Cynical Press
Brann
Brann broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 20 fouls and 3 bookings.
- Fouls
- 20
- Yellow cards
- 3
Eliteserien · Matchday 19
Sandefjord
0 – 0
FT
HT 0–0
Brann
Eliteserien
Matchday 19Sandefjord0–0Brann
0.97
Expected goals
0.74
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: SAN 0.97, BRA 0.74.
Match report
Sandefjord 0-0 Brann
Sandefjord and Brann played out a goalless Eliteserien draw at Jotun Arena.
Expected goals finished Sandefjord 0.97, Brann 0.74.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Brann graded out for cynical press — 20 fouls and 3 yellow cards. Both sides graded out for fine margins — 48.0% v 52.0% possession and 0.97 v 0.74 expected goals.
Elias Hadaya came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.3 for Sandefjord across 90 minutes.
It was a niggly afternoon: 39 fouls between them and 5 yellow cards, with Brann conceding the most free-kicks (20).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
48%Possession52%
20Shots13
0.97xG0.74
What the numbers say
2 readsFine Margins
Both teams
Nothing separated these two — possession and chance quality finished all but level.
- Possession
- 48.0% v 52.0%
- Expected goals
- 0.97 v 0.74
Timeline
🟨18'
Thore Pedersen
Foul
Half-time
Xander Lambrix
Foul
🟨58'
🔄61'
L. Cornic ↑ N. Kasanwirjo ↓
🔄61'
U. Mathisen ↑ T. Pedersen ↓
🔄66'
K. Kjartansson ↑ E. Gudmundsson ↓
S. Mathisen ↑ O. Kapskarmo ↓
🔄75'
F. Apetorgbor ↑ J. Dunsby ↓
🔄75'
B. Berntsen ↑ E. Patoulidis ↓
🔄75'
M. Hellan ↑ V. Egeli ↓
🔄83'
🔄85'
B. Finne ↑ N. Holm ↓
Tobias Borkeeiet
Foul
🟨88'
🟨89'
Niklas Castro
Foul
🟨90+2'
Kjartan Mar Kjartansson
Foul
Match info
Kickoff
VenueJotun Arena, Sandefjord
RefereeMarius Grotta, Norway
CompetitionEliteserien
Season2026
RoundMatchday 19
StatusMatch Finished