With the anxious opening fixture finished it’s time for the second Eliteserien battle of the season. Odd are ready to confront Brann in front of their home fans.
Odd's stadium, Skagerak Arena, 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; 13 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses from 25 matches. They have scored {62 goals} in these games and conceded 31.
Odd and Brann should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Odd form and stats
The previous season, Odd's league stats were 13 wins, 6 draws and 11 losses, providing 5th spot in the Eliteserien. From these 30 matches they scored {43 goals} and let in 45. Playing as the home team in the last season Odd delivered 8-1-6 (win-draw-lost) with {26 goals} and 22 conceded.
The Odd coach Johansen and his gang return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Stabæk (placed 8th). Odd's goalie Wahlstedt played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Stabæk with a stunning six saves. Goalkeeper Wahlstedt got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.1 out of ten. Wahlstedt topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Odd played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Viking.Brann form and stats
Let's have a look at how Brann performed last season in the Obos-Ligaen: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 26 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. In total they scored 95 and conceded {16 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 14 - drew 0 and lost 1 with 46/11 goals scored/conceded.
Impressive finishing from Nilsen and Finne (2) secured the home win 3-0 against Haugesund in their previous game. Finne, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.41. Finne scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, the victory at home hosting Haugesund in the NM Cup (3-1).
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior ten meetings involving these two sides are: three wins for Odd, two draws and five wins for Brann. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
![]() B. Finne 2 goals | ![]() S. Heltne Nilsen 1 goals |
Odd missing players
Brann missing players
| Odd | Brann | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Odd | Last season | Brann | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 14 | 26 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 43 | 26 | Scored | S | 46 | 95 | ||
| 45 | 22 | Conceded | C | 11 | 16 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 77% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 77% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 47% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 30% | ||
| 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 43% | ||
| 23% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 57% | ||
| 23% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.4 | 7.9 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.5 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 17.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 8 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 40% | ||
| 14.9 | 13.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.2 | 6 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brann | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | HamKam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Vålerenga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Tromsø | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Odd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Stabæk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Lillestrøm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Viking | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Molde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Aalesund | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Sarpsborg 08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Sandefjord | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Haugesund | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 71 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 46 | 78 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 86 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 21 | 45 | 60 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 69 | 44 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 25 | 56 |
| 4 | Lillestrøm | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 53 |
| 5 | Odd | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 43 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -2 | 45 |
| 6 | Vålerenga | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 52 | 49 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 3 | 44 |
| 7 | Tromsø | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 46 | 49 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 26 | -3 | 43 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 57 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 41 |
| 9 | Aalesund | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 28 | -13 | 39 |
| 10 | Haugesund | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -4 | 38 |
| 11 | Viking | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 48 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 35 | -6 | 35 |
| 12 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 55 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 30 | -11 | 33 |
| 13 | HamKam | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 26 | -10 | 31 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 68 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 33 | -26 | 24 |
| 15 | Kristiansund | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 37 | 60 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 31 | -23 | 23 |
| 16 | Jerv | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 30 | 69 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 40 | -39 | 20 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brann | 30 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 95 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 11 | 79 | 81 |
| 2 | Stabæk | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 62 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 34 | 58 |
| 3 | Start | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 63 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 25 | 54 |
| 4 | KFUM | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 61 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 52 |
| 5 | Sandnes Ulf | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 54 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 47 |
| 6 | Kongsvinger | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 46 |
| 7 | Sogndal | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 53 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 32 | 2 | 43 |
| 8 | Ranheim | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 52 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | -3 | 43 |
| 9 | Mjøndalen | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 39 | 47 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 29 | -8 | 42 |
| 10 | Fredrikstad | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | -5 | 35 |
| 11 | Bryne | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 29 | -10 | 35 |
| 12 | Raufoss | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 29 | -19 | 35 |
| 13 | Åsane | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 67 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 36 | -25 | 32 |
| 14 | Skeid | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 39 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 25 | -15 | 28 |
| 15 | Grorud | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 69 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 41 | -35 | 20 |
| 16 | Stjørdals-Blink | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 71 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 39 | -41 | 17 |
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