National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Forus og Gausel or Viking that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Forus og Gausel form and stats
The Gausel club members got no joy from their last match, a NM Cup duel also played here at Vadmyra kunstgress: A 0-5 defeat against Viking.
Viking form and stats
Viking's mission in NM Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.Viking are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Eliteserien, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Two away matches in a row for Viking, whose manager Jensen could celebrate last time after the NM Cup win against Forus og Gausel.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Odd.As mentioned earlier, Viking will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 5 wins (3 by two or more goals winning margin), 0 draws and 0 surprising defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Viking has managed {3 goals} and let in 3 from 3 matches.
Head 2 Head
The latest past scoreline involving both these contenders is the Gausel - Viking 0-5 played previously this season. Björshol likes to face Forus og Gausel and have scored 2 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Svendsen 3 goals |  Z. Tripić 3 goals |
Forus og Gausel missing players
Viking missing players
| Forus og Gausel | Viking | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 1 | 1 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 28 | 52 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Conceded | C | 25 | 44 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 64% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 16% | ||
| 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5 | ||
| 17 | 17 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 10.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 46% | ||
| 27 | 27 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8.5 | ||
| 11 | 11 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bodø / Glimt | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 22 |
| 2 | Viking | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Brann | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Sarpsborg 08 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Lillestrøm | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Tromsø | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Stabæk | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Molde | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Vålerenga | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Odd | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Rosenborg | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Strømsgodset | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Haugesund | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 15 | HamKam | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 6 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | -11 | 4 |
