Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Stord & Haugesund face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Haugesund played their last game only three days ago, a Eliteserien match. That game was also an away game, at Sandefjord. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
It should be mentioned that Haugesund play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Haugesund on artifical turf are 11 victories, 8 draws and 10 defeats from 29 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 43-43. You can compare this with overall results below.
Stord form and stats
Stord was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the NM Cup.Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Stord drew their last game, also a home match. Fana was the opponent, 3-3 the score. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
In the game before, an away victory in the 3. Division match versus Valdres with a 6-0 scoreline.Haugesund form and stats
Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the final.There's been little loot from Haugesund's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the Eliteserien. Haugesund only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sandefjord in their previous outing. The Eliteserien match ended in a draw 1-1. Midfielder Kevin Martin Krygard was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.4. Krygard dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 52 successful passes (of 65 total).
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Vålerenga in the Eliteserien.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Strømsgodset in just four days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Haugesund's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 6 matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Haugesund in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  I. Wadji 5 goals | K. Velde 2 goals | A. Ndour 2 goals |
Stord missing players
Haugesund missing players
| Stord | Haugesund | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 69 | 46 | Scored | S | 12 | 33 | ||
| 48 | 21 | Conceded | C | 20 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 72% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 3.4 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.9 | ||
| 3 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.2 | 6.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 12.1 | ||
| 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 100% | 156% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 30 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 25 |
| 3 | Kristiansund | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Haugesund | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Strømsgodset | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -1 | 19 |
| 9 | Odd | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Viking | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Sandefjord | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 13 | Mjøndalen | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 10 |
| 15 | Brann | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 7 |
| 16 | Stabæk | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -13 | 6 |
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