Viking are averaging 12.5 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 23.9 total tackles on average. That puts them 15th of 16 for team tackles per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player tackle-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Sandefjord, and a full match-by-match log.
Kristoffer Askildsen leads with 17 tackles across 10 qualifying appearances (1.7/g, 90% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Viking player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Viking are averaging 12.5 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 11.4 for a match-total of 23.9. That ranks 15th of 16 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 20.83 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.2 take-ons/g).
Tackle matchup blends the defender's tackles per game (50%), the opposition attacker's take-on rate (30%), and the defender's underlying tackle propensity (20%). For the upcoming fixture against Sandefjord, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Viking's defenders.
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. Pre-match lineups are predicted lineups until team news lands, then confirmed.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their tackle rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted by 5-minute substitutions.
We count attempted tackles per Sportmonks' definition. That matches what Bet365 settles 1+ tackles markets on, so the page's hit-rate and the bookmaker's pricing are aligned.
| Player | Position | Apps | Tackles | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vetle Auklend | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| Ruben Alte | midfielder | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 100% |
| A. Cosic | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Viljar Vevatne | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Kristoffer Askildsen | midfielder | 10 | 17 | 1.7 | 90% |
| Henrik Heggheim | defender | 8 | 14 | 1.75 | 88% |
| Sondre Bjørshol | defender | 7 | 14 | 2 | 86% |
| Joe Bell | midfielder | 6 | 10 | 1.67 | 83% |
| Tobias Moi | midfielder | 8 | 8 | 1 | 75% |
| Anders Bærtelsen | defender | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 75% |
| Gianni Stensness | defender | 9 | 7 | 0.78 | 67% |
| Zlatko Tripic | attacker | 9 | 9 | 1 | 56% |
| Simen Kvia-Egeskog | midfielder | 9 | 9 | 1 | 56% |
| Kristoffer Haugen | defender | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 50% |
| Niklas Fuglestad | attacker | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Jesper Daland | defender | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 50% |
| Ola Visted | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Peter Christiansen | attacker | 10 | 6 | 0.6 | 40% |
| Herman Haugen | defender | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Henrik Falchener | defender | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 25% |
| Edvin Austbø | attacker | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Lubomir Belko | goalkeeper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Arild Østbø | goalkeeper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jakob Segadal Hansen | midfielder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Romano Postema | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 2026 | Aalesund | Home | 2-1 | 17 | 11 | 28 | Kristoffer Askildsen (3) |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Dinamo Zagreb | Home | 3-1 | 14 | 11 | 25 | Joe Bell (3) |
| 18 Aug 2026 | Dinamo Zagreb | Away | 2-2 | 9 | 14 | 23 | Zlatko Tripic (3) |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Rosenborg | Away | 2-1 | 16 | 12 | 28 | Sondre Bjørshol (3) |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Sarpsborg 08 | Home | 2-1 | 11 | 9 | 20 | Henrik Heggheim (2) |
| 1 Aug 2026 | Start | Away | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kristoffer Askildsen (3) |
| 26 Jul 2026 | Aalesund | Away | 1-1 | 13 | 16 | 29 | Sondre Bjørshol (4) |
| 22 Jul 2026 | Lillestrøm | Away | 1-2 | 15 | 14 | 29 | Kristoffer Askildsen (3) |
| 18 Jul 2026 | Sandefjord | Home | 2-1 | 16 | 10 | 26 | Henrik Heggheim (3) |
| 12 Jul 2026 | Sarpsborg 08 | Away | 1-0 | 14 | 17 | 31 | Henrik Heggheim (4) |