Eliteserien · Match preview

Start 0–3 Viking

Kick-off: Sat, Aug 1, 2026, 18:00 GMT+2
Status: Finished

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Match overview

Final score: Start 0–3 Viking.

Start are 16th in the Eliteserien table with 16 points from 22 matches; Viking are 2nd with 56 points from 23.

Last 4 results in our archive, newest first: Start W L L L; Viking D W W L D.

In their last 4 settled matches Start scored 0.8 and conceded 2.5 goals per game; Viking scored 1.2 and conceded 1.0 in their last 5.

The Eliteserien averages 3.2 goals a match this season; these two clubs’ recent matches point to about 2.7. Over 2.5 landed in 70% and both teams scored in 65% of their recent games.

Before kick-off the model’s pick was Viking to win at 77% probability, and it came in.

All figures come from the results archive and the league table in our data; nothing on this page is estimated. How the probabilities are produced

Settled

The model’s pre-match pick and how it went

Pick: Viking to win
Probability: 77%
Outcome: Came in

Logged before kick-off, settled automatically against the final score and never edited afterwards. Full Eliteserien record

Goals in recent matches

From the final scores of each club’s last settled matches: goals for and against per game, and how often over 2.5, both teams scoring and a clean sheet occurred.

Club	P	For	Against	Over 2.5	BTTS	Clean sheet
Start	4	0.8	2.5	100%	50%	0%
Viking	5	1.2	1.0	40%	80%	0%

Eliteserien average this season: 3.2 goals per match.

Eliteserien table: the two clubs

Full table

#	Club	P	W-D-L	Goals	Pts
16.	Start	22	4-4-14	24:48	16
2.	Viking	23	18-2-3	59:22	56

Recent form

Last five settled matches before this fixture, newest first.

Start

Viking

Head-to-head

Meetings before this fixture, from the results archive (July 2026 onwards).

No previous meeting between these clubs in our results archive, which starts in July 2026.

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