In this week 18 match, on Thursday May 12th, Viking hosts Strømsgodset at Sr-bank Arena in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Eliteserien teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Viking recorded a 4-3 win against Molde. Marcus Andre Kaasa struck first for Molde in the 15th minute, then Ola Brynhildsen added another in the 25th minute on a feed from Kristoffer Haugen But luckily in the 83rd minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Veton Berisha. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Viking should be reasonably happy with their performance, while strømsgodset is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Rosenborg. Erlend Dahl Reitan scored the first goal for Strømsgodset on an own goal in the 2nd minute, then Johan Hove added another in the 22nd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Rosenborg couldn’t manage to score, and Strømsgodset took the shutout win. Strømsgodset is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Viking won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Friday and Lars-Jørgen Salvesen are the top scorers for Strømsgodset in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Veton Berisha has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 5 goals for Viking.