Eliteserien · 2026Sun, 20 Sept 2026, 15:00 UTC

Viking FK

WDWWL

vsPre-match analysis

Lillestrøm SK

WLLLD

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What the record shows

The story here is recent context rather than season averages: lillestrøm SK's last-five goals scored average is below their season average. Limitation: At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Lillestrøm SK's recent record differs from the season

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Lillestrøm SK's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.8 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.35 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	0.8 goals/match	1.35 goals/match	1.44 goals/match

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

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

4Viking FK

0Draws

1Lillestrøm SK

22 Jul 2026Lillestrøm SK — Viking FK · Eliteserien1–2

29 Sept 2024Lillestrøm SK — Viking FK · Eliteserien1–4

16 May 2024Viking FK — Lillestrøm SK · Eliteserien1–4

13 Aug 2023Lillestrøm SK — Viking FK · Eliteserien1–3

15 Apr 2023Viking FK — Lillestrøm SK · Eliteserien2–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Viking FK favored in 8 of 13 directional metrics · Lillestrøm SK in 1 · 4 too close

recorded edge higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Viking FK17 matchesLillestrøm SK17 matches

2.35 goals/match ▲Goals scored17/171.35 goals/match

1 goal/match ▲Goals allowed17/171.24 goals/match

1.89 xG/match ▲Expected goals17/171.49 xG/match

14.4 shots/match ▲Shots17/1712.2 shots/match

5.59 shots/match ▲Shots on target17/173.94 shots/match

50.9%Possession17/17● 52.8%

6.65 corners/match ●Corners17/175.18 corners/match

2.8 cards/matchCards5/32.33 cards/match

12.2 fouls/matchFouls17/1711.2 fouls/match

Style profile

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

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Viking FK65.6

Lillestrøm SK78.1

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Viking FK84.4

Lillestrøm SK32.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

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

Viking FK76.0

Lillestrøm SK76.0

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

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

Viking FK65.6

Lillestrøm SK9.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Viking FK57.2

Lillestrøm SK31.6

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 59%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Viking FK81.2

Lillestrøm SK46.9

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

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

Viking FK75.8

Lillestrøm SK32.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 0 matches

36.9 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/136 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples17 / 17home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

Freshness37 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.
The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 20 Sept 2026, 15:00 UTC · analysis-v4