National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Notodden or Mjøndalen that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Notodden and Mjøndalen.
Notodden form and stats
Notodden have reached this NM Cup stage through battling and winning against Halsen. Notodden was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the NM Cup.No payout for Notodden in their previous match, an away game at Vard that ended in defeat 2-3.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Halsen and winning 5-1.Mjøndalen form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Assiden IF in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. Mjøndalen was sent out of NM Cup in the quarter-finals last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mjøndalen so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose). Mjøndalen has drawn their two previous away games.
Mjøndalen failed to get anything from their last game, a Eliteserien home match vs Stabæk that ended with defeat 1-2. Isaac Twum got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Twum hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 69 successful passes (of 75 total).
Preceding that game was the away NM Cup victory against Assiden IF with the score of 3-0.Mjøndalen find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Mjøndalen have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Notodden won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Mjøndalen has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / fiveTop Goalscorers
  M. Rønning Ovenstad 3 goals |  S. Semb Aasmundsen 2 goals |  M. Nakkim 2 goals |
Notodden missing players
Mjøndalen missing players
| Notodden | Mjøndalen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | ||
| 45 | 15 | Conceded | C | 18 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 35% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | ||
| 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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