Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Brattvåg & Molde face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Brattvåg nor Molde 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.
Brattvåg form and stats
Action has already taken place for Brattvåg in NM Cup as they have defeated Spjelkavik to reach the 2nd Round. Brattvåg was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the NM Cup.The Brattvåg regulars enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Gjøvik-Lyn and win 3-1. Kamel has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. Skilful!
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Ullensaker / Kisa (2-3).The manager Hansen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Tromsdalen in only four days.
Molde form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Herd in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. Molde was sent out of NM Cup in the 3rd round last season.Playing away, Molde have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Eliteserien this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Molde, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Odd last time out. Goalkeeper Karlstrom was absolutely vital in the Molde victory against Odd, making six saves. Attacker Eikrem got a player rating of 7.74 in the game. "Man of the match" Eikrem hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game was the away Eliteserien victory against Sarpsborg 08 with the score of 2-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Jerv in just four days.
Molde are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Molde as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the last two meetings): Brattvåg won one game, zero matches ended in a draw and Molde managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / twoTop Goalscorers
  S. Kamel 7 goals |   M. Retsius Grødem 4 goals |  M. Wolff Eikrem 3 goals |
Brattvåg missing players
Molde missing players
| Brattvåg | Molde | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 20 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | ||
| 45 | 14 | Scored | S | 15 | 55 | ||
| 55 | 15 | Conceded | C | 4 | 23 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 56% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 8% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.2 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 14 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 40% | ||
| 8.9 | 5.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.6 | 12 | ||
| 4.8 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lillestrøm | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 27 |
| 2 | Molde | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Viking | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Strømsgodset | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 5 | Sarpsborg 08 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 6 | Bodø / Glimt | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | Aalesund | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Rosenborg | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | HamKam | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Sandefjord | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | Tromsø | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Odd | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Vålerenga | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 11 |
| 14 | Haugesund | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 15 | Jerv | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -14 | 7 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -11 | 1 |
