National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Fana or Åsane that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Fana nor Åsane 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.
Fana form and stats
Fana have not come this way in the NM Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Bjarg. Fana participated in NM Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Fana's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-1 versus Skjetten. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that one, a fine away victory at Bjarg. A NM Cup game.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Fana as they are travelling to their away game against Sandviken in the 3. Division. That match is two days after this one.
Åsane form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Loddefjord in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Åsane so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
Åsane lost away at Fredrikstad (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Åsane were so close to getting something from the game against Fredrikstad, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal five minutes into overtime.
Previously, the NM Cup victory away at Loddefjord.
A new game in only three days for Åsane, the Obos-Ligaen home match versus Kongsvinger. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Åsane as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Åsane have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Data for the previous ten meetings between these two sides are: four wins for Fana, one draw and five wins for Åsane. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Ndiaye 5 goals | S. Nygard 2 goals |  E. Sildnes 2 goals |
Fana missing players
Åsane missing players
| Fana | Åsane | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 69 | 38 | Scored | S | 13 | 34 | ||
| 41 | 12 | Conceded | C | 27 | 49 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 84% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 60% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 84% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 76% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.5 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 10.4 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 45% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 31% | ||
| 9.5 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 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 | Fredrikstad | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | Kristiansund | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | Kongsvinger | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Start | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | Sogndal | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Ranheim | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Moss | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Sandnes Ulf | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | KFUM | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Jerv | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Hødd | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Mjøndalen | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Bryne | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Raufoss | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 15 | Skeid | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 7 |
| 16 | Åsane | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
