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STAVANGER. Viking and Brann draw 1-1. L. Salvesen scored the first goal (22′) for Viking. O. Didrik equalized (70′). Brann was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%)

The match was played at the SR-Bank Arena stadium in Stavanger on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. In front of 15,900 spectators.​ The referee was Tore Hansen with the assistance of Magnus Lundberg and Kim Haglund. The 4th official was Mischa Schaub Kellerhals. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 7.02 degrees Celsius or 44.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Brann was in firm control of the ball 57% while Viking was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Brann was more pushing with 80 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Brann to win the contest​.

Viking shot 7 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Brann shot 23 times, 4 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Viking received 2 yellow cards (Sondre Langås and Joe Bell). On the other side, Brann received 1 yellow card (Emil Kornvig).

Standings

After this contest, Viking has 4 points to occupy the 8th place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Brann has 4 points (5th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Brann will host HamKam on the 17th of April with a 5-1 head to head in favor of Brann (2 draws).

Viking – Formation

Viking adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim decided to play with the following team: Patrik Gunnarsson (7.0), Viljar Vevatne (6.7), Djibril Diop (7.1), Sondre Langås (7.1), Jost Urbancic (7.3), P. Yazbek (7.1), Joe Bell (7.3), Harald Tangen (6.6), Sander Svendsen (6.8), Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (8.1) and Nick D’Agostino (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Zlatko Tripic  (6.4), Arild Østbø, Gianni Stensness (6.7), Yann-Erik de Lanlay (6.4), Kristoffer Løkberg, Sondre Auklend (6.3), Peter Christiansen (6.6), V. Auklend and Simen Kvia-Egeskog.

Substitutions

Viking made 5 changes: Joe Bell for Sondre Auklend (76′), Nick D’Agostino for Zlatko Tripic  (62′), Harald Tangen for Yann-Erik de Lanlay (62′), Sander Svendsen for Peter Christiansen (62′) and P. Yazbek for Gianni Stensness (85′).

Player of the match: Lars-Jørgen Salvesen​

The most impressive player for Viking was Lars-Jørgen Salvesen.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 6 passes (67% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6.

Brann – Formation

Also Brann adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Eirik Horneland played with: Mathias Dyngeland (6.7), S. Crone (7.7), F. Knudsen (7.3), Japhet Sery Larsen (7.1), Ruben Kristiansen (7.3), Emil Kornvig (7.3), Sivert Heltne Nilsen (8.4), Niklas Wassberg (6.3), Ole Didrik Blomberg (9.1), Bård Finne (6.6) and Magnus Warming (7.5).

They had on the bench: Niklas Castro, Joachim Soltvedt, Ulrik Mathisen (6.7), Sander Erik Kartum (7.9), A. Heggebø, Eivind Helland and Eirik Johansen.

Brann could not rely on the presence of Niklas Castro (injured) and Sander Erik Kartum (injured).

Substitutions

Brann made 3 changes: Ulrik Mathisen for Niklas Castro (90′), Niklas Wassberg for Sander Erik Kartum (44′) and Magnus Warming for Ulrik Mathisen (72′).

Player of the match: Ole Didrik Blomberg​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Brann was Ole Didrik Blomberg.

His rating is 9.1 with 1 goal, 31 passes (68% accurate) and 7 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 13 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Viking – Brann – 1-1
• Tromsø – Haugesund – 0-1
• Molde – Kristiansund – 2-0
• Odd – Sandefjord – 2-2
• Rosenborg – HamKam – 1-0
• Lillestrøm – Bodø / Glimt – 0-5