Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nordstrand & Sarpsborg 08 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Eliteserien. That game was also an away game, at Lillestrøm. 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.
Nordstrand form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the NM Cup for Nordstrand, as the manager led his troops to eliminate Bærum, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.The spoils were shared in Nordstrand's previous game, also at home. Visiting Bærum (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Opportunity lost for Nordstrand in the Bærum (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Molde II.The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Sarpsborg 08 to win. Let's see if Nordstrand are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: one game found revealing zero Nordstrand wins, zero draws and one defeat.
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Kvik Halden in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. They also participated in NM Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.There's been little loot from Sarpsborg 08's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the Eliteserien. Sarpsborg 08 only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on L. Bohinen, the Sarpsborg 08 manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Sarpsborg lost away at Lillestrøm (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Mikael Dyrestam was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.04. The defender Dyrestam hit one key pass and won 16 of 22 duels.
Prior to that result Sarpsborg won their away game at Kvik Halden in the NM Cup. The scoreline was 2-0.As mentioned earlier, Sarpsborg will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in one win (one by two or more goals winning margin), zero draws and one surprising defeat.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sarpsborg as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Sarpsborg 08 have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  I. Koné 3 goals |  J. Thomassen 2 goals |  J. Lindseth 2 goals |
Nordstrand missing players
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
| Nordstrand | Sarpsborg 08 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 53 | 32 | Scored | S | 13 | 21 | ||
| 40 | 14 | Conceded | C | 26 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 16% | ||
| 80% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 32% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 7.9 | 8.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 59% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | ||
| 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 | Lillestrøm | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 4 | Kristiansund | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 22 |
| 6 | Haugesund | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Vålerenga | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Strømsgodset | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | Sandefjord | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Odd | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 11 | Viking | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 18 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 14 |
| 13 | Mjøndalen | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 10 |
| 15 | Stabæk | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -12 | 9 |
| 16 | Brann | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 7 |
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