National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Fjora or Sogndal that keep their silverware dream alive.
Sogndal could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Obos-Ligaen game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Raufoss. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Fjora form and stats
Fjora was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the NM Cup.The spoils were shared in Fjora's previous game, also at home. Visiting Sogndal II travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
Before that match, a 3. Division win away at Djerv.Sogndal form and stats
Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Obos-Ligaen travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Sogndal are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Sogndal play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Raufoss.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Grorud in the Obos-Ligaen.The travelling fans enjoy Sogndal's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, Sogndal have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Adams 5 goals |  K. Hoven 5 goals | D. Eid 2 goals |
Fjora missing players
Sogndal missing players
| Fjora | Sogndal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 52 | 25 | Scored | S | 10 | 38 | ||
| 73 | 29 | Conceded | C | 13 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 76% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 85% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 24% | ||
| 2.9 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6.5 | ||
| 4 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 0.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 10.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 88% | 76% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HamKam | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 2 | Fredrikstad | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Jerv | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 4 | Aalesund | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Sogndal | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | KFUM | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Start | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Bryne | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Ranheim | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | Ullensaker / Kisa | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Åsane | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Raufoss | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Strømmen | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | Sandnes Ulf | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Stjørdals-Blink | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -12 | 13 |
| 16 | Grorud | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 12 |