St Mirren travel to Bergen to face SK Brann in the second leg of our UEFA Conference League Third Qualifying Round tie on Thursday night.
The Buddies face the Norwegian side at Brann Stadion with the tie poised at 1-1 following last week's first leg at The SMiSA Stadium.
Match Details
SK Brann v St Mirren
Competition: UEFA Conference League
Date: Thursday 15th August 2024
Kick-off: 7pm CEST, 6pm UK
Venue: Brann Stadion
The Second Leg
Toyosi Olusanya's 90th minute equaliser saw St Mirren draw 1-1 with SK Brann in the first leg of our UEFA Conference League Third Qualifying Round tie.
The Norwegians took the lead on 75 minutes when Felix Myhre opened the scoring at The SMiSA Stadium, but Olusanya's late leveller means it's all square heading into the second leg.
SK Brann have had a strong season in the Eliteserien with Eirik Horneland's side sitting in third place after 18 matches.
In our only other visit to Norway in competitive action, Saints drew 0-0 with Tromso in the UEFA Cup Winners Cup back in 1987 to progress to the second round after a 1-0 win at Love Street in the first leg.
Bergen
Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway and has nicknames such as 'the city between the seven mountains' and 'the heart of the fjords'. Click HERE to find out more about Bergen.
Supporter travel information is available HERE. Supporters without tickets are strongly advised not to travel to Brann Stadion ahead of the match.
How to watch
Thursday night's match will be shown live on Solidsport. PPV passes are available from Solidsport at a cost of €12.
Click HERE to buy a pass.
From the Manager // "We have to embrace the occasion"
Speaking to the press ahead of Thursday's match, manager Stephen Robinson said: "We have to embrace these occasions.
"I thought out of possession we were good. We were very well drilled and very organised, but we didn't play. It was arguably one of our worst performances on the ball in a few months so that has to improve.
We believe we are much better than we showed and we have to be against a very good Brann side. If we can perform at a 10/20% better level then it's all to play for."
Referees
The referee on Thursday night is Bulgarian Radoslav Gidzhenov and he'll be assisted by Georgi Todorov and Petar Mitrev.
Kristiyan Kolev is the fourth official, while Nikola Popov is the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).
