Can Viking beat Brann in SR-Bank Arena clash?

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 09.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: SR-Bank Arena (16300 seats)

This match has been long awaited by fans of both sides, as it's the first Eliteserien game of the season. Both Viking and Brann are looking for a positive start to their campaigns.

Viking's stadium, SR-Bank Arena, 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; 7 wins, 6 draws and 16 losses from 29 matches. They have scored 29 goals in these games and conceded 58.

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Viking form and stats

Last season, Viking's league statistics were 12 wins, 8 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Eliteserien. Over these 30 matches they scored 54 goals and conceded 52. Playing at home last season Viking managed 7-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with 34 goals and 22 conceded.

The manager B. Lunde Aarsheim will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Rosenborg in only four days.

Viking have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 0 victories, 3 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Viking have scored 5 goals and conceded 5 times.

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Brann form and stats

Let's have a look at how Brann performed last season in the Eliteserien: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 9 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded 49 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 19/29 goals scored/conceded.

After this away game Brann return home for a Eliteserien game against Vålerenga. That game is only three sleeps after this.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Brann have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats from six fixtures.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Viking five wins, two draws and Brann three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Viking missing players

Brann missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Viking Brann
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Viking Last season Brann
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
12 7   Won W   5 9
8 4   Drew D   4 9
10 4   Lost L   6 12
54 34   Scored S   19 40
52 22   Conceded C   29 49
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
97% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 90%
73% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 57%
37% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 30%
23% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 13%
60% 67%   BTTS BTTS   60% 73%
20% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 10%
20% 7%   Failed to Score F T   27% 17%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
13.3 15.3   Shots (avg) S (   12.6 13.7
4.7 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.7
38% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 29%

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Haugesund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kristiansund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Lillestrøm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Mjøndalen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Molde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Odd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rosenborg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sandefjord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sarpsborg 08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Stabæk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Strømsgodset 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Tromsø 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Vålerenga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Viking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Bodø / Glimt 30 26 3 1 103 32 15 15 0 0 59 11 15 11 3 1 44 21 71 81
2 Molde 30 20 2 8 77 36 15 12 1 2 42 13 15 8 1 6 35 23 41 62
3 Vålerenga 30 15 10 5 51 33 15 10 5 0 33 13 15 5 5 5 18 20 18 55
4 Rosenborg 30 15 7 8 50 35 15 10 3 2 34 16 15 5 4 6 16 19 15 52
5 Kristiansund 30 12 12 6 57 45 15 7 4 4 34 26 15 5 8 2 23 19 12 48
6 Viking 30 12 8 10 54 52 15 7 4 4 34 22 15 5 4 6 20 30 2 44
7 Odd 30 13 4 13 52 51 15 8 2 5 28 22 15 5 2 8 24 29 1 43
8 Stabæk 30 9 12 9 41 45 15 5 6 4 19 17 15 4 6 5 22 28 -4 39
9 Haugesund 30 11 6 13 39 51 15 6 3 6 22 26 15 5 3 7 17 25 -12 39
10 Brann 30 9 9 12 40 49 15 4 5 6 21 20 15 5 4 6 19 29 -9 36
11 Sandefjord 30 9 8 13 31 43 15 3 7 5 13 20 15 6 1 8 18 23 -12 35
12 Sarpsborg 08 30 8 8 14 33 43 15 6 3 6 20 14 15 2 5 8 13 29 -10 32
13 Strømsgodset 30 7 10 13 41 57 15 3 6 6 19 29 15 4 4 7 22 28 -16 31
14 Mjøndalen 30 8 3 19 26 45 15 6 0 9 16 18 15 2 3 10 10 27 -19 27
15 Start 30 6 9 15 33 56 15 5 6 4 22 20 15 1 3 11 11 36 -23 27
16 Aalesund 30 2 5 23 30 85 15 1 3 11 16 39 15 1 2 12 14 46 -55 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Haugesund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kristiansund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Lillestrøm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Mjøndalen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Molde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Odd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rosenborg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sandefjord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sarpsborg 08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Stabæk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Strømsgodset 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Tromsø 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Vålerenga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Viking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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”.