National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Junkeren or Lillestrøm that keep their silverware dream alive.
14-7-9 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Lillestrøm when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 30 matches are 50-45 (scored/conceded).
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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 Lillestrøm.
Junkeren form and stats
Junkeren have reached this NM Cup stage through battling and winning against Mjølner. Junkeren was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the NM Cup.A strong away win for Junkeren against Tiller the last match. A goal frenzy last time out for Junkeren, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Tiller. Fun stuff to watch!
Previous to that game, a 3. Division - Group 5 home match hosting Steinkjer in a game that was won 5-1.The match schedule is unforgiving for Junkeren as they have a new game in only four days, a 3. Division - Group 5 match thankfully also at home. Nardo are visiting.
Lillestrøm form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Eidsvold IF in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.As the visiting team in Eliteserien matches, Lillestrøm have produced an overall stat of 2-3-0 so far.
Lillestrøm go into this game after a win, the home game against Rosenborg that ended 3-1. Midfielder Mathew was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Mathew scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 41 successful passes (of 51 total).
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Tromsø.Lillestrøm have another game away from home in just four sleeps, a Eliteserien fixture versus Strømsgodset. A back-breaking calendar for the visiting team!
The Lillestrøm manager Bakke has got the team scoring on the road, with 11 away goals in 5 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Lillestrøm in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Adams 4 goals |  I. Ogbu 3 goals |  Y. Ibrahimaj 3 goals |
Junkeren missing players
Lillestrøm missing players
| Junkeren | Lillestrøm | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 69 | 34 | Scored | S | 29 | 52 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Conceded | C | 20 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 7 | 9.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.1 | 18.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12 | ||
| 6.9 | 8.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.3 | ||
| 48% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 41% | ||
| 7.4 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 11 | ||
| 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 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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