Soccer betting preview: Sandefjord welcomes Brann in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 21.November
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Komplett Arena (6600 seats)

This fixture features two participants living in the lower section of the Eliteserien, Sandefjord having 13th position and Brann in 14th. A nice chance for one of the participants to better their situation.

Insights:
  • Sandefjord have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Eliteserien
  • Brann have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Eliteserien

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Sandefjord form and stats

The story so far in the Eliteserien for Sandefjord at their home stadium (Komplett Arena) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

In their previous game, the manager A. Tegström led his Sandefjord to a defeat in the Eliteserien match away at Molde. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Komplett Arena. Ian Smeulers, defender, was given a rating of 7.44/10 in that game, top of the team. Smeulers hit one key pass and won 6 of 10 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Bodø / Glimt.

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

Sandefjord are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Brann form and stats

There's been little loot from Brann's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 13 away games in the Eliteserien. Brann only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 4 draws.

There were no winners in Brann's previous match, a Eliteserien home game that ended 2-2 vs Rosenborg (placed 4th). The attacker Bård Finne got a match rating of 7.85 in that game. Finne scored one goal and hit three key passes.

Prior to that match, the Brann manager E. Horneland faced defeat when travelling to Vålerenga and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Brann in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Brann, one draw and two defeats.

Brann have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. Brann have conceded 27 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H game ended Brann - Sandefjord 3-2, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - two - seven (Sandefjord wins - draws - Brann wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SandefjordK. Normann Hansen
K. Normann Hansen
6 goals
BrannR. Taylor
R. Taylor
6 goals
BrannA. Heggebø
A. Heggebø
6 goals

Sandefjord missing players

Brann missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sandefjord Brann
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
8 5 0 Won W 0 1 4
5 4 2 Drew D 3 4 9
13 4 2 Lost L 1 8 13
31 16 1 Scored S 5 14 32
45 14 7 Conceded C 7 27 49
96% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
88% 85% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 88%
58% 46% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 54% 58%
35% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 54% 46%
15% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 31% 19%
50% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 62% 69%
27% 46% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 8%
27% 23% 75% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 27%
 
4.2 3.9 3 Corners for (avg) C F 9 7.7 7.3
5.7 4.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.5 5.2
1.4 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.9 12.2 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 16.8 13.5 13.7
4.2 4.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.6 4.5
28% 29% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 23% 28%
 
13 10.5 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 12.8 11.8
4.2 3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.8 4.5
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Brann have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Eliteserien
  • Sandefjord have the fewest points from losing position (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 26 16 7 3 52 23 13 9 3 1 30 11 13 7 4 2 22 12 29 55
2 Molde 26 15 5 6 60 35 13 10 1 2 39 14 13 5 4 4 21 21 25 50
3 Viking 26 14 5 7 51 43 13 8 2 3 30 20 13 6 3 4 21 23 8 47
4 Rosenborg 26 12 7 7 52 35 13 8 2 3 33 17 13 4 5 4 19 18 17 43
5 Kristiansund 26 13 4 9 35 36 13 9 2 2 23 12 13 4 2 7 12 24 -1 43
6 Lillestrøm 26 12 6 8 40 34 13 6 3 4 17 12 13 6 3 4 23 22 6 42
7 Vålerenga 26 9 11 6 40 33 13 6 6 1 24 13 13 3 5 5 16 20 7 38
8 Sarpsborg 08 26 10 5 11 34 39 13 6 4 3 20 12 13 4 1 8 14 27 -5 35
9 Strømsgodset 26 9 7 10 39 35 13 8 3 2 32 10 13 1 4 8 7 25 4 34
10 Haugesund 26 9 6 11 43 40 13 8 3 2 28 13 13 1 3 9 15 27 3 33
11 Tromsø 26 7 9 10 31 41 13 3 5 5 16 19 13 4 4 5 15 22 -10 30
12 Odd 26 7 8 11 38 51 13 4 4 5 26 26 13 3 4 6 12 25 -13 29
13 Sandefjord 26 8 5 13 31 45 13 5 4 4 16 14 13 3 1 9 15 31 -14 29
14 Brann 26 4 9 13 32 49 13 3 5 5 18 22 13 1 4 8 14 27 -17 21
15 Stabæk 26 5 6 15 30 56 13 3 3 7 13 24 13 2 3 8 17 32 -26 21
16 Mjøndalen 26 3 10 13 30 43 13 2 5 6 18 16 13 1 5 7 12 27 -13 19

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  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 26 16 7 3 52 23 13 9 3 1 30 11 13 7 4 2 22 12 29 55
2 Molde 26 15 5 6 60 35 13 10 1 2 39 14 13 5 4 4 21 21 25 50
3 Viking 26 14 5 7 51 43 13 8 2 3 30 20 13 6 3 4 21 23 8 47
4 Rosenborg 26 12 7 7 52 35 13 8 2 3 33 17 13 4 5 4 19 18 17 43
5 Kristiansund 26 13 4 9 35 36 13 9 2 2 23 12 13 4 2 7 12 24 -1 43
6 Lillestrøm 26 12 6 8 40 34 13 6 3 4 17 12 13 6 3 4 23 22 6 42
7 Vålerenga 26 9 11 6 40 33 13 6 6 1 24 13 13 3 5 5 16 20 7 38
8 Sarpsborg 08 26 10 5 11 34 39 13 6 4 3 20 12 13 4 1 8 14 27 -5 35
9 Strømsgodset 26 9 7 10 39 35 13 8 3 2 32 10 13 1 4 8 7 25 4 34
10 Haugesund 26 9 6 11 43 40 13 8 3 2 28 13 13 1 3 9 15 27 3 33
11 Tromsø 26 7 9 10 31 41 13 3 5 5 16 19 13 4 4 5 15 22 -10 30
12 Odd 26 7 8 11 38 51 13 4 4 5 26 26 13 3 4 6 12 25 -13 29
13 Sandefjord 26 8 5 13 31 45 13 5 4 4 16 14 13 3 1 9 15 31 -14 29
14 Brann 26 4 9 13 32 49 13 3 5 5 18 22 13 1 4 8 14 27 -17 21
15 Stabæk 26 5 6 15 30 56 13 3 3 7 13 24 13 2 3 8 17 32 -26 21
16 Mjøndalen 26 3 10 13 30 43 13 2 5 6 18 16 13 1 5 7 12 27 -13 19

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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”.