National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ørn Horten or Fredrikstad that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ørn Horten form and stats
Action has already taken place for Ørn Horten in NM Cup as they have defeated Flint to reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Horten's NM Cup journey ended in the 1st round.The followers are hoping that Ørn Horten will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Lyn.
Before that game, a fine away victory at Flint. A NM Cup game.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ørn Horten as they are travelling to their away game against Arendal in the 2. Division. That match is three days after this one.
Fredrikstad form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Sprint-Jeløy in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. Fredrikstad's mission in NM Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.2 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Fredrikstad playing as the away team in the Obos-Ligaen this season.
Johansen and Alba scored in Fredrikstad's previous match, the home game against Åsane that ended 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Thomassen when Johansen scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.
Ahead of that, the NM Cup victory away at Sprint-Jeløy.
Fredrikstad have another game away in just three sleeps, a Obos-Ligaen fixture vs Raufoss. A hard schedule for them!
The attacking power of Fredrikstad when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Fredrikstad are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {2 away goals} have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Helling 3 goals | F. Bamenye 2 goals |   R. Alba 2 goals |
Ørn Horten missing players
Fredrikstad missing players
| Ørn Horten | Fredrikstad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 27 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 28% | ||
| 3 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.1 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 8.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
| 38% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 37% | ||
| 8.9 | 11.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.4 | 8.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 6.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fredrikstad | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | Kristiansund | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | Kongsvinger | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Start | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | Sogndal | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Ranheim | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Moss | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Sandnes Ulf | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | KFUM | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Jerv | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Hødd | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Mjøndalen | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Bryne | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Raufoss | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 15 | Skeid | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 7 |
| 16 | Åsane | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
