Matchday

Eliteserien 2025 · 19 Jul 2025

Viking FK 2–4 Bodø/Glimt

Picked for matchday: Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 22% · Chances everywhere: 5.9 xG

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jun 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
2.3 – 1.4
Actual xG
2.2 – 3.6
Goals
2 – 4

Footybot made Viking FK favourites at 58%.

Bodø/Glimt won and made the better chances: 3.6 xG to 2.2.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Haitam Aleesami, 76.4 in 46′.

Well above their usual level: Håkon Evjen +28.0, Kasper Høgh +16.7, Fredrik Sjøvold +12.7.

Well below it: Fredrik André Bjørkan −13.5.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Viking FK

13 Jul 2025L 1–3at SK Brann Eliteserien
5 Jul 2025W 1–0v Strømsgodset Eliteserien

Bodø/Glimt

16 Jul 2025W 1–0at Fredrikstad FK Eliteserien
12 Jul 2025W 2–0v Sandefjord Fotball Eliteserien
5 Jul 2025D 1–1at Kristiansund BK Eliteserien

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Viking FK

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Arild Østbø Goalkeeper4100–83.1–
Zlatko Tripić Midfielder90100.8676.2–
Vetle Auklend Defender2500–70.8–
Henrik Sælebakke Falchener Defender90000.2966.4–
Peter Christiansen Forward80100.6048.6–
Joe Bell Midfielder9000–45.1–
Simen Kvia-Egeskog Midfielder9000–45.0–
Anders Baertelsen Defender90000.0943.1–
Kristoffer Askildsen Midfielder2500–42.4–
Herman Johan Haugen Defender6500–39.3–
Henrik Heggheim Defender90000.3636.1–
Kristoffer Haugen Defender6500–34.0–
Jakob Segadal Hansen Midfielder6500–30.9–

Bodø/Glimt

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Haitam Aleesami Defender4600–76.4–
Håkon Evjen Midfielder85101.0473.0+28.0
Kasper Høgh Forward85101.3465.2+16.7
Odin Luras Bjørtuft Defender90100.2763.3–
Jostein Gundersen Defender4400–61.6–
Sondre Auklend Midfielder7101–58.2−1.2
Jens Petter Hauge Forward90000.6453.5+6.0
Ole Didrik Blomberg Forward85000.0853.2–
Fredrik Sjøvold Defender90000.0952.2+12.7
Ferslev Anders Klynge Midfielder17000.0651.9–
Nikita Haikin Goalkeeper9000–50.3−2.8
Ulrik Saltnes Midfielder90010.1250.3+6.2
Fredrik André Bjørkan Defender9000–42.4−13.5
Patrick Berg Midfielder1900–42.1–
Magnus Riisnæs Midfielder1700–40.0–
Andreas Helmersen Forward1700–39.9–