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Viking v Sandefjord Fotball : Eliteserien match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 18th Jul, 17:00 BST, Sr-Bank Arena, Stavanger

Viking are in Eliteserien action on Saturday evening, as Morten Jensen aims to beat Andreas Tegström and his Sandefjord Fotball side at the Sr-Bank Arena. This preview has the best odds for seventeen different markets, alongside supporting data that changes as you go between markets. Our predictions are based on 20-game form, so all statistics are shown from a 20-game perspective. Home vs away and overall records can be found, while there's also head to head (H2H) history a little further down the page.


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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Viking
72%
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Draw
15%
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Sandefjord
13%
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Viking 2-1
9%
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Viking 3-1
8%
--
Viking 2-0
8%
--
Viking 3-0
7%
--
Draw 1-1
6%
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Viking 4-1
6%
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Viking 1-0
5%
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Draw 2-2
5%
--
Viking 4-0
5%
--
Viking 3-2
5%
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Sandefjord 2-1
4%
--
Viking 4-2
3%
--
Viking 5-1
3%
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Viking 5-0
3%
--
Sandefjord 1-0
2%
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Over 2.5 Goals
75%
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Under 2.5 Goals
25%
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Home 1st Goal
57%
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Away 1st Goal
42%
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No 1st Goal
1%
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BTTS - Yes
64%
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BTTS - No
36%
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BTTS - Home Win
42%
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BTTS - Draw
13%
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BTTS - Away Win
9%
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Home/draw
87%
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Away/draw
28%
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Home/away
85%
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Over 1.5 Goals
90%
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Under 1.5 Goals
10%
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Over 3.5 Goals
56%
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Under 3.5 Goals
44%
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Over 4.5 Goals
36%
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Under 4.5 Goals
64%
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Over 5.5 Goals
21%
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Under 5.5 Goals
79%
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Over 0.5 Goals
98%
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Under 0.5 Goals
2%
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Home DNB
82%
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Away DNB
24%
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Viking win to nil
30%
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Sandefjord win to nil
4%
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Win / draw / win Eliteserien table

Viking have played 10 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the Eliteserien league table. Viking have a great home record this season winning all their home games and keeping 2 clean sheets.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 10 games against teams below in the table, having won 9, drawn 0 and lost 1 match. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have scored in every game. Viking have outscored their opponents by 29 goals to 10 goals.

Home League Performance

Viking have played 5 games at home winning 5, drawing 0 and losing 0 games. They have scored 21 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 6 goals at home.

Sandefjord are in 8th position in the Eliteserien on 14 points having played 11 matches so far this season. Sandefjord have a shocking record against teams above them in the league, they have lost all 4 matches and failed to score in 1 of those games.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 10 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 6 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

4 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost all of those games, drawn 0 and won zero. Sandefjord have conceded 10 goals, scored 3, failed to score in 1 fixture and have kept no clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Viking
Sandefjord
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Tromsø14842828 
Oct 25
Nov 22
Nov 29
l
 
3-1A
2
Viking109011927 
-
-
Sep 4
Jul 18
3
Bodø117221723 
w
 
5-0F
Nov 1
Jul 26
Sep 13
4
Lillestrøm12714822 
Sep 20
Jul 22
Oct 18
l
 
3-1A
5
Molde12624520 
w
 
4-1F
Dec 6
Nov 8
l
 
2-1A
6
HamKam10523117 
Dec 13
l
 
2-1A
Jul 12
Dec 6
7
Sarpsborg11425-314 
Aug 8
Jul 12
l
 
0-2A
Aug 16
8
Sandefjord11425-314 
Jul 18
Sep 4
-
-
9
Fredrikstad12426-714 
Oct 18
w
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1F
Aug 1
10
Vålerenga12426-814 
Nov 29
w
 
0-1F
Dec 13
l
 
1-0A
11
Brann12417413 
w
 
3-2F
Oct 11
Aug 30
w
 
0-1F
12
Aalesund12264-512 
Aug 29
Jul 26
w
 
1-0F
Nov 1
13
KFUM11335-512 
Nov 8
w
 
0-2F
Aug 7
w
 
1-2F
14
Kristians.11326-711 
Sep 13
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-0F
Nov 22
15
Rosenborg11236-99 
w
 
3-0F
Aug 14
d
 
0-00-0
Oct 11
16
IK Start12147-157 
w
 
6-3A
Aug 1
Sep 20
Oct 25
Win / draw / win form
11
Viking have won 11 consecutive home league games
3
Sandefjord have lost 3 consecutive away league games
11
Viking have not lost in 11 consecutive home league games
Viking 2ND
20 league games
Home
11
Overall
Goals: Scored
64
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
17
D
2
L
1
Goals: Scored
57
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
17
D
2
L
1
Sandefjord 8TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
6
D
2
Lost
12
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Viking have beaten Sandefjord in 6 consecutive league meetings
7
Viking have not lost to Sandefjord in 7 consecutive league meetings
League games at Viking since 2015
Viking
Sandefjord
Goals: Scored
17
11
Games: Scored
7 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
1 / 8
VIK
6
SAN
2
League games at Sandefjord since 2015
Sandefjord
Viking
Goals: Scored
13
14
Games: Scored
7 / 8
7 / 8
Clean sheets
1 / 8
1 / 8
VIK
4
D
2
SAN
2
Goal Statistics

Viking's forwards have been in fine form of late, scoring 2 goals or more in 7 consecutive Eliteserien games. A PG of 2.8 suggests that run should continue on Saturday evening.

Viking 2nd Sandefjord 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.8
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
1
17%
2
24%
3
22%
4
16%
5+
21%
There is a 83% probability that Viking will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Sandefjord will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+44
Viking have scored 44% more goals at home than predicted
+12
Sandefjord have scored 12% more goals when away than predicted
3.2
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eliteserien - 2026/2026 season
Viking
PG (predicted goals)
Sandefjord
2.8
1.2
Attack rating
52%
better
VIK
SAN
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Games scored10
8
Failed to score0
3
Scored first8
5
Goals scored29
10
Avg. goals scored2.9
0.9
Avg. shots per game12
11
Avg. shots per goal4
12
Conversion rate for24
8
Avg. XG for2.4
1.5
KickOff rating
+52%
Defence rating
14%
better
VIK
SAN
view stats
Games conceded6
7
Clean sheets4
4
Conceded first2
5
Goals conceded10
13
Avg. goals conceded1
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded8
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
9
Conversion rate against13%
12%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.5
KickOff rating
+14%

Viking v Sandefjord Eliteserien lLine ups will show here when available.

Viking Eliteserien squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
106134
H HeggheimP ChristiansenZ TripicK Askildsen
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
H Heggheim DEF1032
3
-
H Falchener DEF1021
2
-
S Kvia-Egeskog MID1052
1
-
Z Tripic FWD10313
1
-
G Stensness DEF93
3
-
K Haugen DEF911
1
-
K Askildsen MID931
4
-
O. Visted MID9
1
-
P Christiansen FWD963
2
-
N. Kemp Fuglestad FWD922
-
H Haugen DEF8
1
-
A Bærtelsen DEF7
-
Ľubomír Belko GLK6
-
S Björshol DEF61
-
V. Auklend DEF6
-
J. Hansen MID6
-
J Bell MID61
-
T. Séne Moi MID5
1
-
E Austbö FWD5
-
A Östbö GLK4
-
V Vevatne DEF1
1
-
V Berisha FWD1
-
Sandefjord Eliteserien squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11313
E HadayaN MöllerV EgeliN Möller
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Hadaya GLK11
1
-
F Pedersen DEF11
1
-
V Egeli DEF111
1
-
X Lambrix DEF111
2
-
S Mörk MID111
1
-
N Möller FWD113
3
-
E Patoulidis FWD112
-
S Mathisen FWD102
-
E. Sundbö Pettersen MID91
2
-
R Alte MID911
1
-
B. Berntsen FWD91
1
-
J Nielsen MID81
2
-
M Melchior MID7
1
-
J Dunsby FWD6
1
-
S. Kristiansen DEF5
-
F Loftesnes-Bjune DEF3
-
G. Højbjerg DEF2
-
F. Apetorgbor FWD21
1
-