Week 3 brings us a match on Apr 23rd, where Tromsø plays host to Viking in a meeting of these two closely matched Eliteserien teams. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 0 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 4th placed Tromsø is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Sandefjord. Neither Sandefjord nor Tromsø could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 17 and 4 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Tromsø is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while viking is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Lillestrøm. Bjorshol scored the first goal for Viking in the 76th minute, then Yazbek added another in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Nicholas D’Agostino At the end of 90 a dissapointed Lillestrøm couldn’t manage to score, and Viking took the shutout win. Viking is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws each.
and Patrick Yazbek are the top scorers for Viking in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Tromsø is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Sakarias Opsahl and Vegard Erlien each only have 1 goal in their last 5.