National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Funnefoss / Vormsund or Sarpsborg 08 that keep their silverware dream alive.
6 - 3 - 8 with 24-21. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Sarpsborg 08 when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Sarpsborg 08 play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Funnefoss / Vormsund form and stats
Funnefoss / Vormsund participated in NM Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.A good away victory last time out for Funnefoss, who won 4-0 against Spjelkavik. As mentioned above, Funnefoss / Vormsund "killed" Spjelkavik in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Preceding that match was the home 3. Division - Group 2 game against Eidsvold that was lost 0-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 3. Division - Group 2 game versus Hønefoss in only three days. This game is also played here at Funnefoss gress.
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
Sarpsborg 08's mission in NM Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Eliteserien travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
Sarpsborg 08 play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Lillestrøm. Defender Soltvedt was the best team player with a rating of 8.23. Soltvedt scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and won 2 of 6 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Brann in the Eliteserien.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 given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 4 matches with 3 wins as expected, 0 draws and 1 surprise home win. The favourites won 3 of these games by at least two goals.
After this away game Sarpsborg 08 return home for a Eliteserien game against Aalesund. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sarpsborg 08 have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away. Sarpsborg are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Maigaard 2 goals |  B. Utvik 2 goals |  K. Fardal Opseth 2 goals |
Funnefoss / Vormsund missing players
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
| Funnefoss / Vormsund | Sarpsborg 08 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 51 | 32 | Scored | S | 27 | 46 | ||
| 48 | 23 | Conceded | C | 18 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 72% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 12% | ||
| 3.5 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 58% | 76% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 37% | ||
| 7.4 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | 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 |
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