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Viking First Half Goals
In 288 Eliteserien matches, 76.0% of Viking’s first halves produced a goal, 5th of the 22 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 52.4% of them and conceded in 48.3%.
What Viking’s first halves look like
Viking attack the first half better than they guard it: 4th of 22 in the division for scoring before halftime, 13th for keeping the other side out. Only 4 published Eliteserien clubs beat Viking for the share of their first halves that produce a goal.
Home advantage is worth a little to Viking rather than a lot: 55.2% of home matches bring an early goal of theirs against 49.7% away. Viking shade the early exchanges without dominating them: a goal of their own before the break in 52.4% of matches, one against in 48.3%.
A goal arrives before halftime in 76.0% of Viking’s Eliteserien matches. The Eliteserien figure is 72.6%, putting them 3.4pp clear of it. The other 24.0% end level and goalless.
Every figure on this page rests on 288 completed Viking matches over 10 seasons (2017 to 2026). That is a large enough sample that the venue rows above are worth reading as two separate records rather than one split in half.
Viking first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 76.0% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 40.6% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 16.0% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.38 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 52.4% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 48.3% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.69 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.68 |
| Matches counted | 288 |
| Seasons covered | 10 (2017 to 2026) |
The over rows count goals by either side; the scored and conceded rows split that between them.
Home and away
| Venue | Over 0.5 | Over 1.5 | Scored | Conceded | Avg goals | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 73.4% | 39.9% | 55.2% | 45.5% | 1.38 | 143 |
| Away | 78.6% | 41.4% | 49.7% | 51.0% | 1.37 | 145 |
Viking score before halftime 55.2% of the time at home against 49.7% away, a gap of 5.5pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Viking against Eliteserien
| Line | Viking | Eliteserien | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 76.0% | 72.6% | +3.4pp |
| Over 1.5 | 40.6% | 38.9% | +1.7pp |
| Over 2.5 | 16.0% | 14.8% | +1.2pp |
Counted from 288 matches · 10 seasons · 2017 to 2026.
How to read these numbers
- These are historical rates over pooled seasons, not a forecast. A club that has changed manager, division or squad reads as the average of every version of itself on record.
- The opponent matters as much as the club. A high-scoring side against a defense that rarely concedes early is a different fixture from the same side against one that does.
For the model’s estimate of an actual upcoming fixture rather than this club’s history, see first half goals predictions and how the model works.
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