National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hødd or Aalesund that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Hødd nor Aalesund 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.
Hødd form and stats
Hødd have not come this way in the NM Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Forde. Last season, Hødd's NM Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.Hødd's last game was hosting Frigg and winning 6-1. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Hødd played a great game against Frigg and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Previous to that game, a 2. Division - Group 2 home match hosting Eidsvold in a game that was won 2-1.The manager Dragsten will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Asker in only four days.
Aalesund form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Fjøra in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. Aalesund's mission in NM Cup last season failed in the 4th round.The visitors are W2-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Eliteserien.
Aalesund delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Vålerenga in their previous match. It looked so good for Aalesund vs Vålerenga, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Midfielder Kallevag was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.23. Kallevag scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that, Aalesund travelled to Haugesund and returned home with a draw after the Eliteserien game finished 2-2.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Eliteserien trip to Bodø / Glimt.
Aalesund find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Aalesund have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Hødd won two games, zero matches ended in a draw and Aalesund managed eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  R. Hjelmeseth 8 goals |   S. Haugen 6 goals |  M. Nybakken Bruun-Hansen 5 goals |
Hødd missing players
Aalesund missing players
| Hødd | Aalesund | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 59 | 37 | Scored | S | 21 | 47 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 60% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.9 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 47% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 39% | ||
| 6.6 | 4.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 |
