Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Harstad & Brann face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Brann played their last game only three days ago, a Eliteserien match. That game was also an away game, at Tromsø. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
8 - 6 - 18 with 37-62. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Brann when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Brann play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Brann have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Harstad form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the NM Cup for Harstad, as the manager led his troops to eliminate Melbo IL and Senja, and reach the 3rd Round. Last season, Harstad's NM Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Harstad, who played 2-2 against Senja (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties). That match was also played at this venue (Harstad Stadion). Opportunity lost for Harstad in the Senja (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Melbo IL.Brann form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Bjarg and Fana in order to reach 3rd round of NM Cup. Brann's mission in NM Cup last season failed in the 4th round.Brann have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Eliteserien, after 1-2-7 (10 played).
Brann are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Tromsø. Midfielder Sivert Heltne Nilsen was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.05. Nilsen hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game was the away Eliteserien victory against Lillestrøm with the score of 3-2.After this away game Brann return home for a Eliteserien game against Kristiansund. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visiting Brann have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 10 games. Brann have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Heggebø 5 goals |  R. Taylor 3 goals |
Harstad missing players
Brann missing players
| Harstad | Brann | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 37 | 24 | Scored | S | 19 | 34 | ||
| 58 | 26 | Conceded | C | 25 | 43 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 1.3 | 1.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.7 | 7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.9 | 14 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 108% | 214% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | Molde | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 23 | 37 |
| 3 | Kristiansund | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 35 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 34 |
| 5 | Lillestrøm | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | Viking | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 31 |
| 7 | Haugesund | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Vålerenga | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Sandefjord | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 25 |
| 11 | Odd | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | -9 | 23 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Tromsø | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -13 | 16 |
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Brann | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -16 | 14 |
| 16 | Stabæk | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -18 | 13 |
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