Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Strømsgodset & Stabæk face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Strømsgodset and Stabæk 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 pitch uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike Stabæk's home stadium. The former 34 games by the visitors on artifical turf have given 13 wins, 7 draws and 14 losses.
Strømsgodset form and stats
Strømsgodset have reached this NM Cup stage through battling and winning against Hønefoss and IF Ready. Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Strømsgodset are steadily winning Eliteserien games and points here at Marienlyst Stadion. 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.
Strømsgodset's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Kristiansund. Midfielder Johan Hove was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.7 (out of ten) in that game. Hove hit four key passes. The defeat against Kristiansund was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by A. Coly).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Odd.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sarpsborg 08 are coming to town in three days.
The Strømsgodset manager H. Wibe-Lund has got the team scoring with 20 from 9 home games in the league. Strømsgodset are not conceding a lot of goals here at Marienlyst Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.
Stabæk form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Follo and Ullensaker / Kisa in order to reach 3rd round of NM Cup. Stabæk's mission in NM Cup last season failed in the 4th round.There's been little loot from Stabæk's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the Eliteserien. Stabæk only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. Stabæk has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The manager E. Kjönö was unhappy after their last game, a Eliteserien match played at their home ground Nadderud Stadion. Stabæk suffered a 1-3 loss to Viking. Attacker Fitim Azemi got a player rating of 7.3 in the game. "Man of the match" Azemi scored one goal.
It was a Eliteserien defeat before that one as the away game against Vålerenga wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.Stabæk have another game that requires travelling in just four days, a Eliteserien fixture against Sandefjord. A back-breaking programme for them!
Stabæk have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 12 goals have been scored. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Stabæk concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Strømsgodset wins - draws - Stabæk wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Friday 6 goals |   O. Edvardsen 6 goals |  H. Stengel 5 goals |
Strømsgodset missing players
Stabæk missing players
| Strømsgodset | Stabæk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Scored | S | 21 | 35 | ||
| 37 | 14 | Conceded | C | 29 | 49 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 16% | ||
| 6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.4 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.3 | ||
| 5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 23 | 36 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 35 |
| 3 | Kristiansund | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 32 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 31 |
| 5 | Lillestrøm | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | Viking | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Haugesund | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Vålerenga | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 26 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Sandefjord | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -6 | 24 |
| 11 | Odd | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | -8 | 23 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -5 | 20 |
| 13 | Tromsø | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -13 | 15 |
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Brann | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -16 | 13 |
| 16 | Stabæk | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -18 | 13 |
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