Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Byåsen & Sandefjord face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It should be mentioned that Sandefjord 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 Sandefjord on artifical turf are 13 victories, 2 draws and 13 defeats from 28 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 47-48. You can compare this with overall results below.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Byåsen and Sandefjord.
Byåsen form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the NM Cup for Byåsen, as the manager Selnaes led his troops to eliminate Kolstad and Stjørdals-Blink, and reach the 3rd Round. Byåsen was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the NM Cup.The Byåsen fans enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Innstranden and win 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Byåsen played a great game against Innstranden and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Sandefjord form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Flint and Halsen in order to reach 3rd round of NM Cup. Sandefjord was sent out of NM Cup in the 2nd round last season.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Eliteserien.
Sandefjord's last game was the home draw against Tromsø (2-2). Ofkir has scored at least one goal for this team three matches in a row. The know-how! The attacker Ofkir got a match rating of 7.8 in that game. Ofkir scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
hometeam won
Sandefjord have another fixture away in just four sleeps, a Eliteserien game vs Sarpsborg 08. A strenuous schedule for the visiting team!
The travelling fans enjoy Sandefjord's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. Sandefjord have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Tveter 5 goals |  M. Ofkir 5 goals |  F. Nyenetue 2 goals |
Byåsen missing players
Sandefjord missing players
| Byåsen | Sandefjord | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 56 | 32 | Scored | S | 26 | 49 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Conceded | C | 20 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 16% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.5 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 12.8 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 40% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 38% | ||
| 7.4 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 15.1 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 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 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Strømsgodset | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 5 | Bodø / Glimt | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 6 | Rosenborg | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | Sarpsborg 08 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 16 |
| 8 | Aalesund | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 9 | HamKam | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | Odd | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 15 |
| 11 | Sandefjord | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Tromsø | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 13 | Haugesund | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Vålerenga | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 11 |
| 15 | Jerv | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -14 | 7 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -13 | 1 |
