National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Brumunddal or Vålerenga 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.
Brumunddal form and stats
Brumunddal have not come this way in the NM Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Strømmen. Last season, Brumunddal's NM Cup journey ended in the 1st round.The Brumunddal fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at SH-banen: A 1-2 defeat against Florø.
Before that, Brumunddal had a 3. Division - Group 2 home game versus Lillehammer which ended with a victory 3-2.The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Toten in only three days.
Vålerenga form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Kolbu / KK in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. Vålerenga was sent out of NM Cup in the 3rd round last season.There's been little loot from Vålerenga's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Eliteserien. Vålerenga only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
Vålerenga are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Aalesund. The match against Aalesund looked like a defeat for Vålerenga, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Näsberg equalized in the 85th minute. Hedenstad was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.15. The defender Hedenstad served one assist, hit five key passes and won 3 of 6 duels.
Preceding that, the 0-4 home loss versus Rosenborg.A quick return to home after this game, as Vålerenga are hosting Odd in the Eliteserien only four days away.
Vålerenga have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 8 goals have been scored. Vålerenga have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Kjartansson 4 goals |  A. Dønnum 2 goals |  L. Zhuta 1 goals |
Brumunddal missing players
Vålerenga missing players
| Brumunddal | Vålerenga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 62 | 39 | Scored | S | 18 | 34 | ||
| 38 | 15 | Conceded | C | 24 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 6 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.1 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 12.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 43% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 27% | ||
| 7.7 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.9 | 12.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5 | ||
| 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 |
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- Vålerenga På Nett - (supporter-driven news site)
- Klanen - (supporter site)
