Haugesund welcomes Viking in this NM Cup Final. Read on for key stats and predictions!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Viking have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 4-1-10 (win-draw-loss) from 15 matches.
Haugesund form and stats
Last season, Haugesund's NM Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals against Strømsgodset.When playing at home in the Eliteserien, Haugesund have managed 5 wins, 6 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 15 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Haugesund after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Haugesund crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Viking here at Ullevaal in a NM Cup match. Previous to that game, a Eliteserien home match hosting Odd in a game that was won 4-1.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Haugesund have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 1 Lost 6.
Haugesund are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 15 games. Haugesund's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Viking form and stats
They also participated in NM Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round, when Bryne drew the shortest straw.4-4-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Viking in their Eliteserien matches away.
Viking have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 268 minutes since they last conceded in Eliteserien.
It's the second away game in a row for Viking, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Haugesund in the NM Cup last time out. Preceding that game was the away Eliteserien victory against Brann with the score of 5-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Viking in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Viking, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The travelling fans enjoy Viking's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 15 league matches away. Viking have conceded 27 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Haugesund - Viking 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 3 - 4 (Haugesund wins - draws - Viking wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Thorstvedt 9 goals |  T. Høiland 7 goals |   N. Sandberg 6 goals |
Haugesund missing players
Viking missing players
| Haugesund | Viking | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 43 | 21 | Scored | S | 20 | 52 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Conceded | C | 18 | 33 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 291 | 163 | Total Shots | T S | 130 | 311 | ||
| 99 | 51 | Shots on Target | S O | 43 | 116 | ||
| 43% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Molde | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 72 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 41 | 68 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 64 | 44 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 32 | 20 | 54 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 53 | 41 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 12 | 52 |
| 4 | Odd | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 40 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 52 |
| 5 | Viking | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 55 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 47 |
| 6 | Kristiansund | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 41 |
| 7 | Haugesund | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 44 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 40 |
| 8 | Stabæk | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 40 |
| 9 | Brann | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -5 | 40 |
| 10 | Vålerenga | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -5 | 34 |
| 11 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 26 | -13 | 32 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -10 | 30 |
| 13 | Mjøndalen | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 30 | -14 | 30 |
| 14 | Lillestrøm | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -15 | 30 |
| 15 | Tromsø | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 58 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 40 | -19 | 30 |
| 16 | Ranheim | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -19 | 27 |
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