Start 0-3 Viking: result and report

Eliteserien · Saturday 1 August 2026

Result

Start 0-3 Viking

Eliteserien · Saturday 1 August 2026, 16:00 UTC · Sparebanken Sør Arena, Kristiansand · half-time 0-3

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Start 0-3 Viking: match report

Start were beaten by Viking 0-3 in the Eliteserien on Saturday 1 August 2026 at Sparebanken Sør Arena. It was 0-3 at half-time.

Zlatko Tripic opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Start did not score. Viking scored through Zlatko Tripic (5', penalty), Peter Christiansen (18') and Edvin Austbø (22').

Discipline: Start received 2 yellow cards; Viking received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Start were 16th on 10 points from 15 and Viking 2nd on 34 points from 14. In the current table Start are 16th on 19 points and Viking are 1st on 59 points.

Start lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Viking in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Peter Christiansen of Viking (8.4), ahead of Zlatko Tripic (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Start wins, 0 draws and 1 for Viking.

Going into the match Start's last five read W-L-L-L-W and Viking's D-W-W-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Penalty goal · Zlatko TripicViking · 0-1
  • 18'Goal · Peter ChristiansenViking · 0-2
  • 22'Goal · Edvin AustbøViking · 0-3
  • 33'Yellow card · Zlatko TripicViking
  • 34'Yellow card · Sondre BjørsholViking
  • 45+2'Yellow card · J. AmpofoStart
  • 57'Yellow card · Tobias MoiViking
  • 68'Yellow card · S. MvouéStart

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Viking2519246426+3859WWWWL
16Start2554162655-2919LLLWL

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Head-to-head

1 meetings: Start 0, draws 0, Viking 1.

Team news

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Start line-up (3-4-1-2)

J. Pryts, Erlend Dahl Reitan, John Norheim, Jens Berland Husebø, Ousmane Diallo Toure, S. Mvoué, H. Lorentzen, T. Strannegård, E. Schulze, J. Cornelius, J. Ampofo

Viking line-up (4-5-1)

Arild Østbø, Sondre Bjørshol, Henrik Heggheim, Viljar Vevatne, Kristoffer Haugen, Kristoffer Askildsen, Tobias Moi, Simen Kvia-Egeskog, Zlatko Tripic, Peter Christiansen, Edvin Austbø

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