Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Fredrikstad & Viking face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Fredrikstad nor Viking as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Fredrikstad form and stats
Fredrikstad have reached this NM Cup stage through battling and winning against Sprint-Jeløy and Ørn Horten. Fredrikstad was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the NM Cup.When playing at home in the Obos-Ligaen, Fredrikstad have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.
An away draw last time out for Fredrikstad, facing Raufoss in a game that ended 1-1. Lima was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Raufoss after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Before that, a strong away win at Ørn Horten. A NM Cup game.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Obos-Ligaen game versus Start in only four days. This game is also played here at Nye Fredrikstad Stadion.
Fredrikstad have scored {4 league goals} here from 5 matches, not a lot. Defensively Fredrikstad have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Viking form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Forus og Gausel and Vidar in order to reach 3rd round of NM Cup. Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Eliteserien travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The manager Jensen was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium SR-Bank Arena. Viking suffered a 3-4 loss to Molde. As you can tell from the result, the match against Molde was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Viking were so close to getting something from the game against Molde, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal three minutes into overtime. The attacker Tripić got a match rating of 7.85 in that game. Tripić scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Ahead of that, the NM Cup victory away at Vidar.
Viking have another fixture that requires travelling in just four days, a Eliteserien match vs Sarpsborg 08. A back-breaking diary for the visitors!
It's early days yet, but Viking has scored 4 and conceded 8 goals from their travels in the league so far (4 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Fredrikstad wins - draws - Viking wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Tripić 4 goals |  S. Svendsen 3 goals |  S. Bjørshol 3 goals |
Fredrikstad missing players
Viking missing players
| Fredrikstad | Viking | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 26 | 8 | Scored | S | 27 | 52 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 25 | 43 | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 48% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 47% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.2 | 7.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 11.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 42% | ||
| 8.3 | 11.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 4.3 | 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 | Kongsvinger | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
| 2 | Sogndal | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | Ranheim | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 |
| 4 | Fredrikstad | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Kristiansund | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Start | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 17 |
| 7 | KFUM | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Moss | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Jerv | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Mjøndalen | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Sandnes Ulf | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 12 | Hødd | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Raufoss | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Bryne | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | Skeid | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 10 |
| 16 | Åsane | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 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 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 20 | 28 |
| 2 | Brann | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Tromsø | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Molde | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | Lillestrøm | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Sarpsborg 08 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Viking | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Stabæk | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Rosenborg | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Vålerenga | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Odd | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Sandefjord | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Haugesund | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Strømsgodset | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | HamKam | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -13 | 7 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -15 | 4 |
