Eliteserien
SK Brann – Viking FK match report
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Viking FK kept a clean sheet in a 2-0 win over SK Brann in Eliteserien. Player of the match: H. Heggheim of Viking FK, with a ScoreMondo rating of 9.3. The match was played on Friday, 9 October 2026 at Brann Stadion in Bergen.
How the match unfolded
Viking FK took the lead in the 11th minute through H. Heggheim, set up by H. Bjordal. Viking FK extended their lead to 2-0 in the 20th minute through P. Christiansen, set up by H. Heggheim. Viking FK were a man down from the 39th minute, when K. Askildsen was sent off. Half-time: 0-2, Viking FK in front.
The statistics
SK Brann's yellow cards went to J. Torsvik in the 45th minute and E. Gudmundsson in the 49th minute.
The players
The best ScoreMondo ratings after the player of the match went to E. Gudmundsson (SK Brann, 8.6), A. Ostbo (Viking FK, 8.5) and H. Bjordal (Viking FK, 8.4). From the SK Brann bench came J. Soltvedt on 46 minutes, J. Laegreid on 62 minutes, B. Finne on 70 minutes and N. Wassberg on 80 minutes. Viking FK made 5 changes: J. Daland for Z. Tripic (64'), S. Kvia-Egeskog for E. Botheim (64'), T. Moi for H. Bjordal (74') and J. Hansen for P. Christiansen (74').
The context
SK Brann came into the match with 2 wins and 1 defeat from their last 3 matches — scoring in 3 straight games. IK Start beat SK Brann 2-1 last time out. Before kick-off, Viking FK's last 4 matches had brought 3 wins and 1 defeat. Last time out, Viking FK beat Madla IL 3-0 away. SK Brann and Viking FK have met 5 times in our records: 1 win for SK Brann, 2 for Viking FK and 2 draws. The last meeting, in 2026 in Eliteserien, went 3-2 to Viking FK. Those 5 games produced 16 goals, an average of 3.2 per match. Tore Hansen was the referee, averaging 3.4 yellow cards per match across 56 matches in our records.
The bigger picture
SK Brann's run of 3 matches with a goal comes to an end. That is 4 straight wins for Viking FK.
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