Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nardo & Arendal face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Nardo form and stats
Action has already taken place for Nardo in NM Cup as they have defeated Verdal and Stjørdals-Blink to reach the 3rd Round. Nardo participated in NM Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Arendal in the 2. Division last time out and are looking for a win here. Nardo salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Arendal, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in J. Skille equalizing.
2-2 away at Fram before that.There will be little rest for Nardo after this match as they are travelling to Notodden for a 2. Division game in only four days.
Arendal form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Mandalskameratene and Sandefjord in order to reach 3rd round of NM Cup. Arendal was sent out of NM Cup in the 2nd round last season.Arendal has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Nardo for a 2. Division game that ended a draw (2-2). It looked so good for Arendal vs Nardo, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Kjelsås in the 2. Division.After this away game Arendal return home for a 2. Division game against Skeid. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: one - three - three (Nardo wins - draws - Arendal wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Hellum 10 goals |  T. Hafstad 6 goals |  S. Nestaker 4 goals |
Nardo missing players
Arendal missing players
| Nardo | Arendal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Scored | S | 21 | 49 | ||
| 43 | 12 | Conceded | C | 23 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 6 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.7 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 35% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 41% | ||