📊 Form Guide

Viking FK

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Viking FK will be hoping to bounce back here after a 1-5 Eliteserien losing effort in their last game against Rosenborg BK.

In that game, Viking FK managed 71% possession and 30 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Viking FK was Zlatko Tripić (71'). Rosenborg got 8 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Ísak Þorvaldsson (26', 59'), Adrian Pereira (46'), Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul (97') and Sverre Nypan (100') scored for Rosenborg BK.

Three or more goals per match have been seen in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Viking FK have been involved. Opposition teams scored 14 of them in this period whereas Viking FK amassed a tally of 10.

Sarpsborg 08

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Bodo Glimt in Eliteserien competition, Sarpsborg 08 will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Sarpsborg 08 managed 40% possession and 13 shots on goal with 2 on target. Bodo Glimt had 17 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Amahl Pellegrino (20') and Nino Žugelj (75') scored for Bodo Glimt.

Sarpsborg 08 have been effective going forward of late, scoring 9 times in their previous 6 matches. While their manager Stefan Billborn will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Sarpsborg 08 have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 6 of those same games. Previous results aside, we will just have to wait and see whether that trend will be replicated in this upcoming match.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head clashes going back to 25/06/2021 shows us that Viking FK have won 4 of these and Sarpsborg 08 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 0.

A sum of 15 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 for De mørkeblå and 6 coming from Sarpsborg. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.

The previous league encounter featuring the two was Eliteserien match day 28 on 12/11/2023 when it finished Viking FK 2-1 Sarpsborg 08.

In that match, Viking FK had 39% possession and 4 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Samuel Adegbenro (56', 72').

On the other side, Sarpsborg 08 had 11 shots on goal with 3 on target. Rafik Zekhnini (15') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Kristoffer Hagenes.

📋 Team News: Viking FK

Regarding absentees, there’s just a single fitness concern for the Viking FK gaffer Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim to be concerned about from a near full-strength set of players. Edvin Austbø (Ankle injury) will miss out.

ℹ️ Team News: Sarpsborg 08

With a completely injury-free squad to pick from, the Sarpsborg 08 manager Stefan Billborn has zero fitness concerns to speak of coming into this match.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Sarpsborg 08 certainly have the ability to get a goal against this Viking FK side, although that is unlikely to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We think that it’s going to be a very close game with a 2-1 victory for Viking FK after the 90. Let’s see what happens here.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 17:03 01/04/2024