On the 30th of April, in this week 4 match, Viking plays host to HamKam in a meeting of these two Eliteserien teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Viking sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Tromsø. Vegard Erlien struck first for Tromsø in the 30th minute on a penalty kick, then Sander Svendsen tied it up for Viking in the 70th minute on a feed from Shayne Pattynama squeezing out at least the one point for Viking. Viking is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, HamKam recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Strømsgodset. Henrik Udahl struck first for HamKam in the 75th minute, then Pål Alexander Kirkevold added another in the 89th minute on a feed from Aleksander Melgalvis In the end, Strømsgodset couldn’t muster any offence and HamKam ran away with the shutout win. HamKam is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 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.
Henrik Udahl has been the most prolific scorer on HamKam in the last five matches with three goals. Viking is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, and Yazbek each only have 1 goal in their last 5.