Eliteserien preview with statistics: Sandefjord welcomes Brann to Komplett Arena

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 29.Oct
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Komplett Arena (6600 seats)

Sandefjord got a 3-4 scoreline against Bodø / Glimt last week, a match to remember. The next task is this fierce Brann team.

Insights:
  • Sandefjord is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Brann is in the best form (6-0-0) in Eliteserien

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Sandefjord form and stats

When playing at home in the Eliteserien, Sandefjord have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games. It's trouble wherever Sandefjord are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Sandefjord are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 3-4 away versus Bodø / Glimt. A goal frenzy last time out for Sandefjord, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Bodø / Glimt. Fun stuff to watch! The striker Al-Saed won the honour of being "man of the match" for Sandefjord with a rating of 8.11/10. Al-Saed scored one goal, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Preceding that match was the home game against HamKam that was lost 0-1.

A decent goal production from Sandefjord in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 12 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded. When Sandefjord hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Stabæk, Aalesund, Haugesund, HamKam and Vålerenga), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Brann form and stats

6-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Brann in their Eliteserien matches away. Impressively, the visitors are on a eight-match winning run which they hope continue versus Sandefjord.

Brann won their last game, 3-2 versus Molde played at home. Kartum got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, top player of the team. Kartum scored two goals, hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Vålerenga at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Brann find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Brann have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Brann have put together a sequence of 12 consecutive games without losing (8-4-0) when playing Sandefjord.

The participants have played each other previously this season, with the final score Brann - Sandefjord 0-0 written in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

BrannB. Finne
B. Finne
14 goals
SandefjordD. Al-Saed
D. Al-Saed
10 goals
BrannS. Heltne Nilsen
S. Heltne Nilsen
8 goals

Sandefjord missing players

Brann missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sandefjord Brann
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 12 25
5 4 0 Won W 4 6 16
6 4 2 Drew D 0 1 3
14 4 2 Lost L 0 5 6
38 21 5 Scored S 8 17 46
50 14 9 Conceded C 2 16 28
84% 75% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
72% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 92% 84%
60% 58% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 60%
52% 42% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 40%
44% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
56% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 56%
24% 42% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 32%
36% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 16%
 
4.7 5.9 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.8 6.8 7.2
6.3 5.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.7 4.5
1.4 1.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
13.1 14.8 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 17 15.1 15.8
4.5 5.1 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 5.2 5.4
34% 34% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 27% 34%
 
15.8 12.8 14.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 12.2 10.7
5.1 3.7 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4.2 3.8
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Brann haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Brann is in the best form (6-0-0) in Eliteserien
  • Sandefjord have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in Eliteserien
  • Sandefjord have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sandefjord is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bodø / Glimt 25 18 4 3 66 33 12 9 2 1 33 15 13 9 2 2 33 18 33 58
2 Viking 25 16 4 5 54 38 13 9 2 2 36 22 12 7 2 3 18 16 16 52
3 Brann 25 16 3 6 46 28 13 10 2 1 29 12 12 6 1 5 17 16 18 51
4 Tromsø 25 16 3 6 39 28 13 8 2 3 21 13 12 8 1 3 18 15 11 51
5 Molde 25 13 5 7 55 30 12 8 2 2 31 11 13 5 3 5 24 19 25 44
6 Lillestrøm 25 12 3 10 43 37 13 8 0 5 29 19 12 4 3 5 14 18 6 39
7 Sarpsborg 08 25 11 4 10 48 41 12 7 1 4 29 17 13 4 3 6 19 24 7 37
8 Odd 25 8 7 10 30 35 12 5 4 3 15 12 13 3 3 7 15 23 -5 31
9 Strømsgodset 25 9 3 13 29 33 12 6 1 5 18 14 13 3 2 8 11 19 -4 30
10 Rosenborg 25 8 6 11 32 41 13 6 3 4 20 16 12 2 3 7 12 25 -9 30
11 Haugesund 25 7 6 12 24 34 12 5 2 5 15 17 13 2 4 7 9 17 -10 27
12 HamKam 25 8 3 14 34 54 13 5 3 5 18 20 12 3 0 9 16 34 -20 27
13 Vålerenga 25 6 6 13 33 43 12 2 2 8 17 25 13 4 4 5 16 18 -10 24
14 Stabæk 25 6 6 13 26 38 13 5 3 5 15 11 12 1 3 8 11 27 -12 24
15 Sandefjord 25 5 6 14 38 50 12 4 4 4 21 14 13 1 2 10 17 36 -12 21
16 Aalesund 25 5 3 17 21 55 13 4 3 6 13 20 12 1 0 11 8 35 -34 18

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bodø / Glimt 25 18 4 3 66 33 12 9 2 1 33 15 13 9 2 2 33 18 33 58
2 Viking 25 16 4 5 54 38 13 9 2 2 36 22 12 7 2 3 18 16 16 52
3 Brann 25 16 3 6 46 28 13 10 2 1 29 12 12 6 1 5 17 16 18 51
4 Tromsø 25 16 3 6 39 28 13 8 2 3 21 13 12 8 1 3 18 15 11 51
5 Molde 25 13 5 7 55 30 12 8 2 2 31 11 13 5 3 5 24 19 25 44
6 Lillestrøm 25 12 3 10 43 37 13 8 0 5 29 19 12 4 3 5 14 18 6 39
7 Sarpsborg 08 25 11 4 10 48 41 12 7 1 4 29 17 13 4 3 6 19 24 7 37
8 Odd 25 8 7 10 30 35 12 5 4 3 15 12 13 3 3 7 15 23 -5 31
9 Strømsgodset 25 9 3 13 29 33 12 6 1 5 18 14 13 3 2 8 11 19 -4 30
10 Rosenborg 25 8 6 11 32 41 13 6 3 4 20 16 12 2 3 7 12 25 -9 30
11 Haugesund 25 7 6 12 24 34 12 5 2 5 15 17 13 2 4 7 9 17 -10 27
12 HamKam 25 8 3 14 34 54 13 5 3 5 18 20 12 3 0 9 16 34 -20 27
13 Vålerenga 25 6 6 13 33 43 12 2 2 8 17 25 13 4 4 5 16 18 -10 24
14 Stabæk 25 6 6 13 26 38 13 5 3 5 15 11 12 1 3 8 11 27 -12 24
15 Sandefjord 25 5 6 14 38 50 12 4 4 4 21 14 13 1 2 10 17 36 -12 21
16 Aalesund 25 5 3 17 21 55 13 4 3 6 13 20 12 1 0 11 8 35 -34 18

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Eliteserien is at the top of the Norwegian football league system. Seasons run from March to November with the 16 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 240 fixtures. When all these are played, the top team in the league table is the the “League Winner” while the winner of the cup in Norway is the “Norwegian Champion”.