📏 Form Guide

Viking FK

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Viking FK, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-2 Eliteserien triumph against KFUM Oslo.

In that game, Viking FK managed 65% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Viking FK was Peter Buch Christiansen (2', 79'). For their opponents, KFUM-Kameratene had 2 shots on goal with 0 of them on target.

Their most recent results reveal that there has been much resilience in the Viking FK rearguard. Viking FK have been mean at the back, resulting in the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper over the course of their previous 6 clashes standing at 3.

A look at their previous results shows us that Viking FK:

• have not been beaten in the league by Start in their previous 6 games.
• have not been beaten in their last 10 home league matches. A run that they'll hope to extend here.

Start

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In their previous game, Start drew 1-1 in the Eliteserien match with Tromsø IL.

In that game, Start had 53% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Start was Erlend Segberg (75'). For their opponents, Tromso got 6 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Jens Hjertø-Dahl (33') scored for Tromsø IL.

The numbers tell their own story, and Start have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 13 goals in total. Defensively, Start have clearly had some problems. Despite that, time will tell whether such a trend might persist in this upcoming match or not.

Leading up to this clash, Start:

• have not won against Viking FK in games played away from home for the previous 3 league games.
• have not won away from home in their last 5 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

An inspection of past results between these clubs going back to 16/05/2015 reveals that these fixtures have been miserable for Start. They have not managed to get themselves any wins at all while Viking FK have been superior, finishing as winners in 83% of those match-ups.

An aggregate of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 12 from De mørkeblå and 2 belonging to Start. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.

The previous league match featuring these clubs was Eliteserien match day 26 on 28/11/2020 when the final score was Viking FK 4-1 Start.

The referee was Dag Vidar Hafsås.

📋 Team News: Viking FK

In all likelihood, De mørkeblå could employ a 4-3-3 formation for the game and select Lubomir Belko, Henrik Heggheim, Gianni Stensness, Henrik Falchener, Kristoffer Haugen, Kristoffer Askildsen, Tobias Moi, Simen Kvia-Egeskog, Zlatko Tripic, Peter Christiansen and Edvin Austboe.

📋 Team News: Start

We reckon that Start seem most likely to begin the game with a 3-5-2 system, going with Jacob Pryts, Erlend Dahl Reitan, Sebastian Griesbeck, Omar Jebali, Ousmane Toure, Eirik Schulze, Erlend Segberg, Mikael Ugland, Tom Strannegaard, Haakon Lorentzen and Jesper Cornelius.

⚡ Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Start should have enough to break down this Viking FK side, but that is unlikely to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

Our selection here is for a narrow 2-1 advantage for Viking FK after 90 minutes. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Renata Leite, 23:24 15/05/2026