Already entering Gameweek 15, we are fast approaching the halfway mark in Fantasy Eliteserien and feel we are beginning to understand the main targets. Now, however, is when it all gets thrown together and shaken vigorously. We’ve seen several coaches at the bottom of the league move on, with the likes of Start already showing signs of a turnaround under their new head coach Kjetil Rekdal. Sandefjord have yet to see similar effects, and Lillestrøm and Stabæk sacked their coaches too recently to already see results. With the summer transfer window and European qualifiers looming, the little predictability we thought we had looks set to disappear.
Gameweek 15 feature matches
Brann – Molde
(Sunday, 5:00 P.M.)
Brann look to stay on the winning track and look like the best defensive option in the league. Their avg. goals conceded is incredibly low and defenders look to be prime picks moving forward. Before the season this match was slated as a top match this season but Molde have struggled to keep up. Being a definite rotation hazard, and adding an injury to goalie Andreas Linde, there aren’t many tempting options here. Linde owners looking to move him out could do worse than Brann’s Samuel Sahin-Radlinger as a replacement.
Ranheim – IK Start
(Sunday, 5:00 P.M.)
A game with a twist as these promoted teams go head to head. Ranheim lost the last game badly to Strømsgodset but have high hopes with their strength at home as well as not having a losing streak to their name yet in the league. They play hosts to a re-invigorated IK Start who have seen a turnaround, grabbing 4 points and Cup advancement, since moving out their head coach. We are familiar with the likes of Eirik Tønne and Mads Reginiussen at Ranheim, but we might be able to start looking at IK Start assets such as Kevin Kabran, who was a hot ticket item before the season started, and Mathias Bringaker, a 5.6 forward who looks to have taken the starting spot up top away from Floki Finnbogason.
Sandefjord – Rosenborg
(Sunday, 5:00 P.M.)
Another strange one as Rosenborg look to have found some form following their mini vacation, but have to balance that with a horrible injury list. They are left with only 1½ winger on the books, and the herd is also thin in central midfield. Still, they are playing away to Sandefjord, and as we have now learned we might be able to back anyone against Sandefjord this season.
MrKlin says..
This is the rough part of the season where gaps in the schedules, transfer window, and coach swaps can turn season fortunes around for the teams in action. One has to be savvy and a little bit lucky to predict the impact of all these moves over the GW15-GW20 period, and this makes this period ideal for a little bit of catching up, if you can pick sensibly.
Scout Picks
MrKlin’s picks for Gameweek 15
Sahin-Radlinger
Wormgoor(K) – Tønne – Stølås
Reginiussen – Akintola – Zachariassen – Levi
Bringaker – Pedersen – Bendtner
