Haugesund W v Brann W — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Toppserien (W) · Friday, 15 May 2026. Final score 0–7 (half-time 0–3). Rebuilt from the season as it stood that morning, our rating would have been 67% for over 2.5 goals. This match is older than our frozen ratings ledger, which keeps 30 days, so that figure is a reconstruction from pre-match data rather than a number we published at the time — a distinction worth making, because only the frozen ones prove what we actually said beforehand.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals67%33%Over
Over 3.5 goals44%56%no pick
Both teams to score49%51%No

The result model puts Haugesund W at 5%, the draw at 9% and Brann W at 86%, from expected goals of 0.76 and 3.47.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Toppserien (W) has produced over 2.5 goals in 60% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Haugesund W have 5 in 7 this season (3 of 3 at home), Brann W 3 in 7 (2 of 3 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 24 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 62% and 56%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 7 and 7 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 40 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. A single season is part luck, so each club's record is first pulled toward the league average by 34 games' weight. That moves the two figures to 62% and 63%.

The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 62%.

Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 79%, from expected goals of 0.76 for Haugesund W and 3.47 for Brann W. Folding in 30% of that view gives 67%.

This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.

Season form

TeamGamesO2.5O3.5BTTS
Haugesund W771%43%71%
Brann W743%43%29%

Head to head

28 Apr 26Brann W 2–0 Haugesund WU2.5

More: Haugesund W season stats · Brann W season stats · Toppserien (W) table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.