National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Arendal or Jerv that keep their silverware dream alive.
It should be mentioned that Jerv play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Jerv on artifical turf are 4 victories, 8 draws and 12 defeats from 24 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 33-57. You can compare this with overall results below.
The visiting Jerv played their last game only three days ago, a Obos-Ligaen match.
Arendal form and stats
Action has already taken place for Arendal in NM Cup as they have defeated Randesund to reach the 2nd Round. Arendal was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the NM Cup.Arendal are returning here after guesting Randesund in a NM Cup fixture and winning with a 8-0 scoreline.
A 2. Division defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Vard.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Arendal, as the 2. Division home game vs Ørn Horten is only three days away.
Jerv form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Mandalskameratene in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. They also participated in NM Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Jerv playing as the away team in the Obos-Ligaen this season.
Jerv are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the fixture against Hødd. The end of the last match, against Hødd, was very satisfying as Ange scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Ahead of that, the NM Cup victory away at Mandalskameratene.
Jerv have another match away from home in just three days, a Obos-Ligaen game versus Sandnes Ulf. A grim itinerary for the visiting team!
Jerv have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Arendal three wins, two draws and Jerv five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Johansen 6 goals |   S. Robalo Pedro 5 goals | P. Skeie 4 goals |
Arendal missing players
Jerv missing players
| Arendal | Jerv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 64 | 33 | Scored | S | 16 | 37 | ||
| 35 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 16% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.9 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 43% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 40% | ||
| 8.5 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 |
