National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Alta or Tromsø that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Alta and Tromsø.
Alta form and stats
Alta have reached this NM Cup stage through battling and winning against Bossekop and Skjervøy. Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Happy days for Alta in their previous game, a fixture away at Kvik Halden that ended with a 2-1 victory.
In the game before, a strong away win at Skjervøy. A NM Cup match.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Junkeren are coming to town in three days.
Tromsø form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Tromsdalen and HIF / Stein in order to reach 3rd round of NM Cup. Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.As the visiting team in Eliteserien matches, Tromsø have produced an overall stat of 3-1-0 so far.
Traore and Vesterlund scored in Tromsø's previous match, the home game against Sarpsborg 08 that ended 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Helstrup when Traore scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 70th minute. Defender Vesterlund was the best team player with a rating of 7.32. Vesterlund scored one goal and won 2 of 5 duels.
Preceding that, 1-1 away against Tromsdalen (after extra-time, 1-4 on penalties) in the NM Cup.
The schedule is very tough for Tromsø now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Eliteserien game at Aalesund is waiting in only four days.
Tromsø find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the previous eight meetings): Alta won three games, zero matches ended with a draw and Tromsø have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / three.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Erlien 4 goals |   F. Jacobsen 2 goals |  C. Reginiussen 2 goals |
Alta missing players
Tromsø missing players
| Alta | Tromsø | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | ||
| 43 | 23 | Scored | S | 21 | 43 | ||
| 48 | 17 | Conceded | C | 8 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 72% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 72% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.4 | 7.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.9 | ||
| 49% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 70% | 61% | ||
| 7.2 | 4.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 |
