Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Melhus & Rosenborg face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Melhus and Rosenborg 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.
Melhus form and stats
Melhus's previous game was a 3. Division match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Verdal. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Heartbreak before that as Melhus lost 1-3 at Rosenborg II's place.Rosenborg form and stats
They also participated in NM Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Eliteserien travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Rosenborg play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Tromsø. The attacker Carlo Holse got a match rating of 8.32 in that game. Holse scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 46 total).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Kristiansund in the Eliteserien.Rosenborg are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. Rosenborg's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Zachariassen 8 goals | D. Islamovic 3 goals | C. Holse 3 goals |
Melhus missing players
Rosenborg missing players
| Melhus | Rosenborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 42 | 24 | Scored | S | 13 | 43 | ||
| 50 | 26 | Conceded | C | 19 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 3.4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.8 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 39% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | ||
| 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 |