In a weekend match on Sun Sep 18th, in week 23, Viking will host Tromsø in a meeting of these two Eliteserien teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 6th placed Viking, recorded a 2-1 win against HamKam. Morten Bjorlo scored the first goal for HamKam in the 8th minute, then Kristoffer Lokberg tied it up for Viking in the 9th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 81st minute on a goal by Sander Svendsen. Viking is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Tromsø is fresh off their 3-2 win against Bodø / Glimt. L. Selvåg Nordås struck first for Tromsø in the 13th minute on a feed from August Mikkelsen, then August Mikkelsen added another in the 38th minute. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Tromsø should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Sunday May 22nd, Tromsø hosted Viking at the Alfheim Stadion in their last match together. Tromsø and Viking battled to a 1-1 draw. Sebastian Sebulonsen struck first for Viking in the 73rd minute, but W. Kamanzi got the equalizer for Tromsø in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Tromsø.
August Mikkelsen has been the most prolific scorer on Tromsø in the last 5 matches with three goals. Viking hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Herman Haugen and Kevin Kabran, and they each have 1 goal.