Viking 2-1 Sandefjord: result and report
Eliteserien · Saturday 18 July 2026
Result
Viking 2-1 Sandefjord
Eliteserien · Saturday 18 July 2026, 16:00 UTC · SR-Bank Arena, Stavanger · half-time 1-0
Viking 2-1 Sandefjord: match report
Viking defeated Sandefjord 2-1 in the Eliteserien on Saturday 18 July 2026 at SR-Bank Arena. The half-time score was 1-0.
Zlatko Tripic opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Viking's goals came from Zlatko Tripic (9', penalty) and Edvin Austbø (79'). Sandefjord scored through Evangelos Patoulidis (54').
Discipline: Viking received 3 yellow cards; Sandefjord received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Viking were 3rd on 27 points from 11 and Sandefjord 11th on 15 points from 12. In the current table Viking are 1st on 59 points and Sandefjord are 12th on 27 points.
Viking lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Sandefjord in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Zlatko Tripic of Viking (8.0), ahead of Edvin Austbø (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Viking wins, 0 draws and 0 for Sandefjord.
Going into the match Viking's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Sandefjord's D-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 9'Penalty goal · Zlatko Tripic
- 45+3'Yellow card · Kristoffer Askildsen
- 45+4'Yellow card · Marcus Melchior
- 54'Goal · Evangelos Patoulidis
- 61'Yellow card · Zlatko Tripic
- 66'Yellow card · Bendik Berntsen
- 75'Yellow card · Sebastian Holm Mathisen
- 79'Goal · Edvin Austbø
- 79'Yellow card · Edvin Austbø
Form and table
- VikingLast five: W W W W L
- SandefjordLast five: W L D L D
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viking | 25 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 64 | 26 | +38 | 59 | WWWWL |
| 12 | Sandefjord | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 34 | -8 | 27 | WDLLW |
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
Viking line-up (4-1-4-1)
Lubomir Belko, Henrik Heggheim, Gianni Stensness, Henrik Falchener, Kristoffer Haugen, Tobias Moi, Niklas Fuglestad, Kristoffer Askildsen, Simen Kvia-Egeskog, Zlatko Tripic, Peter Christiansen
Sandefjord line-up (4-1-4-1)
Elias Hadaya, Fredrik Carson Pedersen, Xander Lambrix, Stian Kristiansen, Vetle Walle Egeli, Sander Risan Mørk, Evangelos Patoulidis, Edvard Sundbø Pettersen, Marcus Melchior, Bendik Berntsen, Nikolaj Möller
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