Viking vs KFUM Oslo 5-1

Viking beat KFUM Oslo 5-1 at SR-Bank Arena after taking control before half-time and pulling clear after the break. Peter Christiansen scored a hat-trick, with the home side scoring four times before the hour and once more on 61 minutes.

Henrik Bjørdal opened the scoring in the 21st minute from Joe Bell’s assist, and Peter Christiansen made it 2-0 three minutes into first-half stoppage time when he turned in Vetle Auklend’s pass. KFUM Oslo had already made two changes on 45 minutes, with Martin Tangen Vinjor replaced by Brage Tobiassen and Ola Visted by Bilal Njie, before the interval arrived with Viking 2-0 up.

Christiansen struck again on 51 minutes from Herman Haugen’s cross after Haugen had come on in the 18th minute, and Bilal Njie pulled one back for KFUM Oslo on 55 minutes from Jonas Lange Hjorth’s assist after coming on at half-time. Christiansen then completed his hat-trick on 61 minutes, set up by Erik Botheim, before Viking made two changes on 68 minutes and another two on 77 minutes as they protected the lead through the closing stages.

Viking had 53% of the ball and 491 passes to KFUM Oslo’s 449, with 24 shots to 10 and 8 on target to 3. They also finished with 8 corners to 2, 2.67 expected goals to 0.79, and 5 saves to KFUM Oslo’s 3, while the visitors had more of the defensive workload with 8 fouls to 11 and 2 yellow cards to Viking’s none.

Daniel Schneider was booked for KFUM Oslo in the 31st minute, and Tore Andre Soras was also booked three minutes into first-half stoppage time.