Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Orkla & Stjørdals-Blink face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Orkla and Stjørdals-Blink.
Orkla form and stats
Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Orkla's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Steinkjer.
Prior to that, an away loss at Byåsen in the 3. Division - Group 5.No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Orkla had similar winning odds as today, and found 4 games. In these, the hosts won 0, drew 0 and lost 4. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Orkla lost 4 similar games by at least two goals.
The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Nardo in only three days.
Stjørdals-Blink form and stats
They also participated in NM Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The Obos-Ligaen season is young and Stjørdals-Blink have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.
Stjørdals-Blink might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Ranheim proved too strong as Stjørdals-Blink slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Nye Blinkbanen.
Ahead of that match was the Obos-Ligaen away draw versus Åsane that ended 1-1.Stjørdals-Blink are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). As for defending, Stjørdals-Blink rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 5 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Stokke 4 goals |  O. Rødahl 1 goals | M. Lillebo 1 goals |
Orkla missing players
Stjørdals-Blink missing players
| Orkla | Stjørdals-Blink | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 49 | 29 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | ||
| 70 | 35 | Conceded | C | 25 | 46 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 6.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7.2 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 43% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | ||
| 12.7 | 13.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10.1 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mjøndalen | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Brann | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 14 |
| 3 | Start | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 4 | Sandnes Ulf | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 5 | Fredrikstad | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Stabæk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | Sogndal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Ranheim | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | KFUM | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 | Kongsvinger | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Raufoss | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 12 | Grorud | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 13 | Bryne | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| 14 | Åsane | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -9 | 3 |
| 15 | Stjørdals-Blink | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
| 16 | Skeid | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
