Brann supporters put their faith in manager L. Nilsen to deliver victory against Sarpsborg 08

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Sarpsborg 08 have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 5-5-8 (win-draw-loss) from 18 matches.

Brann form and stats

The story so far for Brann at their home stadium is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Happy days for Brann in their previous game, a Eliteserien match away at Stabæk that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that game, the home loss against Ranheim with the scoreline 0-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Brann handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D1-L1.

The manager L. Nilsen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bodø / Glimt in only three days.

Brann are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 4 goals in 4 matches. Brann have conceded 4 in these home matches.

Sarpsborg 08 form and stats

The season is young and Sarpsborg 08 have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eliteserien home defeat versus Kristiansund with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Rosenborg's place.

We have checked recent matches where Sarpsborg 08 have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were W1-D0-L2.

After this away game Sarpsborg 08 return home for a Eliteserien game against Ranheim. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Sarpsborg 08 when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored in 3 matches. As opposed to that, Sarpsborg 08 have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Brann-Sarpsborg 08 H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Brann 4 wins, Sarpsborg 08 4 wins, 2 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

V. Wormgoor 3 goals

C. Rismark 1 goals

K. Barmen 1 goals / 1 assists

Brann missing players

Sarpsborg 08 missing players