A vital fixture in Eliteserien as both sides are struggling for the top league positions. With Brann in 5th position and Viking placed 4th, this has all the looks of an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Brann have not yet lost a game at home.
- Viking have the most points from losing position (14) in Eliteserien
This football field has grass, unlike Viking's home stadium. The latest 18 games by the away side on grass have ended with 9 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses.
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
Brann have been very solid at home in the Eliteserien so far, with 20 points collected from 8 matches (6-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 5th position in the table. Two home wins in a row for Brann bring valid hopes of a third.
Brann are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Tromsø. Larsen, defender, was given a rating of 7.44/10 in that game, top of the team. Larsen hit one key pass and won 3 of 3 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Strømsgodset in a game that was won 1-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Brann handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 10 most recent league games reveals that 8 of them had at least one goal from each team.
Goals decide football matches and Brann are scoring many of them at home; 18 on target from 8 league matches. Brann have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Viking form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Viking playing as the away team in the Eliteserien this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Brann.
Viking won their last game, 3-1 versus Aalesund played at home. Attacker Tripić got a player rating of 9.63 in the game. "Man of the match" Tripić scored two goals, served one assist, hit six key passes and had 27 successful passes (of 31 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Stabæk at their stadium, the result 1-0.Viking are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this team's 10 latest league games have ended with at least three goals.
The visiting Viking have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Viking in these games.
Head 2 Head
The 4 latest fixtures involving these opponents have all finished as Viking victories. Another one?Viking - Brann 3-1 was the score in these contenders' previous head-to-head game, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Finne 11 goals |   Z. Tripić 9 goals |  S. Heltne Nilsen 6 goals |
Brann missing players
Viking missing players
| Brann | Viking | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 | 18 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 34 |
| 21 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 94% | 88% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 87% |
| 69% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 60% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 47% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 27% |
| 62% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 73% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 7.5 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.1 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
| 1.1 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16.2 | 17.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.6 | 16.1 |
| 5.1 | 6.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | 6.3 |
| 34% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 29% | 36% |
| 10.5 | 8.6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 13.1 | 13 |
| 4.1 | 3.1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
- Brann have not yet lost a game at home.
- Brann have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Brann have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Viking have the most points from losing position (14) in Eliteserien
- Viking have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Eliteserien
- Viking have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Viking haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Viking is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 27 | 41 |
| 2 | Tromsø | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 3 | Molde | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 29 |
| 4 | Viking | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
| 5 | Brann | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 7 | Odd | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Rosenborg | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 19 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | Stabæk | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | HamKam | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 16 |
| 14 | Vålerenga | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 15 | Sandefjord | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -13 | 10 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 19 | -23 | 7 |
- Brann
- Bergens Tidende - (local newspaper)
- Bergensavisen - (local newspaper)
- Bataljonen - (supporter site)
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
