Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Randesund & 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 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 Randesund and Arendal.
Randesund form and stats
Last season, Randesund's NM Cup journey ended in the 1st round.The Randesund supporters got no joy from their last match, a NM Cup duel also played here at Sukkevann kunstgress: A 0-8 defeat against Arendal.
Ahead of that match, Randesund lost 0-5 at home to Odd II.It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Randesund, who have participated in one training match. Randesund have won 0 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 0 games.
Arendal form and stats
Arendal was sent out of NM Cup in the 2nd round last season.Two trips in a row for Arendal, whose coach Risholt could celebrate last time after the NM Cup win against Randesund.
It was a 2. Division defeat before that one as the away game against Vard wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.Arendal played eight friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 4 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. In these eight matches Arendal scored 17 and conceded {9 goals}.
Head 2 Head
This is what happened when the sides met previously this campaign; Randesund - Arendal 0-8. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Randesund wins - draws - Arendal wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Johansen 6 goals | P. Skeie 4 goals | S. Lille-Løvø 4 goals |
Randesund missing players
Arendal missing players
| Randesund | Arendal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 33 | 25 | Scored | S | 31 | 64 | ||
| 48 | 26 | Conceded | C | 26 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 28% | ||
| 3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 12.9 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 43% | ||
| 7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.7 | ||
