In this week 15 match, on Sunday Jul 24th, Viking will travel to Oslo to battle Vålerenga in a meeting of these two Eliteserien teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Vålerenga is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Sarpsborg 08. Amor Layouni struck first for Vålerenga in the 30th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Sarpsborg 08 couldn’t muster any offence and Vålerenga ran away with the shutout win. Vålerenga is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 3rd placed Viking, recorded a 2-1 win against Kristiansund. Bendik Bye scored the first goal for Kristiansund in the 52nd minute, then Kevin Kabran tied it up for Viking in the 53rd minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 89th minute on a penalty goal by Niklas Sandberg to cap off a wild match. Viking is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Viking won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Kristoffer Lokberg and Samúel Kári Friðjónsson are the top scorers for Viking in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Both Henrik Udahl and Amor Layouni have been the hottest scorers for Vålerenga in the last five each having scored 2 goals.