Eliteserien match prediction: Little separates Start and Brann in quality

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Wed 09.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparebanken Sør Arena (14448 seats)

Season ticket holders at Sparebanken Sør Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Start languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting Brann will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Start have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brann haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Start and Brann.

This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Brann's home stadium. The visitors last 27 games on artifical turf have ended in 7 wins, 5 draws and 15 losses.

Start are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Brann are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Start form and stats

Overall Eliteserien stats at home this season for Start are 5-5-4 (wins-draw-losses).

In their previous game, the manager J. Hardarson led his Start to a defeat in the Eliteserien match away at Mjøndalen. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sparebanken Sør Arena. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Bodø / Glimt.

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

A decent goal production from Start in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 14 league matches. Start have conceded 19 in these home matches.

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Brann form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eliteserien travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

Brann's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sarpsborg 08 that finished 1-1. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Viking's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Brann playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were four Brann wins, zero draws and two defeats.

Brann find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. Brann have conceded 28 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Brann - Start 1-1, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Start, four draws and five wins for Brann. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

BrannD. Bamba
D. Bamba
10 goals
StartE. Schulze
E. Schulze
9 goals
BrannG. Koomson
G. Koomson
8 goals

Start missing players

Brann missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Start Brann
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 5 14 28
6 5 1 Won W 1 5 8
8 5 2 Drew D 2 3 8
14 4 1 Lost L 2 6 12
32 21 6 Scored S 7 18 37
51 19 7 Conceded C 10 28 47
93% 86% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 86% 89%
54% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 57% 57%
39% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 43% 32%
32% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 29% 14%
54% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 57% 71%
14% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 14% 11%
39% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 29% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.6 13.6 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.6 12.4 13.4
3.8 4.3 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.9 4.6
30% 35% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 33% 29%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Brann haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Start have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 28 24 3 1 96 32 14 14 0 0 56 11 14 10 3 1 40 21 64 75
2 Molde 27 18 2 7 67 32 14 11 1 2 37 13 13 7 1 5 30 19 35 56
3 Vålerenga 27 13 9 5 44 31 13 8 5 0 28 13 14 5 4 5 16 18 13 48
4 Rosenborg 26 13 6 7 46 33 13 8 3 2 30 15 13 5 3 5 16 18 13 45
5 Kristiansund 27 11 11 5 50 37 13 6 4 3 29 20 14 5 7 2 21 17 13 44
6 Viking 28 12 7 9 52 47 14 7 3 4 32 20 14 5 4 5 20 27 5 43
7 Odd 25 13 3 9 45 37 13 8 2 3 26 15 12 5 1 6 19 22 8 42
8 Haugesund 28 10 6 12 36 46 14 6 3 5 22 22 14 4 3 7 14 24 -10 36
9 Stabæk 28 8 11 9 35 43 14 5 5 4 17 15 14 3 6 5 18 28 -8 35
10 Brann 28 8 8 12 37 47 14 3 5 6 19 19 14 5 3 6 18 28 -10 32
11 Sandefjord 27 9 5 13 30 42 13 3 5 5 12 19 14 6 0 8 18 23 -12 32
12 Sarpsborg 08 28 8 7 13 33 38 14 6 2 6 20 14 14 2 5 7 13 24 -5 31
13 Start 28 6 8 14 32 51 14 5 5 4 21 19 14 1 3 10 11 32 -19 26
14 Strømsgodset 27 5 10 12 34 51 14 3 6 5 19 25 13 2 4 7 15 26 -17 25
15 Mjøndalen 28 7 3 18 23 44 14 5 0 9 13 18 14 2 3 9 10 26 -21 24
16 Aalesund 28 2 5 21 29 78 14 1 3 10 15 35 14 1 2 11 14 43 -49 11

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Table
  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 28 24 3 1 96 32 14 14 0 0 56 11 14 10 3 1 40 21 64 75
2 Molde 27 18 2 7 67 32 14 11 1 2 37 13 13 7 1 5 30 19 35 56
3 Vålerenga 27 13 9 5 44 31 13 8 5 0 28 13 14 5 4 5 16 18 13 48
4 Rosenborg 26 13 6 7 46 33 13 8 3 2 30 15 13 5 3 5 16 18 13 45
5 Kristiansund 27 11 11 5 50 37 13 6 4 3 29 20 14 5 7 2 21 17 13 44
6 Viking 28 12 7 9 52 47 14 7 3 4 32 20 14 5 4 5 20 27 5 43
7 Odd 25 13 3 9 45 37 13 8 2 3 26 15 12 5 1 6 19 22 8 42
8 Haugesund 28 10 6 12 36 46 14 6 3 5 22 22 14 4 3 7 14 24 -10 36
9 Stabæk 28 8 11 9 35 43 14 5 5 4 17 15 14 3 6 5 18 28 -8 35
10 Brann 28 8 8 12 37 47 14 3 5 6 19 19 14 5 3 6 18 28 -10 32
11 Sandefjord 27 9 5 13 30 42 13 3 5 5 12 19 14 6 0 8 18 23 -12 32
12 Sarpsborg 08 28 8 7 13 33 38 14 6 2 6 20 14 14 2 5 7 13 24 -5 31
13 Start 28 6 8 14 32 51 14 5 5 4 21 19 14 1 3 10 11 32 -19 26
14 Strømsgodset 27 5 10 12 34 51 14 3 6 5 19 25 13 2 4 7 15 26 -17 25
15 Mjøndalen 28 7 3 18 23 44 14 5 0 9 13 18 14 2 3 9 10 26 -21 24
16 Aalesund 28 2 5 21 29 78 14 1 3 10 15 35 14 1 2 11 14 43 -49 11

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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”.