Bodo/Glimt
UEFA Champions LeagueSeason Statistics
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Team Overview
Bodo/Glimt have established themselves as one of Scandinavia's most recognizable footballing exports, a club whose participation in the UEFA Champions League represents a notable achievement for a side outside Europe's traditional powerhouse leagues. Under manager Kjetil Knutsen, the Norwegian outfit has built a reputation for attacking, expansive football, and their current European campaign reflects that identity clearly in the numbers they have produced so far.
Through three matches in this Champions League campaign, Bodo/Glimt have compiled a record of two wins and one draw, remaining unbeaten with a form line of D-W-W. The attacking output has been particularly striking, with nine goals scored across those three fixtures, though six have also been conceded, pointing to a team that plays on the front foot and is willing to trade chances rather than sit back defensively. With no clean sheets and no matches where they failed to score, the data suggests a side defined far more by offensive firepower than defensive solidity, an approach that has nonetheless yielded a +3 goal difference and kept them unbeaten.
Bodo/Glimt's away form has been especially encouraging, with one win and one draw from two matches on the road, while their sole home fixture produced a victory. This balance between home and away results indicates a team comfortable carrying their attacking approach into different environments rather than relying solely on home advantage. For a club competing in Europe's premier competition, an unbeaten start built on high-scoring matches represents a strong foundation, and it underlines why Bodo/Glimt continue to be viewed as an entertaining and unpredictable presence in this season's Champions League group stage.
Squad (28 players)
Goalkeepers (4)
Defenders (5)
Midfielders (11)
Attackers (8)
Player Statistics
2026/27 Season| # | Player | Pos | Rating | Apps | Goals | Assists | Mins | Tackles | Passes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | |
MF | 13 | 5 | 1 | 753 | 28 | 293 | |
| 5 | |
DF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 169 | 2 | 137 | |
| 12 | |
GK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 0 | 56 | |
| 15 | |
DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 8 | 110 | |
| 7 | |
MF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 210 | 12 | 131 | |
| 10 | |
FW | 3 | 1 | 2 | 178 | 0 | 111 | |
| 4 | |
DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 6 | 210 | |
| 9 | |
FW | 3 | 2 | 1 | 140 | 3 | 24 | |
| 25 | |
DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 18 | |
| 19 | |
MF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 193 | 2 | 69 | |
| 11 | |
FW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 196 | 4 | 79 | |
| 8 | |
MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 1 | 62 | |
| 20 | |
DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 12 | 149 | |
| 16 | |
MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 23 | |
| 17 | |
FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 2 | 17 | |
| 6 | |
DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 66 | |
| 2 | |
DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 94 | |
FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | |
| 14 | |
MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 8 | |
| 22 | |
MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Recent Transfers
2025/26 & 2026/27Arrivals (18)
Departures (25)
Injuries & Availability
Impact Analysis
Bodo/Glimt face a notable injury crisis heading into their next fixture, with seven players sidelined and none of them expected back imminently given their confirmed "out" status. The list spans multiple areas of the pitch: Isak Sjong and Alexander Mikkelsen represent defensive absences, with Mikkelsen specifically dealing with a groin injury, while Hakon Evjen's knee injury removes a key attacking or midfield option depending on how he is deployed. The additional absences of Marcus Riisnaes, Jostein Gundersen, Ole Blomberg, and Marius Bro Hansen further stretch the squad, suggesting this is not an issue confined to one unit but rather a broadly distributed set of problems affecting depth across the team.
With seven unavailable players, Bodo/Glimt's squad depth will be tested significantly, particularly if any of these absentees are regular starters rather than fringe options. The specificity of Mikkelsen's groin issue and Evjen's knee problem indicates these are likely to be longer-term concerns rather than quick returns, though no recovery timelines have been provided. Without clarity on which players typically start, it is difficult to gauge the exact tactical impact, but losing this volume of players simultaneously will likely force squad rotation and potentially require academy or fringe players to step into larger roles than originally planned.
Recent Form
Form Analysis
Bodo/Glimt's recent run of results shows a team firing on all cylinders, with four wins and a draw from their last five matches underlining a strong upward trajectory. The attacking output has been particularly impressive, with 15 goals scored across the five games, including a commanding 4-0 win over Lillestrom and a 0-3 away victory at Sandefjord. Away form has been a clear strength, with four of the five matches played on the road yielding three wins and a draw, highlighting the team's ability to perform away from home rather than relying on home comfort.
Defensively, the picture is slightly more mixed. While the team has kept its goals-against tally respectable overall at five conceded in five matches, the 3-3 draw with Union St. Gilloise stands out as the one match where defensive solidity wavered, with Bodo/Glimt shipping three goals despite scoring three themselves. Aside from that result, the defense has otherwise been tight, conceding just twice across the other four matches, including two clean-sheet-adjacent performances in the wins over NEC Nijmegen and Valerenga. Taken together, the form suggests a team capable of scoring freely against a range of opposition, with defensive question marks only emerging against the toughest test in that five-match sample.
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