National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bjarg or Sogndal that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Obos-Ligaen game only three days ago. That game, against Skeid, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Sogndal.
Bjarg form and stats
Bjarg have not come this way in the NM Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Fyllingsdalen. Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.In their previous game, led his Bjarg to a defeat away at Viking II. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stavollen stadion. Bjarg were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Ahead of that match, Bjarg won a home game hosting Sandnes Ulf II (2-1).The match schedule is unforgiving for Bjarg as they have a new game in only four days, a 3. Division - Group 3 match thankfully also at home. Haugesund II are visiting.
Sogndal form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Florø in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. They also participated in NM Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.2-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sogndal in their Obos-Ligaen matches away.
Sogndal play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Skeid. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three games in a row for the away side? The answer is Jónsson and that is solid stuff!
The game before that, in the Obos-Ligaen, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Sandnes Ulf.A new game in only four days for Sogndal, the Obos-Ligaen home match versus Mjøndalen. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Sogndal's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. Sogndal struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Jónsson 4 goals | V. Ingimundarson 2 goals | A. Hoven 2 goals |
Bjarg missing players
Sogndal missing players
| Bjarg | Sogndal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 47 | 29 | Scored | S | 23 | 37 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Conceded | C | 21 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 68% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 16% | ||
| 5.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 6.8 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16.3 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.5 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| 14.7 | 15.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 11.9 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brann | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 25 | 26 |
| 2 | Mjøndalen | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| 3 | Ranheim | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 4 | Stabæk | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | Sandnes Ulf | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 19 |
| 6 | KFUM | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Sogndal | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 8 | Start | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
| 9 | Fredrikstad | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Raufoss | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 11 | Åsane | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -9 | 9 |
| 12 | Bryne | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 8 |
| 13 | Kongsvinger | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 14 | Grorud | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 6 |
| 15 | Stjørdals-Blink | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 5 |
| 16 | Skeid | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 3 |
