Brann want to fill the stadium for this fixture despite that the season has been gruelling up to now with 10 points and a 16th place in the Eliteserien table. Guests Haugesund are in 8th place with 22 pts.
- Brann have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Eliteserien
- Haugesund have yet to win a game away.
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.
Brann form and stats
When playing at home in the Eliteserien, Brann, who have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Eliteserien, have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games.
Brann lost their last game at Strømsgodset (placed 9th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Attacking player Aune Selland Heggebo bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.52 out of 10. Heggebo scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match, Brann won a home game hosting Sandefjord (3-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Brann perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Brann as a small favourite), we find five games. Brann has won one of these, drawn one and lost three.
Brann has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.
Haugesund form and stats
There's been little loot from Haugesund's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 8 away games in the Eliteserien. Haugesund only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. Three has not been a lucky number for Haugesund as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Strømsgodset match.
Haugesund failed to get anything from their last game, a Eliteserien home match vs Lillestrøm (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-3. Attacker Niklas Sandberg got a player rating of 7.23 in the game. "Man of the match" Sandberg hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A 2-4 defeat away at Odd before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Haugesund in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Haugesund, five draws and four defeats.
The visiting Haugesund have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Haugesund manager J. Grindhaug has some worries about the defense as 17 goals have been conceded in these travels. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The sides have met each other before in this season, with the result Haugesund - Brann 1-0 logged in the official records. Last ten meetings featuring these participants: Brann won three, Haugesund were winners in four and we saw three draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Wadji 8 goals | K. Velde 4 goals |
Brann missing players
Haugesund missing players
| Brann | Haugesund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 17 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 24 |
| 32 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 24 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 81% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 75% |
| 62% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 62% |
| 44% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 62% | 75% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 44% |
| 12% | 12% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 38% |
| 31% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| 1.3 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 12.8 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.2 | 11.9 |
| 4.1 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 26% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 26% | 33% |
- All of Brann's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Brann have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Eliteserien
- Brann have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Eliteserien
- Brann haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Haugesund have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Haugesund have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Molde | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 33 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 31 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Lillestrøm | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Kristiansund | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | Viking | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -1 | 25 |
| 7 | Vålerenga | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 23 |
| 8 | Haugesund | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Odd | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -7 | 22 |
| 11 | Sandefjord | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 21 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 17 |
| 13 | Tromsø | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -11 | 15 |
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 13 |
| 15 | Stabæk | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -14 | 13 |
| 16 | Brann | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -15 | 10 |
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