Kristiansund vs Viking FK Live Stream, Predictions

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Kristiansund

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Kristiansund will be hoping to bounce back here after the 3-0 Eliteserien loss in their previous game against Stabæk.

In that game, Kristiansund had 51% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 on target. For their opponents, Stabæk had 15 shots at goal with 6 on target. Markus Solbakken (50'), Fredrik Haugen (53') and Oliver Edvardsen (78') scored for Stabæk.

Fixtures involving Kristiansund have tended to be lively encounters of late with plenty of scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen games alone, the sum total of 20 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 6 of those belonging to Kristiansund.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Kristiansund:

• haven't won against Viking FK in their last 2 league games.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 league matches.

Viking FK

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In the game prior to this, Viking FK drew 1-1 in the Eliteserien match with FK Haugesund.

In that match, Viking FK managed 53% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Viking FK was Veton Berisha (59'). FK Haugesund got 10 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Kristoffer Velde (64') scored for FK Haugesund.

In their previous six outings, Viking FK have amassed a tally of 11 goals. Viking FK have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, their defenders have had 4 goals go into their own net. Nevertheless, we must now wait to see if the trend might be maintained in this upcoming match.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 15/10/2017 shows that Kristiansund have won 2 of these games and Viking FK 4, with the number of drawn results being 0.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 26 in total at an average of 4.33 goals per meeting.

The previous league clash featuring the two was Eliteserien match day 14 on 08/08/2021 when the final score was Viking FK 3-2 Kristiansund.

That time, Viking FK managed 41% possession and 20 shots at goal with 8 on target. The scorers were Zlatko Tripić (9', 80') and Sebastian Sebulonsen (17').

At the other end, Kristiansund had 17 shots on goal with 7 on target. Snorre Nilsen (35') and Bendik Bye (88') scored.

The match was refereed by Espen Eskås.

ℹ️ Team News: Kristiansund

The Kristiansund boss Christian Michelsen has no fitness worries at all before this match with a completely healthy squad available for selection.

📋 Team News: Viking FK

Owing to a fully injury-free squad available to select from, the Viking FK boss Bjarte Aarsheim doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever before this clash.

✨ Prediction

We feel that Viking FK and Kristiansund should end up playing out a closely-fought contest here.

It will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw and also of goals in the match. We therefore see a very competitive encounter with a draw at the end of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 01:24 24/11/2021