SK Brann vs Valerenga Fotball - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to marque it 3 consecutive wins successful their ascent towards the apical extremity of the Norwegian Eliteserien table, SK Brann volition invited Valerenga Fotball to Brann Stadion connected Sunday.

The hosts beryllium sixth aft a brace of 2-1 wins and are connected the backmost of a midweek Conference League qualifying game, portion their visitors find themselves ninth but conscionable 2 points worse off.

Match preview

SK Brann instrumentality to Eliteserien enactment connected Sunday connected the backmost of a pugnacious continental midweek outing with the hopes of continuing a ascent up the division.

After a fourth-placed decorativeness past clip around, they headed into the mid-season interruption connected the backmost of 3 consecutive defeats successful May, leaving them connected conscionable 13 points from 12 matches, but they present look to person turned a country nether caller management.

The nine hierarchy turned backmost to Eirik Horneland, who antecedently led them for implicit 3 years betwixt 2021 and 2024, during the break, and helium has inspired an upturn successful signifier connected his return, having overseen back-to-back victories successful their archetypal 2 league games pursuing the interruption opening with a 2-1 triumph implicit Start.

A sojourn to Molde past followed past play and the Bergens Stolthet won by the aforesaid scoreline, having led 2-0 astatine the interval done Denzel De Roeve and Kristian Eriksen, earlier they astir precocious met Universitatea distant from location successful the archetypal limb of their Conference League second-qualifying-round necktie and came distant connected level presumption pursuing a 2-2 draw.

Brann again led by 2 successful that crippled done Niklas Castro and Felix Myhre, and portion they were near disappointed successful a draw, Horneland's men were capable to navigate a tricky distant limb and widen an unbeaten streak since the break, and present sitting sixth and six points disconnected 4th spot, they volition look to proceed ramping up the unit with different league triumph connected Sunday.

Their visitors are besides seeking back-to-back victories, though, with a effect that would spot them leapfrog the hosts.

Valerenga struggled to travel up a affirmative 2025 word aboriginal successful the caller season, sitting connected conscionable 8 points from their archetypal 8 games, but they present find themselves poised to ascent having added 9 much to that tally successful the past 5 attempts.

They headed into the interruption with a 3-1 triumph implicit Kristiansund, and contempt returning with a disappointing 4-0 beating distant astatine Tromso, the Bohemene bounced backmost successful benignant past clip out.

Johannes Moesgaard's broadside hosted Aelesund and dished retired a 6-1 beating astatine the Intility Arena, arsenic Lucas Haren's brace and Filip Thorvaldsen's extremity had them 3-0 up astatine the interruption and the second added a 2nd alongside a Mohamed Ofkir treble successful the 2nd half.

Still sitting successful the bottommost fractional owed to their dilatory start, but present connected 17 points, conscionable 2 down the sixth-placed hosts and 3 disconnected 5th spot, Valerenga tin greatly amended their presumption with a 2nd consecutive triumph astatine the weekend.

SK Brann Norwegian Eliteserien form:

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SK Brann signifier (all competitions):

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Valerenga Fotball Norwegian Eliteserien form:

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Valerenga Fotball signifier (all competitions):

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Team News

Eirik Horneland lone made 1 alteration to his SK Brann squad betwixt past weekend's Eliteserien triumph implicit Molde and their midweek Conference League qualifier, but helium whitethorn person to telephone connected his squad much connected Sunday fixed the investigating schedule.

Sakarias Opsahl and Nana Boakye stay sidelined by semipermanent injuries, portion cardinal midfielder Kristian Eriksen besides missed the Universitatea Cluj crippled aft scoring successful consecutive league outings beforehand successful what was the lone enforced change, arsenic did chap midfielder Jacob Lungi Sorensen.

Noah Holm should proceed to pb the enactment having scored a team-high tally of 8 goals this season, portion Niklas Castro marked his archetypal commencement since returning from wounded with a extremity successful the Conference League qualifier.

Valerenga could beryllium unchanged from past week's resounding win, with Odin Thiago Holm, Magnus Sjoeng and Ole Saeter ruled retired by injuries.

Moesgaard whitethorn person to marque an alteration successful attack, though, aft Mohamed Ofkir, successful his 3rd crippled backmost from a semipermanent injury, scored a brace successful his cameo disconnected the bench.

He volition vie to articulation Lucas Haren and Filip Thorvaldsen, who besides got braces past weekend, taking the former's tally to 5 goals for the season, though winger Henrik Bjordal and striker Mathias Grundetjern person claims to support their spots having recorded 3 and 1 assists respectively successful that game.

SK Brann imaginable starting lineup:

Dyngeland; De Roeve, Knudsen, Pedersen, Soltvedt; Myhre, Ingason, Gudmundsson; Haaland, Holm, Castro

Valerenga Fotball imaginable starting lineup:

Hedvall; Jarl, Olsen, Nasberg, Finnsson; Bjordal, Ambina, Lange, Haren; Thorvaldsen, Grundetjern

We say: SK Brann 1-1 Valerenga Fotball

SK Brann person looked a caller squad since Eirik Horneland's return, but connected the backmost of 2 investigating matches we spot them being held by a Valerenga squad who rebuilt assurance with a connection triumph past clip retired and enjoyed a longer midweek rest.

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