Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Junkeren & Bodø / Glimt face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Junkeren and Bodø / Glimt.
Junkeren form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the NM Cup for Junkeren, as the manager Kildal led his troops to eliminate Innstranden, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Junkeren's NM Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.The Junkeren coach Kildal and his side return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Bærum. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Ahead of that fixture, a home win against Innstranden in the NM Cup.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 2. Division: Group 2 game versus Sotra in only three days. This game is also played here at Nordlandshallen.
Bodø / Glimt form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Mosjøen in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. Bodø / Glimt's mission in NM Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.4-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bodø / Glimt in their Eliteserien matches away.
Glimt go into this game after a win, the home game against Viking that ended 5-1. As you can tell from the results above, Bodø / Glimt was very dominant against Viking, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Grønbæk, Berg, Mvuka (2) and Pellegrino providing the goals. The attacker Mvuka got a match rating of 8.25 in that game. Mvuka scored two goals and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).
Ahead of that, the NM Cup victory away at Mosjøen. 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 Bodø / Glimt given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 4 matches with 4 wins as expected, 0 draws and 0 surprise home wins. The favourites won 4 of these games by at least two goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Eliteserien trip to Vålerenga.
The Bodø / Glimt manager Knutsen has got the team scoring on the road, with 10 away goals in 4 league matches. Glimt are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Junkeren zero wins, zero draws and Bodø / Glimt three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Pellegrino 9 goals |  F. Pemi Moumbagna 6 goals |  A. Erlykke 4 goals |
Junkeren missing players
Bodø / Glimt missing players
| Junkeren | Bodø / Glimt | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 70 | 41 | Scored | S | 29 | 60 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Conceded | C | 16 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 76% | 85% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.1 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 52% | 70% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 59% | 62% | ||
| 7.2 | 4.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8.1 | ||
| 3 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 25 |
| 2 | Brann | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Sarpsborg 08 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Viking | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Tromsø | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Stabæk | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | Molde | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 |
| 8 | Lillestrøm | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Vålerenga | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Odd | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Rosenborg | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Strømsgodset | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | HamKam | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 7 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | Haugesund | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -13 | 4 |
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