ÅLESUND. Viking defeats Aalesund 4-0 after playing a incredible match. Djibril Diop (2′), Samuel Adegbenro (11′), Sander Svendsen (56′) and Zlatko Tripic (88′).
The match was played at the Color Line Stadion stadium in Ålesund on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Sivert Amland with the help of Ole Andreas Skogsrud Haukåsen and Erland Hareland. The 4th official was Mathias Smehus Kringstad. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 5.18 degrees Celsius or 41.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Aalesund was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Viking that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Aalesund was more pushing with 63 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Viking managed to find the solution to win this match.
Aalesund shot 16 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Viking shot 12 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Aalesund received 1 yellow card (Hakon Butli Hammer). On the other side, Viking didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Aalesund will stay with 18 points to sit in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Viking will have 58 points to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
Aalesund – Formation
Aalesund started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
The manager Christian Johnsen decided to play with the following team: Sten Grytebust , Erik Ansok Fröysa , Amidou Diop , Nikolai Soyset Hopland , John Kitolano , Bjorn Martin Kristensen , Hakon Butli Hammer , Erlend Segberg , Markus Karlsbakk , Kristoffer Odemarksbakken and Moctar Diop .
The home team had on the bench: Trace Akino Murray , David Fällman, Moses Ebiye, Michael Lansing, Martin Ramsland , Isaac Atanga , Simen Vatne Haram, Henrik Melland and Sander Hestetun Kilen.
Substitutions
Aalesund made 4 changes: John Kitolano for Trace Akino Murray (59′), Moctar Diop for Martin Ramsland (58′), Erlend Segberg for Henrik Melland (59′) and Kristoffer Odemarksbakken for Isaac Atanga (69′).
Player of the match: John Kitolano
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Aalesund was John Kitolano.
His rating is with 34 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.
Viking – Formation
Viking started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim played with: Patrik Gunnarsson , Herman Haugen , Djibril Diop , Viljar Helland Vevatne , Jošt Urbančič , Markus Solbakken , Sander Svendsen , Patrick Yazbek , Yann-Erik de Lanlay , Zlatko Tripic and Samuel Adegbenro .
They had on the bench: Arild Østbø, Lars-Jørgen Salvesen , Kristoffer Løkberg, Sondre Auklend , Harald Tangen , Sondre Langås , Joe Bell , Jone Nygård Berg and Vetle Auklend.
Substitutions
Viking made 5 changes: Samuel Adegbenro for Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (61′), Patrick Yazbek for Harald Tangen (61′), Markus Solbakken for Joe Bell (69′), Sander Svendsen for Sondre Auklend (62′) and Djibril Diop for Sondre Langås (78′).
Player of the match: Zlatko Tripic
The most impressive player for Viking was Zlatko Tripic.
His rating is with 1 goal, 34 passes (76% accurate) and 7 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 14 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eliteserien.
- Aalesund – Viking – 0-4
- Brann – Bodø / Glimt – 4-2
- HamKam – Vålerenga – 0-2
- Lillestrøm – Odd – 4-4
- Rosenborg – Strømsgodset – 1-3
- Sarpsborg 08 – Molde – 1-3
- Stabæk – Sandefjord – 2-1
- Tromsø – Haugesund – 2-1