📊 Form Guide

Viking FK

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Viking FK prepare for this match following a 3-3 Eliteserien draw versus ODD Grenland.

In that game, Viking FK had 62% possession and 24 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Viking FK, the scorers were Harald Tangen (25'), Peter Buch Christiansen (86') and Zlatko Tripić (94'). At the other end, Odds Ballklubb got 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Tobias Svendsen (30', 35') and Mikael Ingebrigtsen (97') scored for ODD Grenland.

It’s not been often in recent times where Viking FK have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Viking FK have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 11 goals in the process.

Pre-game facts show that Viking FK:

• are winless against Tromsø IL in their last 4 league matches.
• are undefeated in their last 3 league matches at home.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league games.

Tromsø IL

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After tasting defeat last time out to Sarpsborg 08 in Eliteserien action, Tromsø IL will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Tromsø IL had 53% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 1 on target. On the other side, Sarpsborg 08 had 10 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Niklas Sandberg (17', 27') and Sondre Ørjasæter (51') scored for Sarpsborg 08.

The numbers tell their own story, and Tromsø IL have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 11 goals in all. In defence, Tromsø IL have seen their frailties exposed. That sort of pattern might not be carried forward here, of course.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Tromsø IL:

• have not been beaten by Viking FK when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 2 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 16/05/2021 tells us that Viking FK have won 1 of them and Tromsø IL 2, with the number of drawn matches being 3.

A total of 18 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 9 for De mørkeblå and 9 belonging to Gutan. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The last league meeting featuring these clubs was Eliteserien match day 25 on 22/10/2023 and the score finished Viking FK 3-4 Tromsø IL.

That day, Viking FK had 55% possession and 16 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The goals were scored by Patrick Yazbek (63'), Sondre Auklend (79') and Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (85').

Tromsø IL got 10 shots on goal with 5 on target. Vegard Erlien (48', 51'), Niklas Vesterlund (89') and Yaw Paintsil (94') scored.

The referee was Espen Eskås.

📋 Team News: Viking FK

Kristoffer Løkberg (Broken ankle), Sondre Bjørshol (unknown injury), Nick D'Agostino (Ankle injury) and Edvin Austbø (Ankle injury) won’t be available for Viking FK gaffer Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim.

We are thinking that De mørkeblå look set to use the 4-3-3 formation for this game featuring Arild Oestboe, Viljar Vevatne, Djibril Diop, S. Klingen Langaas, Jost Urbancic, Patrick Yazbek, Joe Bell, Harald Tangen, Nicholas D'Agostino, L. Salvesen and Zlatko Tripic.

📰 Team News: Tromsø IL

Thanks to a largely healthy group of players, there is just the lone fitness issue for the Tromsø IL boss Jørgen Vik to be concerned about. Elias Aarflot (Dislocation of the kneecap) misses out for this game.

There’s a good chance that Gutan seem most likely to elect for a 3-5-2 formation, choosing Jakob Haugaard, Anders Jenssen, Christophe Psyche, Vetle Skjaervik, Jesper Robertsen, Sakarias Opsahl, Felix Winther, Kent-Are Antonsen, R. R. Norheim, V. Oestraat Erlien and Lasse Nordaas.

🔮 Prediction

It looks to us like Tromsø IL will have a tough assignment to break down a Viking FK side who will most probably win pretty easily here.

We are anticipating a 3-0 winning margin for Viking FK at the end of this one.

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

Peter Guest, 17:01 05/05/2024