National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Lyn or Vålerenga that keep their silverware dream alive.
Lyn and Vålerenga should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Lyn's stadium, Bislett Stadion, has a grass surface. Vålerenga have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Vålerenga when playing on grass; 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses from 15 matches. They have scored 24 goals in these games and conceded 16.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Lyn form and stats
Lyn was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the NM Cup.Lyn's previous game was a 3. Division match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Mjøndalen II. The home side are looking to build on that result.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Drøbak / Frogn and winning 1-0.Vålerenga form and stats
Vålerenga's mission in NM Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.3-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Vålerenga in their Eliteserien matches away.
Two away games in a row for Vålerenga, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Haugesund in the Eliteserien. Henrik Udahl, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 6.84. Udahl .
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Lillestrøm in the Eliteserien.Vålerenga has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. In the opposite end, Vålerenga have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Lyn wins - draws - Vålerenga wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Dønnum 6 goals |  H. Udahl 5 goals | C. Dahle Borchgrevink 3 goals |
Lyn missing players
Vålerenga missing players
| Lyn | Vålerenga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 49 | 24 | Scored | S | 18 | 50 | ||
| 47 | 22 | Conceded | C | 15 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 76% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 6 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.3 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 12.7 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Molde | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 30 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 25 |
| 3 | Kristiansund | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Odd | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Haugesund | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 8 | Lillestrøm | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | Viking | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -4 | 16 |
| 11 | Sandefjord | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 13 | Mjøndalen | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 10 |
| 15 | Brann | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 7 |
| 16 | Stabæk | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -12 | 6 |
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