Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Mandalskameratene & Arendal face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a 2. Division game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Egersund. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Arendal have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 5-3-5 (win-draw-loss) from 13 matches.
Mandalskameratene form and stats
Last season, Mandalskameratene's NM Cup journey ended in the 1st round.In general it's been a long time since Mandalskameratene tasted defeat here at Idrettsparken Stadion, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.
Mandalskameratene's last game was hosting Donn and winning 3-0.
Prior to that, an away loss at Flekkerøy in the 3. Division.Arendal form and stats
They also participated in NM Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Two away games in a row for Arendal, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Egersund in the 2. Division.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Nardo.A quick return to home after this game, as Arendal are hosting Flekkerøy in the 2. Division only four days away.
It's a day of discovery for Arendal as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Arendal have played three with the results W2-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Arendal has scored 6 goals and conceded 1 time.
Head 2 Head
Mandalskameratene missing players
Arendal missing players
| Mandalskameratene | Arendal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 66 | 38 | Scored | S | 18 | 47 | ||
| 42 | 14 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 8% | ||
| 3.2 | 1.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.9 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 58% | 68% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 40% | ||