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BODø. Bodø / Glimt beats Viking 1-0 after U. Saltnes  scored just 1 goal (83′). Bodø / Glimt took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Aspmyra Stadion stadium in Bodø on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Espen Eskås with the support of Jan Erik Engan and Isaak Bashevkin. The 4th official was Martin Berg. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was freezing at -1.66 degrees Celsius or 29.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bodø / Glimt had a superior ball possession 58% while Viking was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bodø / Glimt was more pushing with 87 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bodø / Glimt won the match​.

Bodø / Glimt shot 15 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Viking shot 12 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Bodø / Glimt received 2 yellow cards (Håkon Evjen and Fredrik Bjørkan). On the other side, Viking received 3 yellow cards (Nick D’Agostino, Morten Jensen and Lars-Jørgen Salvesen).

Standings

After this match, Bodø / Glimt has 6 points to occupy the 1st place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Viking stays with 3 points (7th).

Next matches

Bodø / Glimt – Formation

Bodø / Glimt started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Kjetil Knutsen decided to play with the following team: Nikita Haikin  (8.2), F. Sjøvold (7.8), Brede Moe  (7.5), Jostein Gundersen (7.8), Fredrik Bjørkan (7.3), Håkon Evjen (7.0), Patrick Berg  (7.9), A. Grønbæk (7.0), Nino Zugelj (7.3), A. Mikkelsen (7.0) and Jens Petter Hauge (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Ulrik Saltnes  (7.3), V. Nielsen, Odin Bjørtuft, Brice Wembangomo, Kasper Høgh (6.3), Kjetil Haug, Sondre Sørli (7.9), Oscar Kapskarmo and Adam Sørensen.

Bodø / Glimt could not rely on the presence of Odin Bjørtuft (injured).

Substitutions

Bodø / Glimt made 4 changes: A. Mikkelsen for Kasper Høgh (75′), Nino Zugelj for Ulrik Saltnes  (61′), Fredrik Bjørkan for Odin Bjørtuft (90′) and Håkon Evjen for Sondre Sørli (76′).

Player of the match: Nikita Haikin ​

The most impressive player for Bodø / Glimt was the goalkeeper: Nikita Haikin . His rating is 8.16. He performed 4 saves.

Viking – Formation

Viking started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim played with: Patrik Gunnarsson (7.7), Viljar Vevatne (8.5), Djibril Diop (6.8), Sondre Langås (7.3), Jost Urbancic (7.1), Sander Svendsen (6.7), P. Yazbek (7.0), Joe Bell (6.7), Zlatko Tripic  (7.3), Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (7.5) and Harald Tangen (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Arild Østbø, Gianni Stensness (6.4), Nick D’Agostino (6.8), Yann-Erik de Lanlay (6.7), Kristoffer Løkberg, Sondre Auklend (6.4), Peter Christiansen (6.6), V. Auklend and Simen Kvia-Egeskog.

Substitutions

Viking made 5 changes: Harald Tangen for Yann-Erik de Lanlay (76′), Sander Svendsen for Sondre Auklend (76′), P. Yazbek for Nick D’Agostino (88′), Djibril Diop for Gianni Stensness (88′) and Jost Urbancic for Peter Christiansen (88′).

Player of the match: Viljar Vevatne​

The most impressive player for Viking was Viljar Vevatne.

His rating is 8.5 with 40 passes (70% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eliteserien.​

• Bodø / Glimt – Viking – 1-0