Eliteserien prediction and preview: Brann modest favorites to beat Sarpsborg 08

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 06.December
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Brann Stadion (17317 seats)

With their 1 point advantage in the league table, Brann fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Sarpsborg 08.

Insights:
  • Brann have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sarpsborg 08 has the most clean sheets (9) in Eliteserien

It's no vacation for neither Brann nor Sarpsborg 08 as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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 (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 1-5-8 (win-draw-loss) from 14 matches.

Relegation threatens Brann who should definitely be looking for some points here. Sarpsborg 08 are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Brann form and stats

With 3 Eliteserien wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Brann are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Brann faced defeat in their previous match, away at Viking (0-2). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Aalesund in a game that was won 3-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Brann handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and two defeats.

Brann are traveling soon after this match as the Eliteserien match at Start awaits in three days.

Brann has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. On the other hand, Brann have conceded 18 goals.

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Sarpsborg 08 form and stats

There's been little loot from Sarpsborg 08's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 13 away games in the Eliteserien. Sarpsborg 08, who have the most clean sheets (9) in Eliteserien, only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws.

Sarpsborg's last game was the home draw against Kristiansund (1-1). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Vålerenga that ended 1-1.

David Mitov Nilsson had red hot gloves after the game against Kristiansund, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made. The draw against Kristiansund came from a losing position. The Sarpsborg manager M. Stahre brought on Sebastian Jarl as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Sarpsborg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and five defeats. From a total of seven matches.

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

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Sarpsborg rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 23 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sarpsborg 08 - Brann 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Brann victories, two draws and two Sarpsborg 08 wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BrannD. Bamba
D. Bamba
10 goals
BrannG. Koomson
G. Koomson
8 goals
Sarpsborg 08M. Abdellaoue
M. Abdellaoue
6 goals

Brann missing players

Sarpsborg 08 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Brann Sarpsborg 08
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 13 27
8 3 2 Won W 0 2 8
7 4 2 Drew D 2 4 6
12 6 1 Lost L 2 7 13
36 18 8 Scored S 2 12 32
46 18 5 Conceded C 7 23 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
89% 92% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 74%
59% 62% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 46% 48%
33% 23% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 22%
15% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 23% 15%
70% 85% 80% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 44%
11% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 33%
19% 8% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.1 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.5 14.8 18.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 10 12.6
4.7 5.6 6.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.5 3.3
28% 25% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 36% 36%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Brann have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brann haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sarpsborg 08 has the most clean sheets (9) in Eliteserien

  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 27 23 3 1 91 30 13 13 0 0 51 9 14 10 3 1 40 21 61 72
2 Molde 26 17 2 7 65 31 13 10 1 2 35 12 13 7 1 5 30 19 34 53
3 Vålerenga 27 13 9 5 44 31 13 8 5 0 28 13 14 5 4 5 16 18 13 48
4 Rosenborg 26 13 6 7 46 33 13 8 3 2 30 15 13 5 3 5 16 18 13 45
5 Kristiansund 27 11 11 5 50 37 13 6 4 3 29 20 14 5 7 2 21 17 13 44
6 Odd 25 13 3 9 45 37 13 8 2 3 26 15 12 5 1 6 19 22 8 42
7 Viking 27 12 6 9 50 45 14 7 3 4 32 20 13 5 3 5 18 25 5 42
8 Stabæk 27 8 11 8 33 38 14 5 5 4 17 15 13 3 6 4 16 23 -5 35
9 Haugesund 27 10 5 12 34 44 14 6 3 5 22 22 13 4 2 7 12 22 -10 35
10 Brann 27 8 7 12 36 46 13 3 4 6 18 18 14 5 3 6 18 28 -10 31
11 Sandefjord 26 9 4 13 28 40 12 3 4 5 10 17 14 6 0 8 18 23 -12 31
12 Sarpsborg 08 27 8 6 13 32 37 14 6 2 6 20 14 13 2 4 7 12 23 -5 30
13 Start 27 6 8 13 32 50 14 5 5 4 21 19 13 1 3 9 11 31 -18 26
14 Strømsgodset 26 5 9 12 32 49 13 3 5 5 17 23 13 2 4 7 15 26 -17 24
15 Mjøndalen 27 6 3 18 22 44 13 4 0 9 12 18 14 2 3 9 10 26 -22 21
16 Aalesund 27 2 5 20 28 76 14 1 3 10 15 35 13 1 2 10 13 41 -48 11

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Table
  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 27 23 3 1 91 30 13 13 0 0 51 9 14 10 3 1 40 21 61 72
2 Molde 26 17 2 7 65 31 13 10 1 2 35 12 13 7 1 5 30 19 34 53
3 Vålerenga 27 13 9 5 44 31 13 8 5 0 28 13 14 5 4 5 16 18 13 48
4 Rosenborg 26 13 6 7 46 33 13 8 3 2 30 15 13 5 3 5 16 18 13 45
5 Kristiansund 27 11 11 5 50 37 13 6 4 3 29 20 14 5 7 2 21 17 13 44
6 Odd 25 13 3 9 45 37 13 8 2 3 26 15 12 5 1 6 19 22 8 42
7 Viking 27 12 6 9 50 45 14 7 3 4 32 20 13 5 3 5 18 25 5 42
8 Stabæk 27 8 11 8 33 38 14 5 5 4 17 15 13 3 6 4 16 23 -5 35
9 Haugesund 27 10 5 12 34 44 14 6 3 5 22 22 13 4 2 7 12 22 -10 35
10 Brann 27 8 7 12 36 46 13 3 4 6 18 18 14 5 3 6 18 28 -10 31
11 Sandefjord 26 9 4 13 28 40 12 3 4 5 10 17 14 6 0 8 18 23 -12 31
12 Sarpsborg 08 27 8 6 13 32 37 14 6 2 6 20 14 13 2 4 7 12 23 -5 30
13 Start 27 6 8 13 32 50 14 5 5 4 21 19 13 1 3 9 11 31 -18 26
14 Strømsgodset 26 5 9 12 32 49 13 3 5 5 17 23 13 2 4 7 15 26 -17 24
15 Mjøndalen 27 6 3 18 22 44 13 4 0 9 12 18 14 2 3 9 10 26 -22 21
16 Aalesund 27 2 5 20 28 76 14 1 3 10 15 35 13 1 2 10 13 41 -48 11

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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”.