Week 24 brings us a match on Oct 2nd where Aalesund hosts Viking in a meeting of these two mismatched Eliteserien teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, a perfect day for football. Aalesund is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Molde. Ola Brynhildsen scored the first goal for Molde in the 24th minute, then Marcus Andre Kaasa added another in the 85th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Aalesund couldn’t manage to score, and Molde took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches, while viking sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Tromsø. Rolf Daniel Vikstol scored the first goal for Viking in the 12th minute, then Christophe Psyche tied it up for Tromsø in the 48th minute . Viking is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Sr-bank Arena, Viking was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Zlatko Tripić struck first for Viking in the 72nd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Aalesund was frustrated by Viking’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Viking ended the match with the shutout victory.
Viking’s top weapon lately has been Mai Traore, who has two goals in the last five matches. Aalesund is fortunate enough to have Moses Ebiye in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.