BERGEN - Brann are confident of springing a UEFA Cup surprise on Wednesday night and put Everton on the brink of elimination.
The Norwegian champions take on David Moyes' men in the first leg of the last-32 tie and director of sports Roald Bruun-Hanssen believes his side have nothing to fear.
"Everton is not the strongest opposition we could have gotten," he said.
"Our chance to advance is a good performance at home.
"If we can come away with a win from the first leg, we can go to Goodison Park and have confidence we could defend our lead."
Bruun-Hanssen's confidence is not without foundation, with November seeing Brann crowned Norwegian champions for the first time in 44 years.
It remains to be seen whether their relative inactivity over the past couple of months - they have not played a competitive game since a UEFA Cup game on December 3 - works for or against them.
A month of sunshine training in La Manga and a couple of warm-up friendlies has been the sum total of their preparations.
Everton defender Phil Jagielka has warned his team-mates not to waste a golden opportunity to progress against Brann.
He said: "I am aware that their season ended in November and they don't start again until April, but we know they have been away in a warm-weather training camp.
"For them, that is just like pre-season training so we know they will be ready for us. They may have only played a couple of friendlies, but they will be fit and raring to go."
Brann only got to this stage by virtue of a third-place Group D finish behind Hamburg and Basle, and their one victory over Dinamo Zagreb has been enough for them to claim a tie with the Toffees.
Jagielka said: "They will be excited to have drawn a Premier League team and they will be ready for us. We just have to do a professional job.
"But all our European results have been good. We have a good confidence now in the squad when UEFA Cup ties come around. We believe we can come back to Goodison Park for the second leg with a worthwhile lead."
Jagielka, who scored in the final Group A win at AZ Alkmaar, doubled his Everton tally with Saturday's winner against Reading in the Premier League to maintain their place in the top four.
Jagielka said: "We have done well in the league and battled away to keep the points mounting up, but now we have a fortnight with only Europe to worry about.
"There is no game on Saturday, and the second leg is next week.
"We look forward to Europe, it has given us some great nights this season already, but we know we have to maintain our current level of performance in Norway.
"It's absolutely vital that we take full advantage of the away leg. Our away form in Europe has been pretty decent, and we know that if we can at least keep a clean sheet in Bergen, we have a great chance of getting through to the next round."
