National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Lillestrøm or Aalesund that keep their silverware dream alive.
This pitch uses the playing surface grass, unlike Aalesund's home ground. The former nine games by the visitors on grass have given 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses.
It's no vacation for neither Lillestrøm 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.
Lillestrøm form and stats
Action has already taken place for Lillestrøm in NM Cup as they have defeated Junkeren and Eidsvold IF to reach the 3rd Round. Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.Lillestrøm have been outstanding at home so far in the Eliteserien with 6 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses.
Lillestrøm are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Strømsgodset.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Lillestrøm as they are travelling to their away game against Kristiansund in the Eliteserien. That match is four days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Lillestrøm are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Lillestrøm have only let in 1 goal at home.
Aalesund form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Hødd and Fjøra in order to reach 3rd round of NM Cup. Aalesund was sent out of NM Cup in the 4th round last season.2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Aalesund playing as the away team in the Eliteserien this season.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Aalesund, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Bodø / Glimt.
hometeam won
A new game in only four days for Aalesund, the Eliteserien home match versus Strømsgodset. Busy days.
Aalesund have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Lillestrøm victories, four draws and two Aalesund wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Haugen 6 goals |   A. Adams 4 goals |  I. Ogbu 3 goals |
Lillestrøm missing players
Aalesund missing players
| Lillestrøm | Aalesund | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 54 | 23 | Scored | S | 20 | 44 | ||
| 27 | 5 | Conceded | C | 15 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 5 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 12.6 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 43% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | ||
| 11.2 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 11 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 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 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Strømsgodset | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 5 | Bodø / Glimt | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 6 | Rosenborg | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | Sarpsborg 08 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 16 |
| 8 | Aalesund | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 9 | HamKam | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | Odd | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 15 |
| 11 | Sandefjord | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Tromsø | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 13 | Haugesund | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Vålerenga | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 11 |
| 15 | Jerv | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -14 | 7 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -13 | 1 |
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