Viking hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 8 points and a 12th position in the Eliteserien table. Visiting Sarpsborg 08 holds 10th place with 10 pts.
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
Viking have collected 4 points from their Eliteserien home games so far after 1-1-2.
Viking enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Haugesund's place. The match ended 2-0 with Yildren Ibrahimaj and Zymer Bytyqi scoring. Heartbreak before that as Viking lost 0-5 at Molde's place.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Viking have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost one.
Viking are traveling soon after this match as the Eliteserien match at Rosenborg awaits in four days.
Viking have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at SR-Bank Arena with 6 goals in 4 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Viking defense is not exactly impregnable. 7 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eliteserien travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Sarpsborg won their last game, 2-0 versus Odd played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Stabæk that ended 1-1.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sarpsborg 08 playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were one Sarpsborg 08 wins, three draws and zero defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Haugesund in just three days.
Sarpsborg find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. 4 goals have been conceded by Sarpsborg in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Viking victories, two draws and three Sarpsborg 08 wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Z. Bytyqi 2 goals |  V. Berisha 2 goals |  Y. Ibrahimaj 2 goals |
Viking missing players
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
| Viking | Sarpsborg 08 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 18 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 56% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 6.2 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | 5.4 |
| 4.9 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.7 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | 42 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 44 | 125 |
| 31 | 16 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 10 | 33 |
| 32% | 38% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 50% | 30% |
- All of Viking's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Sarpsborg 08 has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
- Sarpsborg 08 has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
- Sarpsborg 08 has the most matches under the total-line (6)
- Sarpsborg 08 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sarpsborg 08 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sarpsborg 08 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Viking have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Viking have won significantly less corners at 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 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 27 |
| 2 | Molde | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 25 |
| 3 | Vålerenga | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Stabæk | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Brann | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Odd | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Strømsgodset | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 9 | Kristiansund | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | Sarpsborg 08 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Mjøndalen | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Viking | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 13 | Haugesund | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 8 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 7 |
| 15 | Start | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 5 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -18 | 3 |
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
- Sarpsborg 08
- Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad - (local newspaper)
- Fossefallet - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)