National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Start or Mjøndalen that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Start nor Mjøndalen 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.
Start form and stats
Action has already taken place for Start in NM Cup as they have defeated Express and Vidar to reach the 3rd Round. Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Start's results here at Sparebanken Sør Arena in the Obos-Ligaen have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
No payout for Start in their previous match, an away game at Bryne that ended in defeat 2-4. A goal frenzy last time out for Start, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Bryne. Fun stuff to watch!
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Ullensaker / Kisa.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Obos-Ligaen game versus Fredrikstad in only four days. This game is also played here at Sparebanken Sør Arena.
The Start fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Start with 20 goals conceded in these matches.
Mjøndalen form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Assiden IF and Notodden in order to reach 3rd round of NM Cup. Mjøndalen was sent out of NM Cup in the quarter-finals last season.There's been little loot from Mjøndalen's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Eliteserien. Mjøndalen only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.
Mjøndalen's last game was the home draw against Sandefjord (1-1). Midfielder Isaac Twum was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.11. Twum hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 53 successful passes (of 66 total).
It was a Eliteserien defeat before that one as the away game against Molde wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.Mjøndalen have another match away from home in just four nights, a Eliteserien match against Rosenborg. A back-breaking calendar for the visiting team!
Mjøndalen find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Mjøndalen rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Start-Mjøndalen H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Start four wins, Mjøndalen three wins, two draws. six of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
![]() E. Marković 7 goals | ![]() M. Ramsland 6 goals | ![]() E. Schulze 5 goals |
Start missing players
Mjøndalen missing players
| Start | Mjøndalen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 47 | 18 | Scored | S | 16 | 32 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Conceded | C | 16 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 72% | 91% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.2 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 12.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HamKam | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 27 | 42 |
| 2 | Jerv | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 40 |
| 3 | Aalesund | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 38 |
| 4 | Fredrikstad | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 35 |
| 5 | Sogndal | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | KFUM | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 27 |
| 7 | Ranheim | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Raufoss | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Åsane | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -13 | 23 |
| 10 | Start | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Ullensaker / Kisa | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 22 |
| 12 | Bryne | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -5 | 21 |
| 13 | Sandnes Ulf | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | Stjørdals-Blink | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -16 | 20 |
| 15 | Strømmen | 19 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | Grorud | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -15 | 15 |
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | Molde | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 23 | 37 |
| 3 | Kristiansund | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 35 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 34 |
| 5 | Lillestrøm | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | Viking | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 31 |
| 7 | Haugesund | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Vålerenga | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Sandefjord | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 25 |
| 11 | Odd | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | -9 | 23 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Tromsø | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -13 | 16 |
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Brann | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -16 | 14 |
| 16 | Stabæk | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -18 | 13 |
- FVN.no - (local newspaper)
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- Drammens Tidene - (local newspaper)
- Supporterklubben 3050 - (supporter site)