In the Eliteserien game on 20 September 2026, Brann beat Bodø/Glimt 2:1. Match numbers: shots on target 2:8, corners 3:6.
Match report
Brann beat Bodø/Glimt 2-1 at Brann Stadion in the Eliteserien regular season. The visitors came in as clear favourites, sitting second with fifty points after twenty-one games. Brann held seventh place on twenty-nine. The result flipped the script entirely.
Andreas Helmersen opened the scoring in the fourteenth minute. To be fair, that early strike changed everything. Eggert Aron Gudmundsson levelled five minutes later, and by then the visitors were already on the back foot. Kristall Mani Ingason put Brann ahead in the fifty-seventh. And here's the thing — Bodø/Glimt had lost their grip on the game after Ingason's goal.
Ingason himself saw red in the sixty-eighth minute, but Brann held firm with ten men. Four changes came at the seventy-two-minute mark: Blomberg, Auklend, Magnusson and Castro. Aleesami and Pedersen followed at eighty-four and eighty-five. Holm completed the reshuffle at ninety-plus-two. The visitors could not break through.
The statistics tell a story of missed opportunities. Bodø/Glimt dominated possession at sixty-two percent and registered thirteen shots, eight on target. Brann managed thirty-eight percent possession with only six shots, two on target. The visitors created one big chance each, just like the hosts. Eight shots on target for one goal means chances went begging.
The result leaves Bodø/Glimt in second place but raises questions about their consistency. They lost 5-0 to Bayern in their last outing and now dropped points at home against a side they were expected to beat. Brann remain seventh but have shown they can compete. The prediction had given Bodø/Glimt a sixty-nine percent chance of victory. This match decided otherwise.
