Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Forde & Sogndal face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Forde form and stats
Last season, Forde's NM Cup journey ended in the 1st round.The Forde regulars got no joy from their last fixture, a NM Cup duel also played here at Førde Stadion: A 1-3 defeat against Sogndal.
Preceding that match was the home 3. Division - Group 2 game against Florø that was lost 1-2.Sogndal form and stats
They also participated in NM Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Obos-Ligaen travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Two away matches in a row for Sogndal, whose coach Flo could celebrate last time after the NM Cup win against Forde.
It was a Obos-Ligaen defeat before that one as the away game against Ranheim wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.Sogndal have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 7 goals have been scored. Sogndal have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last head-to-head match ended Forde - Sogndal 1-3, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Forde zero wins, one draw and Sogndal five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Hovden Flataker 3 goals | S. Ørjasæter 3 goals | V. Ingimundarson 2 goals |
Forde missing players
Sogndal missing players
| Forde | Sogndal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 60 | 35 | Scored | S | 14 | 56 | ||
| 45 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 28% | ||
| 68% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 1.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | ||
| 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 8.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3 | ||
| 107% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 68% | ||
| 3.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8 | ||
| 1.6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kristiansund | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | Sogndal | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | Ranheim | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 4 | Fredrikstad | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Kongsvinger | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Start | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | Moss | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Hødd | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Mjøndalen | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Sandnes Ulf | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | KFUM | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Bryne | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 10 |
| 13 | Raufoss | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 14 | Jerv | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Skeid | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 6 |
| 16 | Åsane | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
