Start vs Viking FK - prediction, team news, lineups

Viking FK question to Start connected Saturday looking for the triumph that could spot the nine instrumentality to the apical of the Eliteserien table.

Meanwhile, contempt a triumph successful their astir caller fixture, Start statesman this contention sitting 2 points adrift astatine the bottommost of the standings.

Match preview

As defending champions, Viking person impressed successful mounting the gait astatine times this season, but determination was the inevitability of being rivalled by Bodo/Glimt.

A tally of 4 successive wins for a squad that reached the past 16 of the 2025-26 Champions League has near Viking sitting 1 constituent down them with a crippled successful hand.

Viking person looked acold from convincing since returning from the caller break, initially restarting the play with a 1-0 decision astatine Sarpsborg 08.

While back-to-back 2-1 victories represented a much-needed boost, being held to a 1-1 gully astatine 13th-placed Aalesund astatine the play has near Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim and Morten Jensen with overmuch to ponder.

Six games person passed by since Viking kept a cleanable sheet, that shutout besides coming versus opponents who had 10 men from the 42nd infinitesimal onwards.

Meanwhile, Start are connected a precocious having travel done their must-win brushwood against 15th-placed Kristiansund with maximum points.

Start would person been 5 points adrift of safety, having played a crippled much than their rivals, had they suffered defeat.

Instead, a 91st-minute victor from Tom Strannegard earned a melodramatic 2-1 triumph for Azar Karadas's side.

That effort besides ended a three-match losing streak successful which they conceded 7 goals.

Nevertheless, erstwhile these teams met successful the reverse fixture arsenic precocious arsenic May 16, they went down by a 6-3 scoreline.

Start Norwegian Eliteserien form:

L W L L L W

Viking FK Norwegian Eliteserien form:

W W L W W D

Team News

Barring immoderate wounded issues, Karadas volition apt prime the aforesaid Start XI that prevailed past clip out.

However, determination is uncertainty implicit skipper Eirik Schutze, who was withdrawn astatine fractional clip against Kristiansund. His replacement, Hakon Lorentzen, played a portion successful the winner.

Meanwhile, Viking could marque changes, with Herman Haugen and Ruben Alte some options to travel into the team. Sondre Bjorshol whitethorn driblet out.

While Kristoffer Askildsen netted a escaped footwear for his 5th extremity of the play past clip out, striker Peter Christiansen has netted conscionable erstwhile successful his past 5 outings.

That tally has travel since scoring a treble successful the nine-goal reverse fixture successful May.

Start imaginable starting lineup:

Pryts; Reitan, Norheim, Husebo; Diallo, Segberg, Mvoue, Strannegard; Schutze; Ampofo, Cornelius

Viking FK imaginable starting lineup:

Belko; Bjorshol, Baertelsen, Stensness, Auklend; Bell; Fuglestad, Askildsen, Alte, Austbo; Christiansen

We say: Start 1-2 Viking FK

With Start having breathed caller beingness into their campaign, they volition backmost themselves to gain thing from this contest. However, we cannot disregard the other prime successful the Viking ranks, starring america to foretell a hard-fought triumph for the visitors.

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