National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Eik Tønsberg or Strømsgodset that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Tønsberg and Strømsgodset.
Eik Tønsberg form and stats
Action has already taken place for Eik Tønsberg in NM Cup as they have defeated Sandefjord to reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Tønsberg's NM Cup journey ended in the 1st round.A strong away win for Eik Tønsberg against Halsen the last match.
A 2-2 result against Sandefjord (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) before that, played at home in the NM Cup.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 3. Division - Group 4 game versus Mjøndalen II in only two days. This game is also played here at Tønsberg Gressbane.
Strømsgodset form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Heming in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. Strømsgodset was sent out of NM Cup in the 2nd round last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Eliteserien travels is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Odd in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. Midfielder Vilsvik was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Vilsvik hit three key passes and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).
Previously, the NM Cup victory away at Heming (after extra-time).
After this away game Strømsgodset return home for a Eliteserien game against Haugesund. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Strømsgodset are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Strømsgodset have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Mehnert 3 goals | K. Krasniqi 2 goals |  G. Valsvik 2 goals |
Eik Tønsberg missing players
Strømsgodset missing players
| Eik Tønsberg | Strømsgodset | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 61 | 31 | Scored | S | 14 | 34 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 30 | 47 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.4 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 10.3 | ||
| 6.8 | 9.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | ||
| 42% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | ||
| 9.2 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bodø / Glimt | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 25 |
| 2 | Brann | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Sarpsborg 08 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Viking | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Tromsø | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Stabæk | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | Molde | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 |
| 8 | Lillestrøm | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Vålerenga | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Odd | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Rosenborg | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Strømsgodset | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | HamKam | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 7 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | Haugesund | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -13 | 4 |
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- Drammens Tidende - (local newspaper)
- GodsetUnionen - (supporter site)
