Preview

• Viking welcome Sandefjord on 2025-05-16 at 17:00 GMT in week 7 of the 2025 Eliteserien at Lyse Arena.
• There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between B. Aarsheim and A. Tegström.
• The current standings see Viking hold 1st place with 17 points, while Sandefjord occupy 5th with 12 points.
• Viking report 7 missing players: N. D'Agostino (Ankle Injury), T. Moi (Foot Injury), M. Roseth (Injury), K. Saetherbo (Inactive), G. Stensness (Knee Injury), Z. Tripic (Inactive), S. Bjorshol (Thigh Injury) whereas Sandefjord report 2 missing players: S. Mathisen (Inactive), S. Pettersen (Inactive).
• Our forecast has Viking in a 4-man backline (4-1-4-1), with Sandefjord set to counter in 4-1-4-1.
• The previous match saw Z. Tripić lead Viking with a 10 TheyScored rating, and S. Sigurðarson top-rating for Sandefjord at 7.6.
• Both sides left it all on the pitch: Viking won 4-1 against Haugesund, and Sandefjord secured a victory 2-1 over Valerenga.
• Both teams have been in great form: Viking 3-2-0 and Sandefjord 4-0-1 over their last 5 matches.
• Viking have clearly got the edge H2H: in 22 meetings, they've beaten Sandefjord 9 times, with 6 draws and only 7 losses.
• With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (3-2-0 vs 1-0-2) and scoring roughly 3.00-2.33 goals, a 2-2 draw seems on the cards.

Predictions

Summary

Match Info

16/05/2025 16:00

Lyse Arena

S. Sinnes

Eliteserien

Team Kits

Events

30'			L. Mettler
HT 0 - 0
46'			S. Mork L. Mettler
46'	S. Svendsen P. Christiansen	1 - 0
57'	A. Baertelsen
59'		1 - 1	J. Dunsby Z. Smajlovic
64'			F. Pedersen F. Loftesnes-Bjune
67'			M. Melchior
70'	Z. Tripic S. Svendsen
70'	K. Askildsen J. Hansen
71'	S. Kvia-Egeskog C. Cappis
72'			D. Tibell J. Dunsby
72'			R. Dzabic M. Melchior
75'			E. Hadaya
79'	Z. Tripic (PEN)	2 - 1
80'	H. J. Haugen A. Baertelsen
80'	S. Bjorshol E. Austbo
82'			A. Tegstrom
90+1'			S. I. Sigurdarson
90+3'	Z. Tripic (PEN)	3 - 1

Stats

Lineups

H2H

Standings