Viking FK 2:1 Sarpsborg 08: xG & match report · Eliteserien

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Match report · Eliteserien

Viking FK Home 2.83 xG · 18 shots

Sarpsborg 08 Away 2.57 xG · 26 shots

21 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

40' Henrik Heggheim Viking FK · 0.02 xG chance 1–0
81' Sondre Sörli Sarpsborg 08 · 0.32 xG chance 1–1
90' Zlatko Tripić (pen.) Viking FK · 0.82 xG chance 2–1

The shots behind it

Viking FK Sarpsborg 08

Shots: 18; 26
On target: 8; 3
Inside the box: 13; 19
xG per shot: 0.18; 0.09
Open play xG: 0.83; 2.19
Set-piece xG: 0.70; 0.23
Penalties: 2; 0

Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 1.53 for Viking FK and 2.41 for Sarpsborg 08.

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All shots

44 shots · 5.59 xG

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Last 6 · xG per match

Viking FK

1.39 xG created 1.37 xGA

W 1.20 created, 0.70 conceded against Kristiansund BK
L 0.86 created, 1.31 conceded against Sarpsborg 08
W 2.16 created, 0.38 conceded against Sandefjord Fotball
W 0.87 created, 1.35 conceded against Lillestrøm SK
D 1.70 created, 1.98 conceded against Aalesunds FK
W 1.57 created, 2.48 conceded against IK Start

Sarpsborg 08

1.21 xG created 1.09 xGA

W 1.12 created, 1.54 conceded against Molde FK
W 1.10 created, 0.76 conceded against SK Brann
W 1.31 created, 0.86 conceded against Viking FK
D 0.97 created, 0.71 conceded against Kristiansund BK
W 1.69 created, 1.03 conceded against HamKam
D 1.09 created, 1.62 conceded against Molde FK

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Head to head

Viking FK: 0 won · 2 drawn · 1 lost

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