Obos-Ligaen: High-profile versus not good enough, at least according to the league table. Brann - Grorud. Home victory or a shock result?
- Brann have the most scored goals (69) in Obos-Ligaen
- Grorud have the most conceded goals (51) in Obos-Ligaen
This football stadium has grass, which is not Grorud's usual surface at their own stadium. When playing on grass Grorud have performed like this: Played seven matches resulting in 0 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats with the goal stats 5-9 (scored/conceded).
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!
Brann form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Brann Stadion as Brann have scored 30 goals to get 27 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Obos-Ligaen are 8-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of nine straight victories regardless of arena.
Brann are confident in defense, having played 397 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Brann enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Åsane's place. The match ended 2-0 with Heggebø and Blomberg scoring. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Heggebø, having found the net in four matches in a row.
Ahead of that match, Brann won a home game hosting Ranheim (5-0).Brann are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Brann Stadion in their league games, having scored an impressive 30 goals in 11 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Brann have only let in 4 goals at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Grorud form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Grorud so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-8 (win-draw-lose). A depressing six defeats in a row for Grorud in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Skeid.
Grorud won their last game, 2-1 versus Ranheim played at home. That win was so crucial for this team, after a terrible sequence of 23 league rounds in a row not winning.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Start wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.Goal hungry football fans should note that 13 of this side's 17 latest league matches have ended with three or more goals.
Grorud find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Grorud, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Grorud has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The contenders have met each other already this season, with the match result Grorud - Brann 0-2 logged in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Finne 12 goals |  M. Rasmussen 11 goals |  A. Heggebø 10 goals |
Brann missing players
Grorud missing players
| Brann | Grorud | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 69 | 30 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 29 | 51 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 91% |
| 70% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 75% | 74% |
| 39% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 58% | 48% |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 13% |
| 43% | 36% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 74% |
| 57% | 64% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 26% |
| 8 | 8.5 | 12.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.4 |
| 0.9 | 1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 16.3 | 18.8 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.3 | 9.3 |
| 7.3 | 7.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 41% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 28% | 26% |
| 6.2 | 6 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 14.2 | 13.8 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.4 | 6 |
- Brann have not yet lost a game.
- Brann have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Brann have scored in all their matches so far.
- Brann have scored more than double the goals of Grorud.
- Brann have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the most clean sheets (13) in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the most points (27) at home in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the most scored goals (30) at home in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the most scored goals (69) in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the most scored goals in the second half (43) in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the the best goal difference (+26) at home in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the the best goal difference (+58) in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Brann haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Brann is in the best form (6-0-0) in Obos-Ligaen
- Grorud have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Grorud have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Grorud have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Grorud have the fewest points (4) away in Obos-Ligaen
- Grorud have the most conceded goals (29) away in Obos-Ligaen
- Grorud have the most conceded goals (51) in Obos-Ligaen
- Grorud have the most conceded goals in the second half (35) in Obos-Ligaen
- Grorud have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Obos-Ligaen
- Grorud have the the worst goal difference (-16) away in Obos-Ligaen
- Grorud have the the worst goal difference (-27) in Obos-Ligaen
- Grorud have yet to win a game away.
- Grorud haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brann | 23 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 7 | 58 | 63 |
| 2 | KFUM | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 44 |
| 3 | Stabæk | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 45 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 21 | 41 |
| 4 | Ranheim | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 39 |
| 5 | Sandnes Ulf | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 37 |
| 6 | Start | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 36 |
| 7 | Raufoss | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 22 | -8 | 34 |
| 8 | Kongsvinger | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 33 |
| 9 | Sogndal | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 45 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 27 | -5 | 32 |
| 10 | Mjøndalen | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -11 | 30 |
| 11 | Åsane | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 49 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 22 | -15 | 28 |
| 12 | Fredrikstad | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -3 | 25 |
| 13 | Bryne | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -9 | 24 |
| 14 | Skeid | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 18 |
| 15 | Stjørdals-Blink | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | -26 | 14 |
| 16 | Grorud | 23 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -27 | 10 |
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