Viking are averaging 15.8 tackles per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 29.5 total tackles on average. That puts them 12th 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 Aalesund, and a full match-by-match log.
Henrik Heggheim leads with 32 tackles across 10 qualifying appearances (3.2/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 15.8 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 13.7 for a match-total of 29.5. That ranks 12th of 16 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 52.67 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 0.5 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 Aalesund, 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. 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 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 100% |
| Ruben Alte | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Henrik Heggheim | defender | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 90% |
| Gianni Stensness | defender | 9 | 11 | 1.22 | 78% |
| Kristoffer Haugen | defender | 9 | 10 | 1.11 | 78% |
| Henrik Falchener | defender | 8 | 14 | 1.75 | 75% |
| Anders Bærtelsen | defender | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 75% |
| Tobias Moi | midfielder | 7 | 10 | 1.43 | 71% |
| Simen Kvia-Egeskog | midfielder | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 70% |
| Kristoffer Askildsen | midfielder | 9 | 16 | 1.78 | 67% |
| Sondre Bjørshol | defender | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Ola Visted | midfielder | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Peter Christiansen | attacker | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 60% |
| Joe Bell | midfielder | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 60% |
| Zlatko Tripic | attacker | 10 | 7 | 0.7 | 50% |
| Niklas Fuglestad | attacker | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 43% |
| Edvin Austbø | attacker | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 29% |
| Lubomir Belko | goalkeeper | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Herman Haugen | defender | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jakob Segadal Hansen | midfielder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Arild Østbø | goalkeeper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| 24 May 2026 | Kristiansund | Away | 1-2 | 20 | 11 | 31 | Vetle Auklend (6) |
| 16 May 2026 | Start | Home | 6-3 | 15 | 19 | 34 | Tobias Moi (5) |
| 10 May 2026 | KFUM | Away | 0-2 | 18 | 12 | 30 | Henrik Heggheim (3) |
| 1 May 2026 | Rosenborg | Home | 3-0 | 12 | 11 | 23 | Peter Christiansen (3) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Fredrikstad | Away | 1-2 | 12 | 15 | 27 | Henrik Heggheim (3) |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Brann | Home | 3-2 | 13 | 17 | 30 | Henrik Heggheim (3) |
| 11 Apr 2026 | Bodø / Glimt | Home | 5-0 | 23 | 11 | 34 | Henrik Heggheim (10) |