Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Notodden & Stabæk face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Stabæk play their home games on grass, while this fixture takes place on artifical turf. Recent results for Stabæk when featuring on artifical turf are 9 wins, 6 draws and 12 defeats from 27 matches. They have created 40 goals and conceded 56 times in these fixtures.
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 Stabæk.
Notodden form and stats
Notodden have not come this way in the NM Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Assiden IF. Last season, Notodden's NM Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.Notodden drew their last game, also a home match. Ullern was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
Preceding that match was the home 2. Division - Group 1 game against Staal Jørpeland that was lost 1-3.Notodden are traveling soon after this match as the 2. Division - Group 1 match at Vard awaits in four days.
Stabæk form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Lyn in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Stabæk's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Stabæk collect 14 points from their 6 away matches in the Obos-Ligaen. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats).
Stabæk are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Start.
Before that, Stabæk secured a home win against Kongsvinger with the score 1-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Stabæk are hosting Fredrikstad in the Obos-Ligaen only four days away.
The Stabæk defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 6 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Hansen 4 goals | H. Geelmuyden 4 goals |  M. Frithzell 3 goals |
Notodden missing players
Stabæk missing players
| Notodden | Stabæk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 48 | 34 | Scored | S | 22 | 32 | ||
| 49 | 21 | Conceded | C | 21 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 81% | 84% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 52% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 40% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10.6 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 35% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 28% | ||
| 10.2 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 11.2 | ||
| 5.5 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 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 | Brann | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 25 | 26 |
| 2 | Mjøndalen | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| 3 | Stabæk | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Sandnes Ulf | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 18 |
| 5 | KFUM | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Ranheim | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Start | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
| 8 | Sogndal | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Fredrikstad | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Raufoss | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 11 | Åsane | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -8 | 9 |
| 12 | Bryne | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 8 |
| 13 | Kongsvinger | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Grorud | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 5 |
| 15 | Stjørdals-Blink | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 5 |
| 16 | Skeid | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 3 |
