National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Notodden or Odd that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Notodden nor Odd 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.
Notodden form and stats
Notodden have not come this way in the NM Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Pors Grenland. Notodden was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the NM Cup.Notodden are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-4 away versus Kjelsås.
Before that, a fine away victory at Pors Grenland. A NM Cup match.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Notodden as they have a new game in only three days, a 2. Division match thankfully also at home. Fram are visiting.
Odd form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Uraedd in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Eliteserien travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Odd's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Strømsgodset that finished 1-1. Wahlstedt (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.81. Wahlstedt saved a penalty.
Previously, the NM Cup win away at Uraedd.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Odd manager Johansen as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sandefjord.
The attacking power of Odd when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Odd have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive games without defeat (2-3-0) when playing Notodden.Top Goalscorers
  M. Frithzell 7 goals | K. Eggen 2 goals |  F. Jørgensen 2 goals |
Notodden missing players
Odd missing players
| Notodden | Odd | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 51 | 27 | Scored | S | 24 | 44 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Conceded | C | 21 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.9 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 10.7 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 42% | ||
| 7.6 | 5.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bodø / Glimt | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 25 |
| 2 | Brann | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Sarpsborg 08 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Viking | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Tromsø | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Stabæk | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | Molde | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 |
| 8 | Lillestrøm | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Vålerenga | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Odd | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Rosenborg | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Strømsgodset | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | HamKam | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 7 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | Haugesund | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -13 | 4 |
