Norwegian Eliteserien

FT Saturday, July 18, 2026
Sandefjord WLDLD 1
–
Viking FK WWWWL 2
1st2ndT
SAN011
VFK112
Viking Stadion

Team Stats

10
Fouls
22
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
1
54.8
Possession
45.2
9
SHOTS
18
2
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
391
Accurate Passes
306
488
Passes
395
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
4
Blocked Shots
5
7
Effective Tackles
10
10
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
20
Clearances
24

Head to Head

VFK leads series 5-0

Lineups

VFK · 4-1-4-1

  1. 30Lubomir BelkoG
  2. 25Henrik FalchenerCD-L
  3. 6Gianni StensnessCD-R
  4. 29Tobias MoiDM
  5. 28Kristoffer HaugenLB
  6. 5Henrik HeggheimRB
  7. 26Simen Kvia-EgeskogCM-L
  8. 7Kristoffer AskildsenCM-R
  9. 10Zlatko TripicLM
  10. 23Niklas FuglestadRM
  11. 20Peter ChristiansenF

Substitutes

  1. 24Vetle AuklendSUB
  2. 2Herman HaugenSUB
  3. 15Ola VistedSUB
  4. 21Anders BaertelsenSUB
  5. 18Sondre Flem BjørnsholSUB
  6. 11Romano PostemaSUB
  7. 1Arild ØstbøSUB
  8. 17Edvin AustbøSUB
  9. 8Joe BellSUB

SAN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 30Elias HadayaG
  2. 47Stian KristiansenCD-L
  3. 44Xander LambrixCD-R
  4. 6Sander MorkDM
  5. 3Vetle EgeliLB
  6. 4Fredrik PedersenRB
  7. 20Marcus MelchiorCM-L
  8. 14Edvard PettersenCM-R
  9. 19Bendik BerntsenLM
  10. 7Evangelos PatoulidisRM
  11. 11Nikolaj MollerF

Substitutes

  1. 27Jakob DunsbySUB
  2. 1Alf GrønnebergSUB
  3. 13Rasmus HoltenSUB
  4. 32Daniel SkaarudSUB
  5. 24Sebastian MathisenSUB
  6. 2Martin HellanSUB
  7. 18Mathias Dahl SauerSUB
  8. 22Dewon KoswalSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Zlatko Tripic (Viking FK) Penalty - Scored at 9'
  2. 45'+3' Kristoffer Askildsen (Viking FK) Yellow Card at 45'+3'
  3. 45'+4' Marcus Melchior (Sandefjord) Yellow Card at 45'+4'
  4. 45' Anders Baertelsen (Viking FK) Substitution at 45'
  5. 54' Evangelos Patoulidis (Sandefjord) Goal at 54'
  6. 59' Edvin Austbø (Viking FK) Substitution at 59'
  7. 61' Zlatko Tripic (Viking FK) Yellow Card at 61'
  8. 66' Bendik Berntsen (Sandefjord) Yellow Card at 66'
  9. 68' Jakob Dunsby (Sandefjord) Substitution at 68'
  10. 68' Sebastian Mathisen (Sandefjord) Substitution at 68'
  11. 75' Sebastian Mathisen (Sandefjord) Yellow Card at 75'
  12. 75' Ola Visted (Viking FK) Substitution at 75'
  13. 75' Joe Bell (Viking FK) Substitution at 75'
  14. 76' Joe Bell (Viking FK) Substitution at 76'
  15. 79' Edvin Austbø (Viking FK) Goal at 79'
  16. 79' Edvin Austbø (Viking FK) Yellow Card at 79'
  17. 80' Mathias Dahl Sauer (Sandefjord) Substitution at 80'
  18. 89' Rasmus Holten (Sandefjord) Substitution at 89'
  19. 90' Herman Haugen (Viking FK) Substitution at 90'
  20. 90'+1' Herman Haugen (Viking FK) Substitution at 90'+1'

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