There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Kristiansund leading Brann by 12 points.
- Kristiansund have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Brann have the most conceded goals (22) 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.
Kristiansund's stadium, Kristiansund Stadion, has a artifical turf surface. Brann have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Brann when playing on artifical turf; 6 wins, 6 draws and 16 losses from 28 matches. They have scored 26 goals in these games and conceded 56.
Kristiansund form and stats
When playing at home in the Eliteserien, Kristiansund have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
The home team returns to Kristiansund Stadion after being equal after 90 minutes with Tromsø (placed 13th) on their last time out; the Eliteserien game ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Sean McDermott got the top rating on the team in that game; 10.0 out of ten. McDermott saved a penalty, stopped the opponent with nine saves and topped it up with a clean sheet. Kristiansund's goalie Sean McDermott played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Tromsø with a stunning nine saves.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Mjøndalen.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kristiansund handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are nine wins, four draws and one defeat.
Kristiansund has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Kristiansund are not conceding a lot of goals here at Kristiansund Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Brann form and stats
Brann have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Eliteserien, after 0-1-5 (6 played).
Brann's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Lillestrøm that finished 1-1. Defender Petter Strand was the best team player with a rating of 8.11. Strand hit two key passes and won 3 of 5 duels. As mentioned above, Brann drew the match against Lillestrøm. Manager K. Ingebrigtsen brought on Daouda Karamoko Bamba to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
A 0-1 defeat away at Haugesund before that.Brann 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, four draws and four defeats. From a total of eight matches.
Brann are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 6 away games. For Brann, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kristiansund four wins, two draws and Brann four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Bamba 3 goals |   S. Kartum 2 goals |  B. Bye 2 goals |
Kristiansund missing players
Brann missing players
| Kristiansund | Brann | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | 22 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 91% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 82% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 64% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 9% |
| 20% | 20% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 45% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 45% |
| 6 | 7.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 6.8 | 6.7 |
| 7.8 | 7.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.6 | 13.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 10.3 | 11.4 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 20% | 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 16% | 22% |
- Brann have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Brann have the most conceded goals (22) in Eliteserien
- Brann have the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Eliteserien
- Brann have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Eliteserien
- Brann have yet to win a game away.
- Kristiansund have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Kristiansund haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 26 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 23 |
| 3 | Kristiansund | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 17 |
| 4 | Vålerenga | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Viking | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 16 |
| 6 | Rosenborg | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Lillestrøm | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Odd | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Haugesund | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Sarpsborg 08 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 12 | Sandefjord | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | Tromsø | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 9 |
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Stabæk | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 6 |
| 16 | Brann | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -13 | 5 |
- Kristiansund BK
- Tidens Krav - (local newspaper)
- Uglan supporterklubb - (supporter site)
- Brann
- Bergens Tidende - (local newspaper)
- Bergensavisen - (local newspaper)
- Bataljonen - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)