Viking 2–1 Sandefjord
Viking
2–1HT 1–0
Sandefjord
Viking played Sandefjord in the Eliteserien on 18 July 2026 at Lyse Arena. The match finished 2–1.
Goals and cards
- 9'Z. Tripic
- 45+3'Kristoffer Askildsen — Yellow card
- 45+4'Marcus Melchior — Yellow card
- 54'E. Patoulidis
- 61'Zlatko Tripić — Yellow card
- 66'Bendik Berntsen — Yellow card
- 75'Sebastian Holm Mathisen — Yellow card
- 79'Edvin Austbø — Yellow card
- 79'E. Austbo
Line-ups
Viking 4-1-4-1
- L. Belko
- H. Heggheim
- G. Stensness
- H. Falchener
- K. Haugen
- T. Moi
- N. Fuglestad
- K. Askildsen
- S. Kvia-Egeskog
- Z. Tripic
- P. Christiansen
- SUBSTITUTES
- A. Ostbo
- S. Bjorshol
- A. Baertelsen
- H. J. Haugen
- E. Austbo
- V. Auklend
- J. Bell
- R. Postema
- O. Visted
- COACHES: Bjarte Aarsheim
Sandefjord 4-1-4-1
- E. Hadaya
- F. Pedersen
- X. Lambrix
- S. Kristiansen
- V. Egeli
- S. Mork
- E. Patoulidis
- E. Pettersen
- M. Melchior
- B. Berntsen
- N. Moller
- SUBSTITUTES
- A. Gronneberg
- J. Dunsby
- M. Sauer
- M. Hellan
- R. Holten
- D. Skaarud
- D. Koswal
- S. Mathisen
- COACHES: Andreas Tegstrom
Match statistics
| Viking | Sandefjord | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Shots on goal | 2 |
| 7 | Shots off goal | 3 |
| 18 | Total shots | 9 |
| 5 | Blocked shots | 4 |
| 13 | Shots inside box | 3 |
| 5 | Shots outside box | 6 |
| 22 | Fouls | 10 |
| 6 | Corners | 5 |
| 3 | Offsides | 0 |
| 45% | Possession | 55% |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 1 | Saves | 4 |
| 395 | Total passes | 488 |
| 306 | Accurate passes | 391 |
| 77% | Pass accuracy | 80% |
| 2.16 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.38 |
| 0.28 | goals_prevented | 0.28 |