Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sotra & Vålerenga 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 Sotra and Vålerenga.
Sotra form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the NM Cup for Sotra, as the manager Blindhelm led his troops to eliminate Sandnes Ulf and Fyllingsdalen, and reach the 3rd Round. Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.A strong away win for Sotra against Junkeren the last match, as Falck (2) were on target.
Preceding that game, a home win against Sandnes Ulf in the NM Cup.
Vålerenga form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Lyn and Råde in order to reach 3rd round of NM Cup. Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Eliteserien travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Vålerenga failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Bodø / Glimt that ended with defeat 1-3. Midfielder Ofkir was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 6.84. Ofkir hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Previously, the NM Cup victory away at Lyn.
After this away game Vålerenga return home for a Eliteserien game against Strømsgodset. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visiting Vålerenga have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. 7 goals have been conceded by Vålerenga in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Falck 6 goals |   H. Bjørdal 3 goals |
Sotra missing players
Vålerenga missing players
| Sotra | Vålerenga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | ||
| 55 | 28 | Scored | S | 12 | 40 | ||
| 38 | 17 | Conceded | C | 11 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 76% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 78% | 68% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 5 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 9.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 42% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 41% | ||
| 11.2 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 10.1 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 20 | 28 |
| 2 | Brann | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Tromsø | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Molde | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | Lillestrøm | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Sarpsborg 08 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Viking | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Stabæk | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Rosenborg | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Vålerenga | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Odd | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Sandefjord | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Haugesund | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Strømsgodset | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | HamKam | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -13 | 7 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -15 | 4 |
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- Vålerenga På Nett - (supporter-driven news site)
- Klanen - (supporter site)
