📏 Form Guide

Viking FK

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Viking FK will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 3-1 Eliteserien triumph versus KFUM Oslo.

In that game, Viking FK had 58% possession and 17 shots at goal with 2 on target. For Viking FK, goals were scored by Jošt Urbančič (39') and Zlatko Tripić (83'). At the other end, KFUM-Kameratene had 5 shots on goal with 1 on target. Moussa Njie (29') and Mathias Tønnessen (74' Own goal) scored for KFUM Oslo.

It has been seldom in recent games that Viking FK have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Viking FK have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 8 goals during that time.

Their previous form shows that Viking FK:

• are unbeaten in the league by Kristiansund in their last 2 games.
• are undefeated in their previous 11 league matches at home. A very good run at home.

Kristiansund

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Kristiansund come into this meeting after a 2-1 Eliteserien win with the eclipse of Bryne in their last game.

The stats tell the story, and Kristiansund have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 10 goals overall. At the back, Kristiansund have been far from perfect. Such a pattern might not be sustained into this game, however.

Going into this one, Kristiansund are winless against Viking FK in games played away from home for the previous 3 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their prior head to head clashes going back to 08/08/2021 shows that Viking FK have won 5 of these games & Kristiansund 1, with the tally of drawn results being 0.

In all, 19 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 12 of them for De mørkeblå and 7 created by KBK. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.

The previous league meeting between these sides was Eliteserien match day 28 on 10/11/2024 which ended up with the score at Kristiansund 0-1 Viking FK.

That day, Kristiansund managed 55% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

At the other end, Viking FK had 11 shots on goal with 1 on target. Zlatko Tripić (12') scored.

The match was refereed by Tore Hansen.

🗞️ Team News: Viking FK

Gianni Stensness (Knee injury), Kristoffer Klaesson (unknown injury) and Sondre Bjørshol (unknown injury) aren’t available for Viking FK manager Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim.

It’s our opinion that De mørkeblå will probably employ a 4-3-3 formation for the game and select Thomas Kinn, Henrik Heggheim, Anders Baertelsen, Henrik Falchener, Jost Urbancic, Christian Cappis, Joe Bell, Sander Svendsen, Zlatko Tripic, Peter Christiansen and Edvin Austboe.

📋 Team News: Kristiansund

We reckon that KBK might elect for a 4-3-3 lineup using Michael Lansing, Ian Hoffmann, M. Berntsen Olsen, Dan Peter Ulvestad, Frederik Flex, Rezan Corlu, Wilfred George Igor, R. Kristensen Alte, David Tufekcic, Alioune Ndour and Mustapha Isah.

🧠 Prediction

Kristiansund will likely create enough chances to put a goal past this Viking FK team, however that is unlikely to be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Our selection here is for a narrow 2-1 victory for Viking FK when the full-time whistle blows. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Renata Leite, 16:04 10/04/2025