Week 22 features a match on Tuesday Oct 27th, where Haugesund will travel to Stavanger to battle Viking in a meeting of these two closely matched Eliteserien teams. In their last match, Viking recorded a 2-2 draw against Strømsgodset. Viking should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while haugesund sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Sarpsborg 08, and Haugesund is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
Haugesund and Viking last played eachother at the Haugesund Stadion on the 18th of July. Viking took the match by a score of 2 to 0 in front of just over zero thousand dissapointed fans. Yildren Ibrahimaj struck first for Viking in the 30th minute on a feed from Veton Berisha, then Zymer Bytyqi added another in the 80th minute In the end, Haugesund couldn’t muster any offence and Viking ran away with the shutout win.
Haugesund’s top weapon lately has been Kristoffer Velde, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. Zymer Bytyqi has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the midfielder has scored five goals for Viking.