Viking 2-1 Sarpsborg 08: result and report

Eliteserien · Saturday 8 August 2026

Result

Viking 2-1 Sarpsborg 08

Eliteserien · Saturday 8 August 2026, 14:00 UTC · SR-Bank Arena, Stavanger · half-time 1-0

Viking · Sarpsborg 08 · Eliteserien predictions

Viking 2-1 Sarpsborg 08: match report

Viking won against Sarpsborg 08 2-1 in the Eliteserien on Saturday 8 August 2026 at SR-Bank Arena. The half-time score was 1-0.

Henrik Heggheim opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Viking's goals came from Henrik Heggheim (40') and Zlatko Tripic (90+5', penalty). Sarpsborg 08 scored through Sondre Sörli (81').

Discipline: Viking received 2 yellow cards; Sarpsborg 08 received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Viking were 2nd on 37 points from 15 and Sarpsborg 08 7th on 22 points from 15. In the current table Viking are 1st on 59 points and Sarpsborg 08 are 9th on 31 points.

Viking lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sarpsborg 08 in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Henrik Heggheim of Viking (8.1), ahead of Zlatko Tripic (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Viking wins, 2 draws and 1 for Sarpsborg 08.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Olaus SkarsemSarpsborg 08
  • 33'Yellow card · Bjørn Inge UtvikSarpsborg 08
  • 40'Goal · Henrik HeggheimViking · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Aimar SherSarpsborg 08
  • 50'Yellow card · Zlatko TripicViking
  • 68'Missed penalty · Zlatko TripicViking
  • 81'Goal · Sondre SörliSarpsborg 08 · 1-1
  • 90+5'Penalty goal · Zlatko TripicViking · 2-1
  • 90+10'Yellow card · Arild ØstbøViking

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Viking2519246426+3859WWWWL
9Sarpsborg 082587103239-731LWLWL

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Head-to-head

7 meetings: Viking 4, draws 2, Sarpsborg 08 1.

Team news

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Viking line-up (4-3-3)

Arild Østbø, Sondre Bjørshol, Henrik Heggheim, Gianni Stensness, Vetle Auklend, Ruben Alte, Kristoffer Askildsen, Simen Kvia-Egeskog, Zlatko Tripic, Peter Christiansen, Edvin Austbø

Sarpsborg 08 line-up (4-2-3-1)

L. Øy, Claus Niyukuri, Bjørn Inge Utvik, Marius Lode, Anders Hiim, Sander Christiansen, Aimar Sher, Sondre Sörli, Andreas Hansen, Olaus Skarsem, Daniel Karlsbakk

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