Only a few games have been played in the 3. Division so far, with Verdal placed 10th and Melhus sitting in the 6th position.
Verdal and Melhus should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Verdal form and stats
Verdal's first home game here at Verdal COOP-banen ended with defeat. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 13 matches.Verdal manager and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Nybergsund in the 3. Division. Ahead of that match, Verdal lost 1-2 at home to Gjøvik-Lyn.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Verdal as they have a new game in only four days, a NM Cup match thankfully also at home. Stjørdals-Blink are visiting.
Verdal has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game.
Melhus form and stats
The visitors' first away game ended a defeat. Last season Melhus had these away match statistics: Played 13; won 5, drew 3 and lost 5.Melhus are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the 3. Division against Steinkjer. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Kongsvinger II's place.
It's early days yet, but Melhus has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Verdal-Melhus H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Verdal 2 wins, Melhus 0 wins, 0 draws.Verdal missing players
Melhus missing players
| Verdal | Melhus | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Scored | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Verdal | Last season | Melhus | ||||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | 13 | 26 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | 5 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | 5 | 10 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Scored | 19 | 42 | ||
| 37 | 15 | Conceded | 19 | 44 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 73% | 62% | Over 1.5 | 69% | 73% | ||
| 50% | 31% | Over 2.5 | 46% | 58% | ||
| 27% | 23% | Over 3.5 | 46% | 54% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | 15% | 23% | ||
| 54% | 46% | BTTS | 38% | 58% | ||
| 23% | 31% | Clean Sheets | 31% | 19% | ||
| 31% | 31% | Failed To Score | 38% | 31% | ||
| 0.5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 5 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | ||
| 27-10-18 | | Orkla | 3 - 1 | Verdal |
| 06-02-19 | | Stjørdals-Blink | 5 - 0 | Verdal |
| 02-03-19 | | Levanger | 4 - 0 | Verdal |
| 13-04-19 | | Verdal | 1 - 2 | Gjøvik-Lyn |
| 17-04-19 | | Nybergsund | 2 - 2 | Verdal |
| 27-04-19 | | Verdal | 14:00 | Melhus |
| 01-05-19 | | Verdal | 14:00 | Stjørdals-Blink |
| 06-05-19 | | Ranheim II | 17:30 | Verdal |
| 13-05-19 | | Verdal | 16:00 | Kongsvinger II |
| 20-05-19 | | Verdal | 17:00 | Rosenborg II |
| 13-10-18 | | Melhus | 3 - 1 | Steinkjer |
| 20-10-18 | | Levanger II | 0 - 2 | Melhus |
| 27-10-18 | | Melhus | 1 - 2 | Byåsen |
| 13-04-19 | | Kongsvinger II | 2 - 1 | Melhus |
| 22-04-19 | | Melhus | 2 - 0 | Steinkjer |
| 27-04-19 | | Verdal | 14:00 | Melhus |
| 06-05-19 | | Melhus | 17:00 | Rosenborg II |
| 11-05-19 | | Strindheim | 14:00 | Melhus |
| 19-05-19 | | Melhus | 16:00 | Tiller |
| 25-05-19 | | Raufoss II | 14:00 | Melhus |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Strindheim | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Kongsvinger II | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Rosenborg II | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Nybergsund | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Kolstad | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Melhus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Ranheim II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Raufoss II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Gjøvik-Lyn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 10 | Verdal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Brumunddal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Steinkjer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 13 | Orkla | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 14 | Tiller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
