SK Brann vs Start - prediction, team news, lineups

SK Brann volition beryllium aiming to retrieve from 3 successive defeats successful the Eliteserien erstwhile they resume their run astatine location to Start connected Sunday.

The hosts are presently 11th successful the Eliteserien table, portion Start beryllium astatine the bottommost of the division, claiming lone 7 points from their 12 matches to date.

Match preview

Brann person a grounds of 4 wins, 1 gully and 7 defeats from their 12 league matches this season, with 13 points leaving them successful 11th spot successful the division.

The Pride of Bergen beryllium 2 points up of 14th-placed Kristiansund, but they struggled for signifier up of the play break, losing 3 consecutive games to Aalesund, Bodo/Glimt and Sarpsborg 08, with their past occurrence coming successful the mediate of May against KFUM Oslo.

Eirik Horneland's broadside person played 2 friendlies since the interruption successful the campaign, beating Aarhus Fremad 2-1 connected June 26 earlier losing 2-1 to Kristiansund connected July 3.

Brann person lone picked up six points from their 5 location league matches this season, which is the joint-worst grounds successful the part astatine this stage.

The Pride of Bergen are three-time Eliteserien champions, with their past occurrence coming successful 2007, portion they were runners-up during the 2024 campaign.

Start, meanwhile, person struggled this season, boasting a grounds of 1 win, 4 draws and 7 losses from 12 matches to cod 7 points, which has near them astatine the bottom.

Azar Karadas' broadside person the worst antiaircraft grounds successful the division, conceding 28 times, which is simply a interest erstwhile it comes to their chances of remaining successful the apical flight.

Start are competing successful the Eliteserien for the archetypal clip since 2020, finishing 2nd successful 1. divisjon past word to unafraid a instrumentality to the apical flight.

The visitors entered the play interruption disconnected the backmost of a 2-1 decision to Fredrikstad, portion they mislaid 4-0 to Bodo/Glimt successful a affable connected July 4, truthful their preparations for their instrumentality to enactment person not been ideal, further expanding the unit up of this match.

SK Brann Norwegian Eliteserien form:

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Start Norwegian Eliteserien form:

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Team News

Brann volition beryllium missing Mathias Dyngeland, Nana Kwame Boakye, Denzel De Roeve, Sakarias Opsahl, Eggert Aron Gudmundsson, Niklas Castro and Saevar Atli Magnusson connected Sunday done injury.

Kristian Eriksen is again acceptable for a spot successful the last 3rd of the field, portion Ulrik Mathisen should shingle disconnected a thigh occupation to run astatine centre-forward.

There is besides expected to beryllium a spot successful the mediate of midfield for Niklas Wassberg.

As for Start, defender Altin Ujkani volition miss the lucifer done suspension, having been sent disconnected successful the team's past league crippled against Fredrikstad astatine the extremity of May.

As a result, determination could beryllium a spot astatine the backmost for Ousmane Toure.

Johan Meyer and Terry Benjamin are some retired of the lucifer done injury, but Jesper Cornelius is acceptable to pb the enactment for the distant broadside this weekend.

SK Brann imaginable starting lineup:

Nilesen; Holten, Knudsen, Dragsnes, Soltvedt; Wassberg; Ingason, Myhre, Thorsteinsson; Mathisen, Eriksen

Start imaginable starting lineup:

Larsen; Reitan, Jebali, Norheim, Toure, Strannegard; Mvoue, Segberg, Ugland; Lorentzen, Cornelius

We say: SK Brann 2-0 Start

Start person recovered it incredibly hard this season, and we are expecting Brann to instrumentality to winning ways successful Sunday's Eliteserien contest.

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