Sarpsborg 08 get ready to host Brann for another interesting Eliteserien fixture here at Sarpsborg Stadion.
- Sarpsborg 08 have yet to win a game at home.
- Brann have scored more than double the goals of Sarpsborg 08.
Sarpsborg's stadium, Sarpsborg Stadion, 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, 6 draws and 8 losses from 27 matches. They have scored {64 goals} in these games and conceded 35.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
Sarpsborg 08 have played 2 Eliteserien games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
An away draw last time out for Sarpsborg 08, facing Stabæk in a game that ended 1-1. Utvik was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.43 out of 10. The defender Utvik scored one goal and won 3 of 4 duels.
Before that, Sarpsborg 08 played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Haugesund.Sports gamblers who prefer gambling for low-scoring matches might be interested to know that this team have played 5 league rounds in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).
The manager Billborn will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Lillestrøm in only three days.
Sarpsborg 08 has scored {0 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Brann form and stats
Things could have gone better for Brann in their Eliteserien away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
180 minutes! That's how long the Brann goalkeeper Mathias Lønne Dyngeland and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Brann's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sandefjord that finished 0-0. Rasmussen got a match rating of 8.52 in that game, top player of the team. Rasmussen hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 56 successful passes (of 68 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Rosenborg.After this away game Brann return home for a Eliteserien game against Stabæk. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Brann have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. 4 goals have been conceded by Brann in these games.
Head 2 Head
Brann have won at least one point in the last 8 games (5-3-0) facing Sarpsborg 08.Top Goalscorers
  B. Finne 4 goals |  S. Heltne Nilsen 3 goals |   K. Fardal Opseth 2 goals |
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
Brann missing players
| Sarpsborg 08 | Brann | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 60% | 50% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 60% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 60% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 5.4 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.3 | 8.3 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.6 | 10 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.7 | 17.5 |
| 5.4 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 30% |
| 11.8 | 14.5 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.3 | 9.5 |
| 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.7 | 4 |
- All of Brann's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Brann have scored more than double the goals of Sarpsborg 08.
- Brann have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Brann have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sarpsborg 08 have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Sarpsborg 08 have yet to win a game at home.
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 16 |
| 2 | Brann | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Odd | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Lillestrøm | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Viking | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | Tromsø | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Stabæk | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Molde | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Sandefjord | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Sarpsborg 08 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Vålerenga | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Rosenborg | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 6 |
| 13 | HamKam | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Haugesund | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 15 | Strømsgodset | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -12 | 1 |
- 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)
