Sandefjord play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Sandefjord on artifical turf are 9 victories, 8 draws and 10 defeats from 27 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 45-53. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Viking form and stats

Viking are yet to win a home game, having collected 1 point from their first two Eliteserien games here at SR-Bank Arena.

Viking are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Vålerenga. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Mjøndalen that ended 1-1.

Viking's goalkeeper Iven Austbø was extremely busy against Vålerenga, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Viking's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won three matches, drawn zero and lost two.

Viking are traveling soon after this match as the Eliteserien match at Start awaits in three days.

Viking has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 5 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Sandefjord form and stats

Sandefjord are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Eliteserien, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

The attacking players of Sandefjord have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 215 minutes.

Sandefjord failed to get anything from their last game, a Eliteserien home match vs Haugesund (placed 12th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Stabæk's place.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Sandefjord when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning one game.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sarpsborg 08 in just four days.

It's early days yet, but Sandefjord has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Viking-Sandefjord H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Viking three wins, Sandefjord four wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

VikingF. Torsteinbø
F. Torsteinbø
1 goals
VikingV. Berisha
V. Berisha
1 goals
VikingY. Ibrahimaj
Y. Ibrahimaj
1 goals

Viking missing players

Sandefjord missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Viking Sandefjord
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
4 3 0 Scored S 0 2 4
10 5 0 Conceded C 0 3 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
7.8 5.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.5 3
4.8 5.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 5.5
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
40 21 0 Total Shots T S 0 11 28
15 9 0 Shots on Target S O 0 3 6
27% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 67% 67%
Viking Last season Sandefjord
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
13 9   Won W   7 19
8 4   Drew D   6 8
9 2   Lost L   2 3
55 32   Scored S   31 53
42 15   Conceded C   22 30
90% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
83% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 73%
60% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 43%
40% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 33%
23% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 20%
53% 53%   BTTS BTTS   67% 47%
37% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 47%
20% 13%   Failed to Score F T   7% 10%
 
4.5 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 5.3
5.3 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 4
1.6 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.4
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
385 211   Total Shots T S   195 390
142 80   Shots on Target S O   83 140
39% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 38%

  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 4 4 0 0 15 6 2 2 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 7 4 9 12
2 Molde 4 4 0 0 12 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 7 3 8 12
3 Kristiansund 4 2 2 0 11 5 1 1 0 0 7 2 3 1 2 0 4 3 6 8
4 Strømsgodset 4 2 2 0 7 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 8
5 Brann 4 2 1 1 8 5 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 7
6 Vålerenga 4 2 1 1 6 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 4 -1 7
7 Odd 4 2 0 2 10 4 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 5 1 6 6
8 Mjøndalen 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 5
9 Stabæk 4 1 2 1 5 6 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 6 -1 5
10 Rosenborg 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 4
11 Sandefjord 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -2 4
12 Haugesund 4 1 1 2 5 10 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 6 -5 4
13 Start 4 0 2 2 6 12 3 0 1 2 4 10 1 0 1 0 2 2 -6 2
14 Aalesund 4 0 2 2 6 14 2 0 1 1 3 6 2 0 1 1 3 8 -8 2
15 Viking 4 0 1 3 4 10 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 -6 1
16 Sarpsborg 08 4 0 0 4 3 7 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 -4 0
Last season 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 30 21 5 4 72 31 15 13 2 0 41 10 15 8 3 4 31 21 41 68
2 Bodø / Glimt 30 15 9 6 64 44 15 10 4 1 39 12 15 5 5 5 25 32 20 54
3 Rosenborg 30 14 10 6 53 41 15 11 3 1 34 16 15 3 7 5 19 25 12 52
4 Odd 30 15 7 8 45 40 15 12 3 0 31 14 15 3 4 8 14 26 5 52
5 Viking 30 13 8 9 55 42 15 9 4 2 32 15 15 4 4 7 23 27 13 47
6 Kristiansund 30 11 8 11 41 41 15 8 4 3 31 16 15 3 4 8 10 25 0 41
7 Haugesund 30 9 13 8 44 37 15 5 6 4 22 17 15 4 7 4 22 20 7 40
8 Stabæk 30 10 10 10 38 36 15 5 7 3 20 14 15 5 3 7 18 22 2 40
9 Brann 30 10 10 10 32 37 15 5 6 4 14 16 15 5 4 6 18 21 -5 40
10 Vålerenga 30 8 10 12 39 44 15 6 4 5 23 20 15 2 6 7 16 24 -5 34
11 Strømsgodset 30 8 8 14 41 54 15 6 3 6 29 28 15 2 5 8 12 26 -13 32
12 Sarpsborg 08 30 5 15 10 30 40 15 4 9 2 18 16 15 1 6 8 12 24 -10 30
13 Mjøndalen 30 6 12 12 38 52 15 5 6 4 22 22 15 1 6 8 16 30 -14 30
14 Lillestrøm 30 7 9 14 32 47 15 5 5 5 16 19 15 2 4 9 16 28 -15 30
15 Tromsø 30 8 6 16 39 58 15 5 5 5 23 18 15 3 1 11 16 40 -19 30
16 Ranheim 30 7 6 17 36 55 15 4 2 9 21 30 15 3 4 8 15 25 -19 27
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aalesund 30 25 4 1 67 25 15 15 0 0 44 12 15 10 4 1 23 13 42 79
2 Sandefjord 30 19 8 3 53 30 15 12 2 1 22 8 15 7 6 2 31 22 23 65
3 Start 30 19 5 6 54 31 15 11 2 2 30 14 15 8 3 4 24 17 23 62
4 KFUM 30 13 9 8 58 42 15 10 2 3 34 16 15 3 7 5 24 26 16 48
5 Kongsvinger 30 14 4 12 38 36 15 8 3 4 24 18 15 6 1 8 14 18 2 46
6 Sogndal 30 13 6 11 51 39 15 9 2 4 38 20 15 4 4 7 13 19 12 45
7 Nest-Sotra 30 14 6 10 43 31 15 9 3 3 26 11 15 5 3 7 17 20 12 39
8 Ullensaker / Kisa 30 11 6 13 47 47 15 8 4 3 28 18 15 3 2 10 19 29 0 39
9 Sandnes Ulf 29 11 5 13 46 49 14 6 1 7 22 22 15 5 4 6 24 24 -3 38
10 HamKam 30 11 5 14 43 47 15 7 3 5 28 21 15 4 2 9 15 26 -4 38
11 Raufoss 30 12 2 16 47 59 15 7 2 6 30 31 15 5 0 10 17 28 -12 38
12 Jerv 30 8 9 13 34 54 15 6 5 4 18 18 15 2 4 9 16 36 -20 33
13 Strømmen 29 6 10 13 32 46 15 4 6 5 15 19 14 2 4 8 14 27 -14 25
14 Notodden 30 6 7 17 35 53 15 2 5 8 15 24 15 4 2 9 20 29 -18 25
15 Skeid 30 4 10 16 38 54 15 2 8 5 17 19 15 2 2 11 21 35 -16 22
16 Tromsdalen 30 3 4 23 36 79 15 2 2 11 17 40 15 1 2 12 19 39 -43 13

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Table
  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 4 4 0 0 15 6 2 2 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 7 4 9 12
2 Molde 4 4 0 0 12 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 7 3 8 12
3 Kristiansund 4 2 2 0 11 5 1 1 0 0 7 2 3 1 2 0 4 3 6 8
4 Strømsgodset 4 2 2 0 7 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 8
5 Brann 4 2 1 1 8 5 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 7
6 Vålerenga 4 2 1 1 6 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 4 -1 7
7 Odd 4 2 0 2 10 4 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 5 1 6 6
8 Mjøndalen 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 5
9 Stabæk 4 1 2 1 5 6 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 6 -1 5
10 Rosenborg 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 4
11 Sandefjord 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -2 4
12 Haugesund 4 1 1 2 5 10 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 6 -5 4
13 Start 4 0 2 2 6 12 3 0 1 2 4 10 1 0 1 0 2 2 -6 2
14 Aalesund 4 0 2 2 6 14 2 0 1 1 3 6 2 0 1 1 3 8 -8 2
15 Viking 4 0 1 3 4 10 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 -6 1
16 Sarpsborg 08 4 0 0 4 3 7 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 -4 0

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Eliteserien is at the top of the Norwegian football league system. Seasons run from March to November with the 16 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 240 fixtures. When all these are played, the top team in the league table is the the “League Winner” while the winner of the cup in Norway is the “Norwegian Champion”.