National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Levanger or Kristiansund that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Levanger nor Kristiansund as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Levanger form and stats
Levanger have reached this NM Cup stage through battling and winning against Orkla. Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Levanger's last game was hosting Strømmen and winning 2-0.
Before that game, a fine away victory at Orkla. A NM Cup match.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Levanger, as the 2. Division: Group 2 home game vs Strømsgodset II is only four days away.
Kristiansund form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Tomrefjord in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. Kristiansund's mission in NM Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Obos-Ligaen travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Kristiansund delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Skeid in their previous game. Kristiansund's last match (vs Skeid) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Alvheim. Alvheim was the key player in the comeback draw against Skeid, being brought on as a substitute in the 63rd minute and scoring two goals to make the result 2-2.
Ahead of that, the NM Cup win away at Tomrefjord.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kristiansund manager Michelsen as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against KFUM.
Kristiansund have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. Kristiansund struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The 5 most recent games involving these opponents have all ended as Kristiansund wins. Surely both teams are aware of this.Top Goalscorers
  B. Stokke 5 goals |   S. Bojadzic 4 goals | G. Andersen 3 goals |
Levanger missing players
Kristiansund missing players
| Levanger | Kristiansund | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 72 | 32 | Scored | S | 17 | 49 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.9 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 80% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 61% | 53% | ||
| 6 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.4 | 6.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fredrikstad | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | Kristiansund | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | Kongsvinger | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Start | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | Sogndal | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Ranheim | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Moss | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Sandnes Ulf | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | KFUM | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Jerv | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Hødd | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Mjøndalen | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Bryne | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Raufoss | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 15 | Skeid | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 7 |
| 16 | Åsane | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
- Kristiansund BK
- Tidens Krav - (local newspaper)
- Uglan supporterklubb - (supporter site)
