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- 5′Viking, goal disallowed:Goal cancelled
- 7′Viking, yellow card:Foul
- 11′Tromso, substitution:off
- 12′Viking, yellow card:Foul
- 18′Viking, goal:1–0
- 31′Viking, goal:2–0assist
- 45+2′Viking, goal:3–0assist
- Half-time3 – 0
- 46′Viking, substitution:off
- 46′Viking, substitution:off
- 46′Tromso, substitution:off
- 53′Tromso, yellow card:Foul
- 60′Tromso, yellow card:Foul
- 68′Tromso, substitution:off
- 68′Tromso, substitution:off
- 68′Tromso, substitution:off
- 69′Viking, yellow card:Dissent
- 74′Viking, substitution:off
- 74′Viking, substitution:off
- 80′Viking, substitution:off
- 90+3′Tromso, goal:3–1assist
- Full-time3 – 1
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Viking beat Tromso 3-1 to stretch Eliteserien lead
Viking beat Tromso 3-1 at SR-Bank Arena on Matchday 12 of the Eliteserien, moving to 59 points from 24 games and keeping first place. Peter Christiansen opened the scoring in the 18th minute, and by half-time the home side had a three-goal cushion.
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Henrik Heggheim doubled the lead in the 31st minute from a Kristoffer Haugen assist, and Haugen set up Erik Botheim for a third in first-half stoppage time, in the 45+2 minute. Tromso, managed by Jørgen Vik, had nothing to show at the break despite having the greater share of possession.
The visitors controlled the ball after the interval, finishing with 59% possession and 19 shots to 9, but Viking were more precise, putting five efforts on target to four. Jesper Grundt pulled one back in the 90+3 minute, converting a David Edvardsson assist.
Tromso stayed fifth on 40 points, 19 behind the leaders. Viking travel to Bodo/Glimt in the Eliteserien on Friday, while Tromso visit Valerenga on Sunday 1 November.
Kristoffer Haugen created two of Viking's three goals, assisting both Heggheim and Botheim before the interval, and earned the match's highest rating at 8.24.
Tromso had 19 shots to Viking's 9 but still lost by two goals.
Viking beat Tromso 3–1 (half-time 3–0).
Viking met Tromso in the Eliteserien (Regular Season - 12). Kick-off was Sunday, 25 October 2026, 13:30 UTC at SR-Bank Arena. Referee: M. Lien.
Team pages: Viking · Tromso · Eliteserien
Key moments
- 18' Goal: Peter Christiansen — 1–0
- 31' Goal: Henrik Heggheim (assist: Kristoffer Haugen) — 2–0
- 45+2' Goal: Erik Botheim (assist: Kristoffer Haugen) — 3–0
- 90+3' Goal: Jesper Grundt (assist: David Edvardsson) — 3–1
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Viking (4-3-3)
Tromso (5-3-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Viking 69%, the draw 17%, Tromso 14%. It finished Viking 3–1 Tromso.
Viking's strength edge drives a clear lead — We give Viking 69% mainly because they sit 222 points higher on our strength rating, 1760 to 1539, with the usual home advantage adding to that. The draw sits at 17%, a little under the usual 19% for a gap this size, because both sides' own recent games average 3.7 goals.
Why Viking at 69%?
Viking sit 222 points higher on our strength rating — 1760 to 1539. Sides with a 160–240-point rating edge at home won 66.9% of 7,060 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 68–18–14.
Why only 69%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 69% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 17% and Tromso at 14%.
Why is the draw only 17%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 18.7%. These teams' recent games average 3.7 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 18,416. The goals environment takes 1.6 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Tromso have averaged 6 percentage points more possession than Viking in recent games. That doesn’t change our forecast here. Viking are unbeaten in their last 17 home Eliteserien games: 17 wins and 0 draws. The run began on 31 August 2025. It covers all 11 home Eliteserien games this season. Last recorded home league defeat: 19 July 2025 — Viking 2–4 Bodo/Glimt. Latest home league result: 17 October 2026 — Viking 3–2 Fredrikstad. Across 16,107 historical matches following an unbeaten home league run of at least six games, hosts won 55.4%, compared with 54.5% expected from team strength. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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