Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Viking (2nd, 43 pts) held a 30-point advantage over Start (16th, 13 pts). Start ranked 9th in the league on five-round form, well above their 16th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Start 1.11 scored and 2.17 conceded per game, Viking 2.33 and 1, with the league averaging 1.55.
The sides have met 21 times in the GioScore results database: 6 wins for Start, 5 draws and 10 for Viking, at 3.1 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings. Where history says 3.1 goals per meeting, the last five say 5.4.
The referee was C. Moen, with 59 matches in our database and 1.5 yellows per game on average. Sparebanken Sør Arena staged the fixture, a ground that holds 14,563. On the scoreboard, Viking led 3-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-3 the final score.
Goal scorers
Viking: Zlatko Tripic (5'), Peter Christiansen (18'), Edvin Austbø (22')
Key stats
Possession: Start 52% · Viking 48% · Total shots: 24-9 · On target: 4-7 · Corners: 6-5