Viking 2-1 Sarpsborg 08: result and report
Eliteserien · Sunday 5 November 2017
Result
Viking 2-1 Sarpsborg 08
Eliteserien · Sunday 5 November 2017, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Viking 2-1 Sarpsborg 08: match report
Viking won against Sarpsborg 08 2-1 in the Eliteserien on Sunday 5 November 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Patrick Mortensen opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Viking's goals came from George Green (22') and Fredrik Torsteinbö (88'). Sarpsborg 08 scored through Patrick Mortensen (17').
Discipline: Viking received 3 yellow cards; Sarpsborg 08 received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Viking were 16th on 18 points from 27 and Sarpsborg 08 2nd on 48 points from 27. Viking went on to finish that season 16th with 24 points, and Sarpsborg 08 2nd with 52.
Viking lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Sarpsborg 08 in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Krépin Diatta of Sarpsborg 08 (7.7), ahead of Jon-Helge Tveita (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Viking wins, 3 draws and 3 for Sarpsborg 08.
Going into the match Viking's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Sarpsborg 08's W-D-D-D-W.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Patrick Mortensen
- 22'Goal · George Green
- 54'Yellow card · George Green
- 68'Yellow card · Zymer Bytyqi
- 88'Goal · Fredrik Torsteinbö
- 90+1'Yellow card · Julian Ryerson
- 90+2'Yellow card · Nicolai Poulsen
Head-to-head
Team news
Viking line-up (4-4-1-1)
Iven Austbø, José Manuel Cruz, Šime Gregov, Julian Ryerson, Kristoffer Haugen, Ross Jenkins, Zymer Bytyqi, Andrè Danielsen, Michael Haukas, George Green, Tommy Høiland
Sarpsborg 08 line-up (4-4-2)
Anders Kristiansen, Joakim Jørgensen, Sigurd Rosted, Joachim Thomassen, Jon-Helge Tveita, Nicolai Poulsen, Tobias Heintz, Kristoffer Zachariassen, Kristoffer Hansen, Krépin Diatta, Patrick Mortensen