Viking are averaging 12 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 24.9 total fouls on average. That puts them 6th of 16 for team fouls per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player foul-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Sandefjord, a profile of referee Sigurd Smehus Kringstad, and a full match-by-match log.
Henrik Heggheim leads with 13 fouls across 8 qualifying appearances (1.63/g, 75% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Viking player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Viking are averaging 12 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 12.9 for a match-total of 24.9. That ranks 6th of 16 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Viking pick up one yellow card every 0.2 fouls.
Foul matchup blends the defender's fouls per game (40%), the opposition attacker's fouls drawn per game (40%), and the team's underlying foul propensity (20%). For the upcoming fixture against Sandefjord the page weights each Viking defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Viking fixtures in the active window for 2026/2027. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their foul rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted.
Sigurd Smehus Kringstad is the referee for this fixture. The referee profile module above shows their full season trend.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vetle Auklend | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| Kristoffer Askildsen | midfielder | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 90% |
| Tobias Moi | midfielder | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 88% |
| Joe Bell | midfielder | 6 | 11 | 1.83 | 83% |
| Henrik Heggheim | defender | 8 | 13 | 1.63 | 75% |
| Henrik Falchener | defender | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 75% |
| Anders Bærtelsen | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 75% |
| Herman Haugen | defender | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 67% |
| Sondre Bjørshol | defender | 7 | 8 | 1.14 | 57% |
| Gianni Stensness | defender | 9 | 11 | 1.22 | 56% |
| Peter Christiansen | attacker | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 50% |
| Ola Visted | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Jakob Segadal Hansen | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Zlatko Tripic | attacker | 9 | 7 | 0.78 | 33% |
| Kristoffer Haugen | defender | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Edvin Austbø | attacker | 8 | 2 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Ruben Alte | midfielder | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 25% |
| Niklas Fuglestad | attacker | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Simen Kvia-Egeskog | midfielder | 9 | 2 | 0.22 | 22% |
| Lubomir Belko | goalkeeper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Arild Østbø | goalkeeper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jesper Daland | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Romano Postema | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| A. Cosic | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Viljar Vevatne | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 2026 | Aalesund | Home | 2-1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | Herman Haugen (1) |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Dinamo Zagreb | Home | 3-1 | 16 | 12 | 28 | Gianni Stensness (4) |
| 18 Aug 2026 | Dinamo Zagreb | Away | 2-2 | 10 | 12 | 22 | Joe Bell (4) |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Rosenborg | Away | 2-1 | 10 | 17 | 27 | Herman Haugen (2) |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Sarpsborg 08 | Home | 2-1 | 9 | 11 | 20 | Peter Christiansen (4) |
| 1 Aug 2026 | Start | Away | 0-3 | 11 | 12 | 23 | Sondre Bjørshol (4) |
| 26 Jul 2026 | Aalesund | Away | 1-1 | 8 | 18 | 26 | Herman Haugen (1) |
| 22 Jul 2026 | Lillestrøm | Away | 1-2 | 20 | 17 | 37 | Henrik Heggheim (5) |
| 18 Jul 2026 | Sandefjord | Home | 2-1 | 22 | 10 | 32 | Henrik Heggheim (4) |
| 12 Jul 2026 | Sarpsborg 08 | Away | 1-0 | 9 | 6 | 15 | Joe Bell (2) |