Viking take on the visitors Jerv at the Viking Stadion in the 16th tour of OBOS-ligaen. The match will be played in Stavanger on Sunday, July 22th.
In the start of the new season a lot of experts forecasted that Viking would struggle in the league because of the losses in the squad in the off-season. The team had a small budget and was struggling after relegating from Eliteserien. At the moment they have a humble squad consisting of only 23 players so if there is an injury epidemic there will be some bad consequences. However, they have been playing really well recently. Sometimes they have failures but that`s inevitable because their squad mainly consists of young players and only few experienced footballers. It`s worth noting that their striker Tommy Holland is the best one in the whole league at the moment with 15 goals scored. Last three matches were victorious for Viking.
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Jerv has a middle team status in the league and place 8th in the table with 5 wins, 5 draws, 4 losses and a 18-17 goal difference. Away matches are often worse for Jerv. This season they`ve had 8 matches on the away field, won 2 of them, drew 2 and suffered 4 defeats with a 8-12 goal difference. The team has been in a bad shape lately. They lost 3 of their 5 last matches even though the opponents were not that strong.
It would be very hard for Jerv not to lose in the upcoming match. It`s worth noting that in May Jerv indeed beat Viking with a 3-2 score but this time they have a little chance of pulling out even a draw, Viking has been on a roll lately and isn`t going to lose points.
Prediction for the match: Viking to win with -1.0 handicap.
