Mjøndalen vs Brann match preview: Even contest expected at Consto Arena

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 03.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Consto Arena (4350 seats)

Mjøndalen are welcoming Brann for yet another crucial match after their 1-3 result versus 3rd-placed Rosenborg.

Insights:
  • Mjøndalen is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Brann have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Eliteserien

Both sides have had plenty of rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an in-your-face game!

This football stadium has artifical turf, which is not Brann's everyday surface at their own pitch. When playing on artifical turf Brann have performed like this: Played 32 matches taking 9 wins, 6 draws and 17 defeats with the goal numbers 41-59 (scored/conceded).

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Mjøndalen form and stats

Mjøndalen's struggle is real here at Consto Arena with only 7 points collected from 10 Eliteserien games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-5. All in all it has been a very rough period for Mjøndalen who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Haugesund, 85 days ago.

Mjøndalen lost their last game at Rosenborg (placed 3rd) after a 1-3 scoreline. The versatile forward Fredrik Brustad outperformed all the other footballers in that match and received a match rating of 7.3 out of 10. Brustad hit two key passes.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Start (2-4).

This is expected to be a close game, with Mjøndalen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Mjøndalen as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Mjøndalen has won one of these, drawn six and lost six.

The Mjøndalen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. Mjøndalen have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Brann form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Brann so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-7 (win-draw-lose).

Brann won their last game, 3-1 versus Kristiansund played at home. Sivert Heltne Nilsen got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, top player of the team. Nilsen had 29 successful passes (of 36 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Harstad at their stadium, the result 5-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Brann playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were three Brann wins, zero draws and two defeats.

The visiting Brann have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Brann, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Brann - Mjøndalen 1-1 was the output when this pair of contenders previously met, earlier this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's five Mjøndalen victories, two draws and zero Brann wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BrannA. Heggebø
A. Heggebø
5 goals
MjøndalenM. Nakkim
M. Nakkim
3 goals
MjøndalenM. Rønning Ovenstad
M. Rønning Ovenstad
3 goals

Mjøndalen missing players

Brann missing players

Mjøndalen Brann
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 4
8 4 1 Drew D 2 2 5
10 5 2 Lost L 1 7 11
22 12 4 Scored S 1 10 25
31 14 6 Conceded C 3 22 39
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 90% 95%
95% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 90%
55% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 65%
15% 10% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 60% 50%
5% 10% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 30% 20%
75% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 60% 70%
15% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 10% 10%
15% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 40% 25%
 
3.5 5.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 7 7.4 6.8
4.3 3.6 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5 4.9
1.4 1.2 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.8 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.8 13.3 17 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 12.1 12.3
4 5.1 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4 4.3
28% 24% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 25% 29%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Brann have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Brann have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Eliteserien
  • Mjøndalen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mjøndalen have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Eliteserien
  • Mjøndalen have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Eliteserien
  • Mjøndalen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Mjøndalen is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 20 12 5 3 41 19 11 7 3 1 27 10 9 5 2 2 14 9 22 41
2 Molde 20 11 5 4 48 25 10 8 1 1 33 11 10 3 4 3 15 14 23 38
3 Rosenborg 20 11 4 5 43 26 10 7 1 2 26 11 10 4 3 3 17 15 17 37
4 Kristiansund 20 11 2 7 28 25 10 8 1 1 20 8 10 3 1 6 8 17 3 35
5 Lillestrøm 20 10 4 6 32 26 10 5 1 4 14 12 10 5 3 2 18 14 6 34
6 Viking 20 9 5 6 39 39 10 6 2 2 22 16 10 3 3 4 17 23 0 32
7 Strømsgodset 19 8 4 7 31 27 10 7 2 1 25 8 9 1 2 6 6 19 4 28
8 Haugesund 20 8 4 8 32 32 10 7 1 2 19 11 10 1 3 6 13 21 0 28
9 Vålerenga 20 6 9 5 31 28 10 3 6 1 18 12 10 3 3 4 13 16 3 27
10 Odd 20 7 5 8 30 37 9 4 2 3 18 14 11 3 3 5 12 23 -7 26
11 Sandefjord 20 7 4 9 26 35 11 4 3 4 14 14 9 3 1 5 12 21 -9 25
12 Sarpsborg 08 20 5 5 10 20 32 10 3 4 3 12 9 10 2 1 7 8 23 -12 20
13 Tromsø 20 4 7 9 24 36 9 0 4 5 10 18 11 4 3 4 14 18 -12 19
14 Brann 20 4 5 11 25 39 10 3 3 4 15 17 10 1 2 7 10 22 -14 17
15 Stabæk 19 4 4 11 26 41 9 2 2 5 11 17 10 2 2 6 15 24 -15 16
16 Mjøndalen 20 2 8 10 22 31 10 1 4 5 12 14 10 1 4 5 10 17 -9 14

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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”.