The Sandnes Ulf & Brann head coaches Berntsen and Horneland are both worrying about and eagerly anticipating this crucial fixture in the higher part of the Obos-Ligaen standings.
- Brann have the most scored goals (76) in Obos-Ligaen
Sandnes's stadium, Øster Hus 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; 12 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses from 28 matches. They have scored 61 goals in these games and conceded 38.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sandnes Ulf form and stats
When playing at home in the Obos-Ligaen, Sandnes Ulf have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games.
Happy days for Sandnes Ulf in their previous game, a fixture away at Fredrikstad (placed 12th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. At last, a league win after five games without one. Manager Berntsen felt very clever after Moldskred scored the winning goal against Fredrikstad, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 74th minute.
Before that game, the home loss against Start with the scoreline 3-5.Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 16 most recent league matches shows that 12 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
Goals decide football matches and Sandnes are scoring many of them at home; 27 on target from 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sandnes Ulf defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Brann form and stats
The strength of Brann on their travels this season is incredible with 36 points collected from 12 Obos-Ligaen away games. Brann has 12-0-0 on the road, with 39 goals scored and 7 conceded. Brann have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of ten victories in a row regardless of arena.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Brann goalkeeper Mathias Lønne Dyngeland is eager to challenge this, with his 487 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The fans enjoyed Brann's previous game versus Grorud (placed 16th), a 7-0 win played at home. As mentioned above, Brann was the only team on the pitch versus Grorud in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Åsane with the score of 2-0.Observe that 8 of this team's 10 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Brann alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (39 from 12 played). Brann are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Brann have avoided a loss in the last 5 games (1-4-0) facing Sandnes Ulf.Sandnes Ulf and Brann have faced off before this season: Brann - Sandnes Ulf 3-0.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Rasmussen 13 goals |  B. Finne 13 goals |  A. Heggebø 10 goals |
Sandnes Ulf missing players
Brann missing players
| Sandnes Ulf | Brann | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | 27 | 5 | Scored | S | 11 | 39 | 76 |
| 39 | 21 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 46% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 58% | 42% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 29% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 42% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 58% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.3 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 7.4 | 8 |
| 5.5 | 4.7 | 8.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 1.3 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 12.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13.9 | 16.7 |
| 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 7 | 7.6 |
| 38% | 40% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 46% | 42% |
| 11.2 | 9.1 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.7 | 6.4 | 6.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
- All of Brann's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Brann have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Brann have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Brann have scored in all their matches so far.
- Brann have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the fewest conceded goals (7) away 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 (14) in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the most points (36) away in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the most scored goals (39) away in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the most scored goals (76) in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the most scored goals in the second half (44) in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the the best goal difference (+32) away in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have the the best goal difference (+65) in Obos-Ligaen
- Brann have won all their away games so far.
- 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
| 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 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 7 | 65 | 66 |
| 2 | Stabæk | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 23 | 44 |
| 3 | KFUM | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 44 |
| 4 | Sandnes Ulf | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 40 |
| 5 | Ranheim | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 40 |
| 6 | Start | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 39 |
| 7 | Kongsvinger | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 36 |
| 8 | Raufoss | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 24 | -10 | 34 |
| 9 | Sogndal | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 43 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 30 | -5 | 33 |
| 10 | Mjøndalen | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -10 | 33 |
| 11 | Åsane | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 52 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 25 | -15 | 29 |
| 12 | Fredrikstad | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -4 | 25 |
| 13 | Bryne | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -9 | 25 |
| 14 | Skeid | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 18 |
| 15 | Stjørdals-Blink | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -28 | 14 |
| 16 | Grorud | 24 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 36 | -34 | 10 |
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