National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Vålerenga or Odd that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Vålerenga form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the NM Cup for Vålerenga, as the manager D. Fagermo led his troops to eliminate Lyn and Ullern, and reach the 3rd Round. Vålerenga was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the NM Cup.Vålerenga have played 10 Eliteserien games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-6-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Vålerenga drew their last game, also a home match. Molde was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Jonatan Nation was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.65 out of 10. The defender Nation won 4 of 6 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Vålerenga lost 0-3 at Sandefjord's place.Vålerenga are traveling soon after this match as the Eliteserien match at Bodø / Glimt awaits in four days.
A decent goal production from Vålerenga in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. Vålerenga's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Odd form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Eik Tønsberg and Fram in order to reach 3rd round of NM Cup. Odd was sent out of NM Cup in the semi-finals last season.There's been little loot from Odd's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the Eliteserien. Odd only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.
Odd failed to get anything from their last game, a Eliteserien home match vs Lillestrøm that ended with defeat 2-3. Attacker Sander Svendsen got a player rating of 8.15 in the game. "Man of the match" Svendsen scored two goals.
Before that, Odd travelled to Bodø / Glimt and returned home with a draw after the Eliteserien game finished 1-1.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Eliteserien trip to Haugesund.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Odd have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the last ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: five wins for Vålerenga, two draws and three wins for Odd. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  H. Udahl 5 goals |   S. Svendsen 5 goals |
Vålerenga missing players
Odd missing players
| Vålerenga | Odd | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 46 | 23 | Scored | S | 13 | 33 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Conceded | C | 25 | 46 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 28% | ||
| 76% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.1 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 10.9 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | ||
| 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 |
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