It's still early in the Eliteserien season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Sarpsborg 08 - Brann preview!
It's no vacation for neither Sarpsborg 08 nor Brann as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Brann have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 11-5-10 (win-draw-loss) from 26 matches.
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
Sarpsborg 08 have less points than they have played home games in the Eliteserien so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 0 points. It's trouble wherever Sarpsborg are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Sarpsborg, their manager M. Stahre and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The fans are hoping that Sarpsborg will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Eliteserien game against Bodø / Glimt (placed 1st). Preceding that match was a defeat to Strømsgodset (2-3).
This is expected to be a close game, with Sarpsborg 08 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sarpsborg 08 as a small favourite), we find four games. Sarpsborg 08 has won zero of these, drawn three and lost one.
Sarpsborg are traveling soon after this match as the Eliteserien match at Sandefjord awaits in three days.
Sarpsborg 08 has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 4 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Brann form and stats
Brann are still undefeated on their travels in the Eliteserien. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Brann's previous game was their home loss versus Rosenborg (1-2). A 2-2 draw at Aalesund's stadium before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Brann in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Brann, zero draws and two defeats.
Brann has another fixture away, a Eliteserien game, against Bodø / Glimt in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Brann have the goal stats of 4-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Sarpsborg - Brann 0-1 entered in the official records. Sarpsborg-Brann H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sarpsborg 08 two wins, Brann six wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Bamba 3 goals |   M. Abdellaoue 2 goals |  G. Koomson 2 goals |
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
Brann missing players
| Sarpsborg 08 | Brann | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.2 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 8 | 5.8 |
| 3.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2 | 3.8 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | 37 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 29 | 50 |
| 13 | 10 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| 23% | 20% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 44% | 36% |
- Sarpsborg 08 has the fewest matches over the total-line (1)
- Sarpsborg 08 has the fewest points (0) at home
- Sarpsborg 08 has the fewest scored goals (3)
- Sarpsborg 08 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0)
- Sarpsborg 08 is in the worst form (0-0-4)
| Sarpsborg 08 | Last season | Brann | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Scored | S | 18 | 32 | ||
| 40 | 16 | Conceded | C | 21 | 37 | ||
| 90% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 87% | ||
| 77% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 63% | ||
| 37% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 43% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 17% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 13% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 57% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 27% | ||
| 27% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 30% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6.4 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 387 | 219 | Total Shots | T S | 195 | 426 | ||
| 130 | 70 | Shots on Target | S O | 61 | 129 | ||
| 23% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 25% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 15 |
| 2 | Molde | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | Kristiansund | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | Mjøndalen | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Stabæk | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Strømsgodset | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Vålerenga | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | Brann | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Haugesund | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 10 | Odd | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Rosenborg | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 12 | Viking | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | Start | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 2 |
| 15 | Aalesund | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 2 |
| 16 | Sarpsborg 08 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 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 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 72 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 41 | 68 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 64 | 44 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 32 | 20 | 54 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 53 | 41 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 12 | 52 |
| 4 | Odd | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 40 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 52 |
| 5 | Viking | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 55 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 47 |
| 6 | Kristiansund | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 41 |
| 7 | Haugesund | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 44 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 40 |
| 8 | Stabæk | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 40 |
| 9 | Brann | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -5 | 40 |
| 10 | Vålerenga | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -5 | 34 |
| 11 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 26 | -13 | 32 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -10 | 30 |
| 13 | Mjøndalen | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 30 | -14 | 30 |
| 14 | Lillestrøm | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -15 | 30 |
| 15 | Tromsø | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 58 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 40 | -19 | 30 |
| 16 | Ranheim | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -19 | 27 |
- Sarpsborg 08
- Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad - (local newspaper)
- Fossefallet - (supporter site)
- Brann
- Bergens Tidende - (local newspaper)
- Bergensavisen - (local newspaper)
- Bataljonen - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)