Odd supporters put their faith in manager J. Nornes to deliver victory against Brann

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.

This stadium has artifical turf, which is not Brann's familiar surface at their own football stadium. When appearing on artifical turf Brann have performed like this: Played 33 matches producing 9 wins, 7 draws and 17 defeats with the goal stats 42-60 (scored/conceded).

Odd form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Odd have to build on here at Skagerak Arena in the Eliteserien. Game days at Skagerak Arena have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Odd as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Odd drew their last game, 0-0 away at Sandefjord (placed 11th). Defender Espen Ruud got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.94/10. Ruud hit two key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.

Ahead of that match, Odd lost 1-3 at home to Molde.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Odd have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost three.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Odd as they are travelling to their away game against Tromsø in the Eliteserien. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from Odd in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.

Brann form and stats

There's been little loot from Brann's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 11 away games in the Eliteserien. Brann only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws. Visiting Brann has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Brann's last game was the home draw against Stabæk (1-1). The draw against Stabæk came from a losing position. The Brann manager E. Horneland brought on Kasper Skaanes as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Kasper Skaanes got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, top player of the team. Skaanes scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Mjøndalen.

We have checked recent matches where Brann have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were zero victories, five draws and six defeats.

A new game in only four days for Brann, the Eliteserien home match versus Viking. Busy days.

Brann are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Brann have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams get together this season, as the results database show this recent match: Brann - Odd 1-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Odd victories, one draw and six Brann wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Svendsen 6 goals

A. Heggebø 5 goals

T. Lauritsen 4 goals

Odd missing players

Brann missing players