National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Øygarden or Sarpsborg 08 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 Øygarden and Sarpsborg 08.
Øygarden form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the NM Cup for Øygarden, as the manager T. Knarvik led his troops to eliminate Os and Fyllingsdalen, and reach the 3rd Round.Two draws in a row at home now for Øygarden.
No payout for Øygarden in their previous match, an away game at Vard that ended in defeat 0-2.
1-1 away at Odd II before that.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 2. Division game versus Levanger in only four days. This game is also played here at Ågotnes Stadion.
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Kvik Halden and Nordstrand in order to reach 3rd round of NM Cup. Sarpsborg's mission in NM Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.Sarpsborg 08 have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Eliteserien, after 2-1-6 (9 played). Bitter travels for Sarpsborg 08 as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Rosenborg match.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eliteserien home defeat versus Rosenborg with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Nicolai Naess was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.1. The defender Naess hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.
Prior to that match, the Sarpsborg manager L. Bohinen faced defeat when travelling to Haugesund and losing 1-2.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sarpsborg 08 manager L. Bohinen as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Strømsgodset.
The attacking power of Sarpsborg when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Sarpsborg have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  I. Koné 9 goals |   J. Edvardsen 4 goals |  M. Sundberg 3 goals |
Øygarden missing players
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
| Øygarden | Sarpsborg 08 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Scored | S | 14 | 27 | ||
| 37 | 7 | Conceded | C | 24 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 4.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 10.4 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 39% | ||
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | Molde | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 23 | 37 |
| 3 | Kristiansund | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 35 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 34 |
| 5 | Lillestrøm | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | Viking | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 31 |
| 7 | Haugesund | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Vålerenga | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Sandefjord | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 25 |
| 11 | Odd | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | -9 | 23 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Tromsø | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -13 | 16 |
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Brann | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -16 | 14 |
| 16 | Stabæk | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -18 | 13 |
- Sarpsborg 08
- Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad - (local newspaper)
- Fossefallet - (supporter site)