About Match
The table reads 9th (Sarpsborg 08, 25 pts) against 7th (Brann, 29 pts), 4 points apart. Sarpsborg 08 have been under-performing their position — 14th on five-round form against 9th in the table. Against a league average of 1.58 goals per team per game, Sarpsborg 08 run at 1.14 scored and 1.38 conceded, Brann at 1.86 and 1.52. Three points here take Sarpsborg 08 to 28 and up to 8th, assuming other results stand.
The head-to-head ledger counts 25 games: 8 Sarpsborg 08 wins, 11 for Brann, 6 draws, at 2.76 goals per meeting. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 68% of the meetings. Goals have risen lately: 3.6 per game across the last five meetings, against 2.76 across the full history.
Sarpsborg Stadion in Sarpsborg stages the fixture, a ground that holds 8,022.