National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Fana or Sotra that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the 2. Division.
Fana form and stats
Fana was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the NM Cup.Fana manager and his team return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Stord in the 3. Division. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Previous to that game, a 3. Division home match hosting Fyllingsdalen in a game that was won 3-0.Sotra form and stats
They also participated in NM Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
Sotra go into this game after a win, the home game against Kjelsås that ended 3-1.
It was a 2. Division defeat before that one as the away game against Odd II wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sotra manager R. Blindhelm as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Rosenborg II.
Sotra played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In these one match Sotra scored 0 and conceded 0 goals.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Fana one win, zero draws and Sotra two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Fana missing players
Sotra missing players
| Fana | Sotra | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 71 | 39 | Scored | S | 9 | 26 | ||
| 41 | 20 | Conceded | C | 33 | 50 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 72% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 44% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.9 | 6.1 | ||
| 0.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8.4 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 9.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 72% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 25% | ||