National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bjarg or Fana that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Bjarg form and stats
Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.The Bjarg followers got no joy from their last match, a NM Cup duel also played here at Stavollen stadion: A 2-3 defeat against Fana.
Previous to that game, a 3. Division - Group 3 home match hosting Fyllingsdalen in a game that was won 4-1.Bjarg have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Bjarg scored {0 goals} and let in {8 goals} during these two games.
Fana form and stats
Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Two away games in a row for Fana, whose coach could celebrate last time after the NM Cup win against Bjarg.
A 3-3 draw at Lillestrøm II's stadium before that.Fana are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the final score when the teams played each other earlier this season; Bjarg - Fana 2-3. Bjarg-Fana H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Bjarg one win, Fana four wins, zero draws. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Bjarg missing players
Fana missing players
| Bjarg | Fana | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 44 | 31 | Scored | S | 31 | 68 | ||
| 49 | 28 | Conceded | C | 29 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 57% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 44% | ||
| 68% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 92% | 84% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.9 | 13 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 56% | 76% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 44% | ||
| 5.4 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
