Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Moss & Sandnes Ulf face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Moss nor Sandnes Ulf 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.
Moss's stadium, Melløs Stadion, has a grass surface. Sandnes Ulf 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 Sandnes Ulf when playing on grass; 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from eight matches. They have scored 8 goals in these games and conceded 13.
Moss form and stats
Moss have not come this way in the NM Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Fredrikstad and Vestfossen. Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Melløs Stadion.
Moss shared the glory with Eidsvold in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.
Before that, Moss had a 2. Division home game versus Fløya which ended with a victory 6-0.Moss are traveling soon after this match as the 2. Division match at Bærum awaits in three days.
Sandnes Ulf form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Brodd and Åkra in order to reach 3rd round of NM Cup. They also participated in NM Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.Sandnes Ulf have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Obos-Ligaen, after 2-3-5 (10 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sandnes have lost on their last two travels.
Sandnes Ulf play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Jerv.
Before that, Sandnes secured a home win against Ranheim with the score 5-4.A quick return to home after this game, as Sandnes are hosting Stjørdals-Blink in the Obos-Ligaen only three days away.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sandnes's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last four meetings between these two squads are: two wins for Moss, one draw and one win for Sandnes Ulf. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Pedersen 7 goals |  T. Jakobsen 7 goals |   E. Hustad 6 goals |
Moss missing players
Sandnes Ulf missing players
| Moss | Sandnes Ulf | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Scored | S | 17 | 39 | ||
| 55 | 32 | Conceded | C | 20 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 64% | 83% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 3.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 6.4 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.7 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 12.3 | ||
| 3.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 54% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HamKam | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 27 | 42 |
| 2 | Jerv | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 40 |
| 3 | Aalesund | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 38 |
| 4 | Fredrikstad | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 32 |
| 5 | Sogndal | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | KFUM | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 27 |
| 7 | Ranheim | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Raufoss | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Åsane | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -13 | 23 |
| 10 | Start | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Ullensaker / Kisa | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 22 |
| 12 | Bryne | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -5 | 21 |
| 13 | Sandnes Ulf | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | Stjørdals-Blink | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -16 | 20 |
| 15 | Strømmen | 19 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | Grorud | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -15 | 15 |