Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Pors Grenland & Arendal face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Grenland nor Arendal 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.
Pors Grenland form and stats
Pors Grenland participated in NM Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.Pors Grenland lost their last game at Halsen after a 0-2 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Pors Grenland won a home game hosting Fredrikstad II (1-0).The match schedule is unforgiving for Grenland as they have a new game in only four days, a 3. Division - Group 4 match thankfully also at home. Mandalskameratene are visiting.
Pors Grenland have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 1 victories, 0 draws and 2 losses. In these games, Pors Grenland have scored 5 goals and conceded 7 times.
Arendal form and stats
Arendal's mission in NM Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.Two away games in a row for Arendal, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Notodden.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Sotra in the 2. Division.After this away game Arendal return home for a 2. Division game against Øygarden. That game is only four sleeps after this.
It's a day of discovery for Arendal as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Arendal have played three with the results W1-D2-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Arendal has scored 13 goals and conceded 7 times.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Grenland one win, zero draws and Arendal four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Kiilerich 3 goals |  O. Marius Håbestad 2 goals |  A. Hellum 2 goals |
Pors Grenland missing players
Arendal missing players
| Pors Grenland | Arendal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 53 | 25 | Scored | S | 18 | 63 | ||
| 37 | 13 | Conceded | C | 22 | 42 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 91% | 84% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 48% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 45% | ||
| 9.3 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 7.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
