Fredrikstad - Brann

Fredrikstad welcome Brann Bergen in a game from Round 16 in the Norwegian Eliteserien this week. The game will be played on Monday at Nye Fredrikstad Stadion and kicks off at 18:00 GMT. The visitors’ form is far better than that of the hosts and despite Brann’s struggles away from home in recent weeks I think that the odds of 3.60 are well worth the risk here.

Fredrikstad are currently sitting in 9th place in the Eliteserien and they will be looking to improve their performance in order to get closer to the places that guarantee European participation next season. Head coach Aune will again rely solely on Tveter upfront who has netted 3 goals in the 13 league games he has played. Fredrikstad lost their last league game to Tromso at home (0:2) which broke their run of three consecutive wins in all competitions. However, in the Eliteserien, the hosts have only won twice in the last eight games (2-1-5) and they will need to start getting more results. The home form is also not impressive as they got only 4 points in the last four games at Nye Fredrikstad Stadion (1-1-2).

Brann Bergen are lying in 3rd place at the moment as they trail leaders Molde by just three points and they will look for nothing less than the three points on Monday when they go to Fredrikstad. Brann are currently on a run of three consecutive wins in the league and they will try to keep this record. The visitors scored 9 goals in these three games and overall they have only been defeated once in the last seven games (4-2-1). Brann’s away record has been relatively good in the new season as they won three of the seven games on the road (3-1-3).

Brann have also got the edge as far as the recent games in Fredrikstad are concerned – three wins in the last five ones played there (3-1-1) so 3.60 is definitely worth trying.