Viking vs Tromso 3-1

Viking beat Tromso 3-1 at SR-Bank Arena after racing into a three-goal lead before half-time and then seeing out the game despite a late reply. Jesper Andreas Grundt pulled one back in the third minute of stoppage time after coming off the bench in the 68th minute.

A VAR review ruled out a Zlatko Tripić goal in the 5th minute, and Viking were booked through Joe Bell on 7 minutes and Gianni Stensness on 12. They soon found the breakthrough, with Peter Christiansen opening the scoring in the 18th minute to make it 1-0. Henrik Heggheim then doubled the lead on 31 minutes from a Kristoffer Haugen assist, before Erik Botheim struck two minutes into first-half stoppage time, again from Haugen, to leave it 3-0 at the break.

Tromso made three changes on 68 minutes and got their only goal late on, Grundt scoring on 90+3 minutes after replacing Sander Håvik Innvær at half-time. Viking also made two changes on 45 minutes and two more on 74, while Tromso had already sent on Lars Olden Larsen for Troy Engseth Nyhammer on 11 minutes. The home side protected the lead from there, although they still finished with 10 shots to Tromso's 19 and 41% of the ball against 59%.

The numbers leaned towards Tromso in possession, passes and shots, with 594 passes to Viking's 398, 19 shots to 9 and 6 corners to 4. Viking, though, had 5 shots on target to Tromso's 3, a slightly lower xG of 1.16 to 1.43, and more saves, 3 to 2. Fouls finished level at 11 apiece.

Viking collected three yellow cards, for Joe Bell on 7 minutes, Gianni Stensness on 12 and Henrik Bjørdal on 69. Tromso were booked twice, with Isak·Dahlqvist on 53 minutes and Ruben Jenssen on 59. There were no red cards.