National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Rana or Bodø / Glimt that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Rana nor Bodø / Glimt 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.
Rana form and stats
Rana was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the NM Cup.The followers are hoping that Rana will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Byåsen.
Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Melhus.There will be little rest for Rana after this match as they are travelling to Bodø / Glimt II for a 3. Division - Group 5 game in only three days.
Bodø / Glimt form and stats
Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Bodø / Glimt are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Eliteserien, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Glimt played 1-1 against Tromsø in their previous match. As mentioned above, Bodø / Glimt drew the match against Tromsø. Manager Knutsen brought on Mvuka to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Sampsted, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.61. Sampsted won 9 of 12 duels.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Lillestrøm in the Eliteserien.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Bodø / Glimt manager Knutsen as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Haugesund.
2 goals so far away for Bodø / Glimt, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
One of the stars has been Nordas with 3 goals scored against Rana in these 1 games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Nordås 3 goals | H. Vetlesen 2 goals |  U. Saltnes 2 goals |
Rana missing players
Bodø / Glimt missing players
| Rana | Bodø / Glimt | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 19 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 33 | 22 | Scored | S | 15 | 46 | ||
| 41 | 22 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 79% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 47% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 32% | ||
| 37% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 79% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 16% | ||
| 3.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.7 | ||
| 10.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 13.4 | ||
| 1.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 60% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 42% | ||
| 13 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 9.9 | ||
| 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Viking | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Molde | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Sarpsborg 08 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Strømsgodset | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 10 |
| 6 | Vålerenga | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 7 | Bodø / Glimt | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Rosenborg | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Tromsø | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Aalesund | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | HamKam | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Jerv | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Haugesund | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Odd | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 1 |
- Bodø/Glimt
- Avisa Nordland - (local news - mostly pay-to-read)
- Bodøposten - (local newspaper)
- Glimtforum.net - (supporter forum)
