National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Tromsdalen or Tromsø that keep their silverware dream alive.
This is a local fight, usually meaning increased nervousness and significance.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Tromsdalen form and stats
Action has already taken place for Tromsdalen in NM Cup as they have defeated Fløya to reach the 2nd Round. Tromsdalen was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the NM Cup.Tromsdalen's last game was hosting Stjørdals-Blink and winning 3-1.
Before that game, a nice away victory at Fløya (after extra-time). A NM Cup game.
There will be little rest for Tromsdalen after this match as they are travelling to Brann II for a 2. Division: Group 2 game in only four days.
Tromsø form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated HIF / Stein in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. Tromsø was sent out of NM Cup in the 3rd round last season.3-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Tromsø in their Eliteserien matches away.
It's the second away game in a row for Tromsø, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Haugesund last time out. Midfielder Antonsen was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.34. Antonsen signed up for two assists and hit two key passes.
Before that, the NM Cup win away at HIF / Stein.
After this away game Tromsø return home for a Eliteserien game against Sarpsborg 08. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visiting Tromsø have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 4 games. It's not easy to score on Tromsø as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Tromsø have avoided a loss in the last 6 fixtures (5-1-0) against Tromsdalen.Top Goalscorers
  E. Skogvoll 6 goals | M. Bustgaard Larsen 4 goals | A. Pedersen 4 goals |
Tromsdalen missing players
Tromsø missing players
| Tromsdalen | Tromsø | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Scored | S | 22 | 42 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Conceded | C | 9 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 16% | ||
| 4.8 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.3 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 8.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.8 | ||
| 41% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 69% | 63% | ||
| 7.3 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 11 | ||
| 3.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 25 |
| 2 | Brann | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Sarpsborg 08 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Viking | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Tromsø | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Stabæk | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | Molde | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 |
| 8 | Lillestrøm | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Vålerenga | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Odd | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Rosenborg | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Strømsgodset | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | HamKam | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 7 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | Haugesund | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -13 | 4 |
