Victory to the hosting team is expected from this game if the league table is to be trusted. The Viking fans are hopeful that the difference between 2nd and Stabæk's 14th spot in the table will show on the playing field.
- Viking have the most points from losing position (14) in Eliteserien
- Stabæk is in the worst form (0-1-5)
This field has the surface artifical turf, unlike Stabæk's home ground. The former 26 games by the away side on artifical turf have seen 11 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses.
Both participants have had plentiful rest since their last match. Let's trust this will be an animated fixture!
Viking form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 9 Eliteserien games here at SR-Bank Arena for Viking. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Ever since the Molde game Viking has been unbeatable here at SR-Bank Arena producing four straight wins.
It's back home for Viking, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Lillestrøm away with the result 3-1. Solbakken, Salvesen and D'Agostino found the net in that victory. D'Agostino, a forward, was the champion player for the side in that match, collecting a rating of 7.82 (out of 10). D'Agostino scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, Viking won a home game hosting Bodø / Glimt (3-2).The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Viking home games with this odds we find 6 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 0 matches were won by at least two goals.
If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 16 latest league games reveals that 13 of them had at least one goal from each side.
Viking have conceded 14 from these games.
Stabæk form and stats
There's been little loot from Stabæk's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 8 away games in the Eliteserien. Stabæk only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. With the Stabæk losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Jendal (own goal) was the last player to score for the away team. Stabæk haven't scored a league goal in the last 193 minutes.
There might be some fixture complaints from Stabæk as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-4 against Odd. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Odd was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. The attacker Bakenga got a match rating of 7.23 in that game. Bakenga hit one key pass.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Molde.You'll want to know how Stabæk managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 6 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 1 draw and 5 home wins.
The opposition has been scoring high and low on Stabæk's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 22 goals in 8 travels. Stabæk has visited these top teams four times, and 4 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Viking have won at least one point in the last 11 matches (5-6-0) facing Stabæk.Stabæk - Viking 0-1 was the outcome when these two contenders last met, some time ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Tripić 10 goals |   K. Høgh 5 goals |
Viking missing players
Stabæk missing players
| Viking | Stabæk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 42 | 27 | 12 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 25 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 65% |
| 61% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 59% |
| 50% | 67% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 75% | 41% |
| 28% | 44% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 38% | 18% |
| 72% | 78% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 62% | 47% |
| 22% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 38% | 41% |
| 5.4 | 7 | 11.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 5.2 | 4.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 15.6 | 18.7 | 24.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 11.1 | 11.5 |
| 6.2 | 7.2 | 8.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 38% | 42% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 28% | 26% |
| 13.2 | 13.4 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 14.2 | 13.2 |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 5.9 | 5.2 |
- All of Viking's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Stabæk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Stabæk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Stabæk is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Viking have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Viking have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Viking have scored more than double the goals of Stabæk.
- Viking have the most points (22) at home in Eliteserien
- Viking have the most points from losing position (14) in Eliteserien
- Viking have the most scored goals (27) at home in Eliteserien
- Viking have the most scored goals in the second half (33) in Eliteserien
- Viking have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Viking haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Viking is in the best form (6-0-0) in Eliteserien
| 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 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 24 | 41 |
| 2 | Viking | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | Tromsø | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Molde | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 33 |
| 5 | Brann | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Odd | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Rosenborg | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 25 |
| 9 | Sarpsborg 08 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 24 |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 12 | HamKam | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -17 | 19 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -8 | 17 |
| 14 | Stabæk | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -12 | 16 |
| 15 | Vålerenga | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -8 | 15 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 22 | -26 | 10 |
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
