National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Frigg or Sarpsborg 08 that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Eliteserien.
Frigg form and stats
Frigg have not come this way in the NM Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Ullern. Frigg participated in NM Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.An away draw last time out for Frigg, facing Gjelleråsen in a game that ended 4-4. Opportunity lost for Frigg in the Gjelleråsen match as a lead 4-2 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
Before that result, a home win hosting Ullern in the NM Cup.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 3. Division game versus Lokomotiv Oslo in only four days. This game is also played here at Tørteberg kunstgress.
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Funnefoss / Vormsund in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. They also participated in NM Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The visitors are W2-D2-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Eliteserien.
Sarpsborg won their last game, 3-1 versus Aalesund played at home. Which player has bagged at least one goal three matches in a row for the away team? The answer is Soltvedt and that is impressive! Defender Soltvedt was the best team player with a rating of 9.35. Soltvedt scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and won 3 of 5 duels.
Previously, the NM Cup victory away at Funnefoss / Vormsund. Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Sarpsborg 08 given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 5 matches with 4 wins as expected, 0 draws and 1 surprise home win. The favourites won 4 of these games by at least two goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sarpsborg 08 manager Billborn as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Tromsø.
Sarpsborg find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Sarpsborg 08 as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Utvik 3 goals |  J. Soltvedt 2 goals |  K. Fardal Opseth 2 goals |
Frigg missing players
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
| Frigg | Sarpsborg 08 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 10 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 59 | 27 | Scored | S | 29 | 47 | ||
| 66 | 22 | Conceded | C | 18 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 84% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 12% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.9 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 12.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 48% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 39% | ||
| 10.9 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 9.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 25 |
| 2 | Brann | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Sarpsborg 08 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Viking | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Tromsø | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Stabæk | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | Molde | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 |
| 8 | Lillestrøm | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Vålerenga | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Odd | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Rosenborg | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Strømsgodset | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | HamKam | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 7 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | Haugesund | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -13 | 4 |
- Sarpsborg 08
- Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad - (local newspaper)
- Fossefallet - (supporter site)
