Norwegian Eliteserien

FT Saturday, August 8, 2026
Sarpsborg FK WWDWD 1
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Viking FK LWWDW 2
1st2ndT
SAR011
VFK112
Viking Stadion

Team Stats

11
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
11
6
Saves
2
49.9
Possession
50.1
25
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
8
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
346
Accurate Passes
342
419
Passes
413
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
6
Blocked Shots
7
3
Effective Tackles
8
9
Tackles
11
0.3
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
37
Clearances
25

Head to Head

VFK leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

VFK · 4-3-3

  1. 1Arild ØstbøG
  2. 6Gianni StensnessCD-L
  3. 5Henrik HeggheimCD-R
  4. 24Vetle AuklendLB
  5. 18Sondre Flem BjørnsholRB
  6. 7Kristoffer AskildsenCM
  7. 26Simen Kvia-EgeskogLM
  8. 16Ruben AlteRM
  9. 20Peter ChristiansenF
  10. 17Edvin AustbøLF
  11. 10Zlatko TripicRF

SAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 87Leander OyG
  2. 2Marius LodeCD-L
  3. 4Bjørn Inge UtvikCD-R
  4. 21Anders HiimLB
  5. 12Claus NiyukuriRB
  6. 33Andreas Nibe HansenAM
  7. 6Aimar SherLM
  8. 8Sander ChristiansenRM
  9. 11Daniel KarlsbakkF
  10. 77Olaus SkarsemAM-L
  11. 10Sondre SörliAM-R

Timeline

  1. 25' Olaus Skarsem (Sarpsborg FK) Yellow Card at 25'
  2. 33' Bjørn Inge Utvik (Sarpsborg FK) Yellow Card at 33'
  3. 40' Henrik Heggheim (Viking FK) Goal at 40'
  4. 40' Aimar Sher (Sarpsborg FK) Yellow Card at 40'
  5. 50' Zlatko Tripic (Viking FK) Yellow Card at 50'
  6. 61' Noa Williams (Sarpsborg FK) Substitution at 61'
  7. 61' Victor Halvorsen (Sarpsborg FK) Substitution at 61'
  8. 65' Ola Visted (Viking FK) Substitution at 65'
  9. 65' Jakob Segadal Hansen (Viking FK) Substitution at 65'
  10. 65' Herman Haugen (Viking FK) Substitution at 65'
  11. 68' Zlatko Tripic (Viking FK) Penalty - Missed at 68'
  12. 70' Eirik Wichne (Sarpsborg FK) Substitution at 70'
  13. 81' Sondre Sörli (Sarpsborg FK) Goal at 81'
  14. 85' Camil Mmaee (Sarpsborg FK) Substitution at 85'
  15. 87' Romano Postema (Viking FK) Substitution at 87'
  16. 88' Niklas Fuglestad (Viking FK) Substitution at 88'
  17. 90'+5' Zlatko Tripic (Viking FK) Penalty - Scored at 90'+5'
  18. 90'+10' Arild Ostbo (Viking FK) Yellow Card at 90'+10'

Norwegian Eliteserien News

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