Eliteserien · 2026Sun, 13 Sept 2026, 12:30 UTCScheduledPre-match analysis

Viking FK

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Kristiansund BK

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What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Viking FK's last-five goals scored average is below their season average. A second useful context is: Viking FK's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines. Limitation: At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Viking FK's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Viking FK's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

1.6 goals/match▲Goals forLast 5 · Season2.5 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	1.6 goals/match	2.5 goals/match	1.39 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Viking FK show a distinct attacking-volume record

weak

Viking FK's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines.

14.7 shots/match▲ShotsViking FK · Kristiansund BK11.8 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Viking FK	Kristiansund BK	Baseline
Shots	14.7 shots/match	11.8 shots/match	12.6 shots/match
Shots against	11.8 shots/match	14.5 shots/match	13.5 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

The teams have contrasting possession records

moderate

Viking FK have recorded the higher season possession share.

50.6%●PossessionViking FK · Kristiansund BK40.8%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 9.8 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Viking FK	Kristiansund BK	Baseline
Possession	50.6%	40.8%	49.9%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

1Viking FK

0Draws

0Kristiansund BK

24 May 2026Kristiansund BK — Viking · Eliteserien1–2

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

Viking FK favored in 11 of 13 directional metrics · Kristiansund BK in 0 · 2 too close

2.5 goals/match▲Goals scoredseason · 14/140.93 goals/match

1 goals/match▲Goals allowedseason · 14/141.57 goals/match

1.93 xG/match▲Expected goalsseason · 14/141.02 xG/match

1.05 xG/match▲Expected goals allowedseason · 14/141.69 xG/match

14.7 shots/match▲Shotsseason · 14/1411.8 shots/match

11.8 shots/match▲Shots allowedseason · 14/1414.5 shots/match

5.71 shots/match▲Shots on targetseason · 14/143.5 shots/match

2.86 shots/match▲Shots on target allowedseason · 14/145.64 shots/match

50.6%●Possessionseason · 14/1440.8%

6.57 corners/match●Cornersseason · 14/144.07 corners/match

5.21 corners/match▲Corners allowedseason · 14/147.21 corners/match

2.33 cards/matchCardsseason · 3/1—

12.7 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 14/1411.8 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

29%▲Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 14/1414%

93%▲Scoring frequencyseason · 14/1457%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Viking FK59.4

Kristiansund BK3.1

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Viking FK90.6

Kristiansund BK16.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Viking FK87.5

Kristiansund BK25

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Viking FK84.4

Kristiansund BK78.1

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Viking FK57.8

Kristiansund BK53.1

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 54%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Viking FK84.4

Kristiansund BK9.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Viking FK87.5

Kristiansund BK27.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Viking FK14 matchesKristiansund BK14 matches

2.5 goals/match▲Goals scored14/140.93 goals/match

1 goals/match▲Goals allowed14/141.57 goals/match

1.93 xG/match▲Expected goals14/141.02 xG/match

14.7 shots/match▲Shots14/1411.8 shots/match

5.71 shots/match▲Shots on target14/143.5 shots/match

50.6%●Possession14/1440.8%

6.57 corners/match●Corners14/144.07 corners/match

2.33 cards/matchCards3/1—

12.7 fouls/matchFouls14/1411.8 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Viking FK7 matchesKristiansund BK7 matches

3.57 goals/match▲Goals scored7/70.57 goals/match

1.14 goals/match▲Goals allowed7/71.86 goals/match

2.19 xG/match▲Expected goals7/70.91 xG/match

15.9 shots/match▲Shots7/711.1 shots/match

7 shots/match▲Shots on target7/73.29 shots/match

46%●Possession7/739.1%

6.71 corners/match●Corners7/74.86 corners/match

—Cards1/1—

13.6 fouls/matchFouls7/713 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

35.9 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/134.8 days

0 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/10 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidencelimited

Season samples14 / 14home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

Freshness36 daysstale at cutoff

At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 13 Sept 2026, 12:30 UTC · analysis-v4