National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Aalesund or Brann that keep their silverware dream alive.
This football pitch has artifical turf, which is not Brann's familiar surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Brann have performed like this: Played 29 matches yielding 16 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats with the goal data 80-32 (scored/conceded).
It's no vacation for neither Aalesund nor Brann 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.
Aalesund form and stats
Aalesund have reached this NM Cup stage through battling and winning against Eid and Byåsen. Aalesund participated in NM Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.Aalesund have played 5 Eliteserien games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Aalesund experienced an unpredictable defeat 1-3 against Brann in their previous game, also played at home.
Before that one, a strong away win at Byåsen. A NM Cup match.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Eliteserien game versus Tromsø in only four days. This game is also played here at Color Line Stadion.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Aalesund here at Color Line Stadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Aalesund defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Brann form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Frøya and Fjøra in order to reach 3rd round of NM Cup. Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Eliteserien travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Brann, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Aalesund last time out. Midfielder Nilsen was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.63. Nilsen scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 76 successful passes (of 85 total).
Ahead of that, the NM Cup victory away at Fjøra.
A new game in only four days for Brann, the Eliteserien home match versus Lillestrøm. Busy days.
Brann has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. 7 goals have been conceded by Brann in these games.
Head 2 Head
Brann have managed a sequence of 12 consecutive games without defeat (8-4-0) when facing Aalesund.Top Goalscorers
  B. Finne 9 goals |  S. Heltne Nilsen 5 goals |
Aalesund missing players
Brann missing players
| Aalesund | Brann | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 10 | 18 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Scored | S | 39 | 68 | ||
| 42 | 17 | Conceded | C | 22 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 12% | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.3 | 8.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.5 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19.9 | 18.8 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9.3 | 8.2 | ||
| 43% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 32% | ||
| 10.8 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 6.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bodø / Glimt | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 20 | 28 |
| 2 | Brann | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Tromsø | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Molde | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | Lillestrøm | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Sarpsborg 08 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Viking | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Stabæk | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Rosenborg | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Vålerenga | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Odd | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Sandefjord | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Haugesund | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Strømsgodset | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | HamKam | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -13 | 7 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -15 | 4 |
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