Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Staal Jørpeland & Viking face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Staal Jørpeland and Viking should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Viking's home stadium. The visitors last 16 games on grass have ended in 6 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses.
Staal Jørpeland form and stats
Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.A nice win for Jørpeland last time playing, versus Bryne II. That was also a home game and the match ended 7-1. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Jørpeland played a great game against Bryne II and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Madla (1-4).Viking form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Viking, as they won the NM Cup.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Viking so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
There might be some fixture complaints from Viking as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Eliteserien match against Odd (2-3). Attacker Veton Berisha got a player rating of 8.33 in the game. "Man of the match" Berisha scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Strømsgodset.Viking are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Viking concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Berisha 10 goals |  S. Friðjónsson 3 goals | H. Tangen 3 goals |
Staal Jørpeland missing players
Viking missing players
| Staal Jørpeland | Viking | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 44 | 31 | Scored | S | 16 | 48 | ||
| 37 | 16 | Conceded | C | 29 | 44 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 60% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 4.1 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.1 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 11.6 | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 46% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Molde | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 29 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 25 |
| 3 | Vålerenga | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Kristiansund | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 20 |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Odd | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Viking | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Lillestrøm | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Haugesund | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | Sandefjord | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | Strømsgodset | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -5 | 13 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 13 | Mjøndalen | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 10 |
| 15 | Stabæk | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 6 |
| 16 | Brann | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 6 |