Vålerenga can not bank on any favours from their host Viking in this Eliteserien match. Here's your thorough guide!
- Viking have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Vålerenga have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Eliteserien
Viking have less rest than Vålerenga in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus FCSB, was also a home game here at SR-Bank Arena. The away team is better rested.
Viking form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 9 Eliteserien games here at SR-Bank Arena for Viking. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
The Viking fans got no joy from their last fixture, a Europa Conference League duel also played here at SR-Bank Arena: A 1-3 defeat against FCSB.
In the game before, a fine away win at FCSB. A Europa Conference League match. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Viking have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Some goal stats: A review of the 10 latest league games highlights that 9 of them had goals from both teams.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Viking as they are travelling to their away game against Kristiansund in the Eliteserien. That match is three days after this one.
The Viking fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. Viking have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Vålerenga form and stats
Playing away, Vålerenga have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Eliteserien this season.
Strandberg scored in Vålerenga's previous match, the home game against Tromsø that ended 1-0. Defender Hedenstad was the best team player with a rating of 8.41. Hedenstad served one assist, hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.
Before that, Vålerenga travelled to HamKam and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Vålerenga are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Vålerenga's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. Vålerenga struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Vålerenga - Viking 4-2 was the outcome when these two contenders formerly met, earlier this season. Head to head data (for the previous ten meetings): Viking won two games, three matches ended with a tie and Vålerenga have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four
Top Goalscorers
  V. Berisha 8 goals |  S. Sebulonsen 4 goals |   H. Bjørdal 4 goals |
Viking missing players
Vålerenga missing players
| Viking | Vålerenga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 32 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 31 |
| 25 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 27 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 68% |
| 56% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 33% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 28% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 30% | 21% |
| 67% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 47% |
| 33% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 26% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 26% |
| 7.1 | 8.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 6.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.8 | 17 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.1 | 16.1 |
| 5.1 | 5.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 5.6 |
| 35% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | 29% |
| 11.7 | 9.1 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 14.7 | 12.7 |
| 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
- Viking have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Viking have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Viking have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Vålerenga have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Eliteserien
- Vålerenga have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vålerenga 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 | Molde | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 22 | 45 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 40 |
| 3 | Bodø / Glimt | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 28 | 38 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 37 |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 30 |
| 6 | Viking | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Strømsgodset | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Odd | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -13 | 23 |
| 9 | Haugesund | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -2 | 22 |
| 10 | Tromsø | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | -7 | 21 |
| 11 | Aalesund | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -9 | 21 |
| 12 | Sandefjord | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -11 | 21 |
| 13 | HamKam | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 14 | Sarpsborg 08 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 19 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Jerv | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 28 | -30 | 14 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 18 | -22 | 6 |
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
- Vålerenga
- Vålerenga På Nett - (supporter-driven news site)
- Klanen - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
