In this week 13 match, on Saturday Jul 8th, Viking will host Haugesund 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 16 degrees, which is great football weather. Viking sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Vålerenga. Lars-Jørgen Salvesen struck first for Viking in the 19th minute on a feed from Zlatko Tripić, then Stefan Strandberg tied it up for Vålerenga in the 85th minute. Viking should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while haugesund is fresh off their 2-1 win against Odd. Sondre Solholm Johansen struck first for Odd in the 27th minute on a feed from Espen Ruud, but Bilal Njie got the equalizer for Haugesund in the 41st minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 80th minute on a goal by Martin Samuelsen. Haugesund is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Both Sory Ibrahim Diarra and Bilal Njie have been the hottest scorers for Haugesund in the last five each having scored 2 goals. For Viking, their top scorers are Zlatko Tripić and Lars-Jørgen Salvesen, each having 3 goals in their last five matches.