Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nordstrand & Lyn face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Nordstrand's stadium, Nordstrand kunstgress, has a artifical turf surface. Lyn have grass 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 Lyn when playing on artifical turf; 12 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses from 20 matches. They have scored {52 goals} in these games and conceded 26.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nordstrand and Lyn.
Nordstrand form and stats
Nordstrand participated in NM Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.The Nordstrand followers got no joy from their last match, a NM Cup duel also played here at Nordstrand kunstgress: A 0-1 defeat against Lyn.
Before that match, a 3. Division - Group 6 win away at KFUM II.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Nordstrand friendly games in pre-season: Nordstrand played one friendly, won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Nordstrand scored {2 goals} and conceded 4 in these one game.
Lyn form and stats
Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Two trips in a row for Lyn, whose coach Halvorsen could celebrate last time after the NM Cup win against Nordstrand.
A 1-2 defeat away at Arendal before that.It's a day of discovery for Lyn 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 Lyn have played five with the results W4-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Lyn has scored {17 goals} and conceded 8 times.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties face each other this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: Nordstrand - Lyn 0-1. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - zero - three (Nordstrand wins - draws - Lyn wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Elvevold 3 goals | A. Olsen 3 goals |  A. Hellum 2 goals |
Nordstrand missing players
Lyn missing players
| Nordstrand | Lyn | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 12 | 20 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 55 | 25 | Scored | S | 46 | 83 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Conceded | C | 19 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 81% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.7 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 13.6 | ||
| 5 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 6.8 | ||
| 45% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 47% | ||
| 6.4 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 7.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3 | ||
