Brann vs Lillestrom — Eliteserien result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 5 September 2026

Eliteserien·Saturday, 5 September 2026

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Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 8.1 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Brann

55%

top pick

Draw

22%

Lillestrom

22%

result

Final score

1–2

Top pick missed

Metis gave a Lillestrom win 22.4% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Brann win. Expected goals 2.02–1.17 against 1–2 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals62%3 scored
Both teams score60%yes
Brann clean sheet31%no
Lillestrom clean sheet14%no
Brann score 2+59%no
Lillestrom score 2+33%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.4543
1X2 Brier score0.9584
Probability on the result22.4%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (10.3%), 2–1 (9.2%), 2–0 (8.3%). It finished 1–2.

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Brann

15 MarAvs Kristiansund2–3L
22 MarHvs Tromso1–2L
6 AprAvs HamKam5–1W
12 AprHvs Sandefjord0–1L
18 AprAvs Viking2–3L

Lillestrom

15 MarAvs Aalesund3–1W
6 AprAvs Molde1–0W
11 AprHvs Start3–1W
15 AprAvs Tromso0–0D
19 AprAvs Valerenga2–0W

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatBrann
(Home · 11 matches)
Lillestrom
(Away · 11 matches)
BTTS rate81.8%27.3%
Over 2.5 rate90.9%36.4%
Clean sheet9.1%36.4%
Avg goals3.272.27

Home stats use Brann's home record; away stats use Lillestrom's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.