Season ticket holders at Marienlyst Stadion haven't seen too many victories this season, with Strømsgodset languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Brann will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Brann's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Brann have performed like this: Played 29 matches resulting in 12 wins, 5 draws and 12 defeats with the goal stats 43-39 (scored/conceded).
Strømsgodset are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Brann is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
Strømsgodset form and stats
Overall Eliteserien stats at home this season for Strømsgodset, who have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Eliteserien, are 5-3-6 (wins-draw-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Strømsgodset.
In their previous game, the manager H. Pedersen led his Strømsgodset to a defeat in the Eliteserien match away at Molde. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Marienlyst Stadion. In the match before that, Strømsgodset hosted Rosenborg and drew the game 3-3.
Strømsgodset were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The Strømsgodset fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 14 league matches. Strømsgodset have conceded 28 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Brann form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Eliteserien, are W5-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Eliteserien.
Brann won their last game, 1-0 versus Odd played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Vålerenga wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Brann are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 14 games (in the league). 15 goals have been conceded by Brann in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Brann - Strømsgodset 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Strømsgodset 2 wins, 4 draws and Brann 4 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Bamba 7 goals |   L. Salvesen 5 goals |  V. Wormgoor 5 goals |
Strømsgodset missing players
Brann missing players
| Strømsgodset | Brann | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 33 | 23 | 8 | Scored | S | 10 | 18 | 31 |
| 53 | 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 26 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 86% |
| 82% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 61% |
| 61% | 71% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 50% | 39% |
| 46% | 64% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 14% | 11% |
| 21% | 43% | 75% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 61% | 71% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 64% | 57% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 21% | 29% |
| 32% | 21% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 29% |
| 5.1 | 7 | 7.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Brann have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Brann have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Strømsgodset have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Strømsgodset have won significantly more corners at 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 | Molde | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 64 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 37 | 62 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 59 | 40 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 28 | 19 | 51 |
| 3 | Odd | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 35 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 49 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 48 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 48 |
| 5 | Viking | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 39 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 43 |
| 6 | Kristiansund | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 41 |
| 7 | Brann | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 40 |
| 8 | Haugesund | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 39 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 36 |
| 9 | Stabæk | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 36 |
| 10 | Vålerenga | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -2 | 34 |
| 11 | Lillestrøm | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -14 | 29 |
| 12 | Tromsø | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 55 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 38 | -18 | 29 |
| 13 | Sarpsborg 08 | 28 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -10 | 28 |
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 28 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -13 | 27 |
| 15 | Strømsgodset | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 53 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -20 | 26 |
| 16 | Ranheim | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -19 | 24 |
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