National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Levanger or Rosenborg that keep their silverware dream alive.
It should be mentioned that Rosenborg play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Rosenborg on artifical turf are 7 victories, 9 draws and 10 defeats from 26 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 36-43. You can compare this with overall results below.
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.
Levanger form and stats
Levanger have not come this way in the NM Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Trygg/Lade. Levanger was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the NM Cup.Levanger's last game was hosting Asker and winning 2-0. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Asp, having scored in four games in a row.
In the preceding match a 4-1 victory visiting Frigg.There will be little rest for Levanger after this match as they are travelling to Ullensaker / Kisa for a 2. Division - Group 2 game in only four days.
Rosenborg form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Verdal in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. Rosenborg's mission in NM Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.There's been little loot from Rosenborg's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Eliteserien. Rosenborg only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.
Rosenborg are travelling again after losing away to Lillestrøm in their previous match (1-3). Vecchia has scored for the visitors three matches in a row. The efficiency! Attacker Vecchia got a player rating of 7.42 in the game. "Man of the match" Vecchia scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Vålerenga.After this away game Rosenborg return home for a Eliteserien game against Kristiansund. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Rosenborg's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. In the opposite end, Rosenborg have conceded 10 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - zero - four (Levanger wins - draws - Rosenborg wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Asp 7 goals |   S. Vecchia Holmquist 6 goals |  J. Aas 2 goals |
Levanger missing players
Rosenborg missing players
| Levanger | Rosenborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 56 | 27 | Scored | S | 23 | 38 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 23 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 72% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 42% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 39% | ||
| 8.9 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 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 |
