Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Forde & Hødd face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Forde have less rest than Hødd in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a 3. Division - Group 2 game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Florø, so at least Forde are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Forde form and stats
Forde participated in NM Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.In their previous game, led his Forde to a defeat away at Florø. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Førde Stadion.
Ahead of that match, Forde won a home game hosting Kongsvinger II (3-1).Forde are traveling soon after this match as the 3. Division - Group 2 match at Volda awaits in three days.
Hødd form and stats
They also participated in NM Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Hødd's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Træff that finished 1-1. The draw against Træff came from a losing position. The Hødd manager Dragsten brought on Scriven as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Prior to that result Hødd won their away game at Kjelsås in the 2. Division: Group 2. The scoreline was 1-0.The schedule is very tough for Hødd now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A 2. Division: Group 2 game at Bærum is waiting in only three days.
Hødd played six friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 4 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. In these six matches Hødd scored 15 and conceded 11 goals.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Nybakken Bruun-Hansen 4 goals |  R. Hjelmeseth 4 goals | O. Løken 2 goals |
Forde missing players
Hødd missing players
| Forde | Hødd | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 38 | 24 | Scored | S | 26 | 63 | ||
| 60 | 25 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 60% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 10.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | ||
| 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 50% | ||
| 9.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 6.6 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.9 | ||
