Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Harstad & Bodø / Glimt 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 Harstad nor Bodø / Glimt 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.
Harstad form and stats
Harstad have not come this way in the NM Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Senja. Last season, Harstad's NM Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.The Harstad followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Harstad Stadion: A 2-6 defeat against Strømsgodset II. Harstad were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Mjølner.There will be little rest for Harstad after this match as they are travelling to Lørenskog for a 3. Division - Group 6 game in only four days.
Bodø / Glimt form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Rana in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. Bodø / Glimt was sent out of NM Cup in the 4th round last season.The visitors are W3-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Eliteserien.
It's the second away game in a row for Glimt, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Kristiansund last time out. Hagen got a match rating of 7.7 in that game, top player of the team. Hagen hit four key passes and had 51 successful passes (of 56 total).
Prior to that match, the Bodø / Glimt manager Knutsen faced defeat when travelling to Molde and losing 1-3.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Aalesund in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Glimt's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. Bodø / Glimt have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Harstad-Bodø / Glimt H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Harstad zero wins, Bodø / Glimt two wins, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Pellegrino 6 goals |  R. Espejord 3 goals |  H. Vetlesen 2 goals |
Harstad missing players
Bodø / Glimt missing players
| Harstad | Bodø / Glimt | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 41 | 33 | Scored | S | 25 | 52 | ||
| 63 | 39 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 87% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 53% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 0.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.6 | ||
| 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 13.7 | ||
| 1.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 94% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 47% | ||
| 6.9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lillestrøm | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 27 |
| 2 | Molde | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Viking | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Strømsgodset | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 5 | Sarpsborg 08 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 6 | Bodø / Glimt | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | Aalesund | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Rosenborg | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | HamKam | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Sandefjord | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | Tromsø | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Odd | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Vålerenga | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 11 |
| 14 | Haugesund | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 15 | Jerv | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -14 | 7 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -11 | 1 |
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- Bodøposten - (local newspaper)
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