National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Vard or Viking that keep their silverware dream alive.
5-2-5 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Viking when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those twelve matches are 18-25 (scored/conceded).
It's no vacation for neither Vard nor Viking 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.
Vard form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the NM Cup for Vard, as the manager Fosen led his troops to eliminate Træff, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Vard's NM Cup journey ended in the 1st round.The club members are hoping that Vard will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Kvik Halden.
Ahead of that match, Vard lost 0-2 at home to Sotra.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Notodden are coming to town in four days.
Viking form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Rosseland in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. Viking's mission in NM Cup last season failed in the 4th round.The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Eliteserien.
Viking have lots to to correct after their surprise loss (1-2) to Sandefjord in their previous game, played in front of their own supporters. Midfield player Friðjónsson was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.01/10. Friðjónsson hit four key passes.
It was a Eliteserien defeat before that one as the away game against Strømsgodset wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Eliteserien trip to Haugesund.
Viking are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. As for defending, Viking rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings with these contenders: Vard won zero, Viking triumphed in two and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Berisha 8 goals |  S. Sebulonsen 4 goals |   R. Miljeteig 3 goals |
Vard missing players
Viking missing players
| Vard | Viking | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 36 | 20 | Scored | S | 34 | 59 | ||
| 49 | 18 | Conceded | C | 16 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 7.2 | ||
| 6.1 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.5 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.8 | 15 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 32% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 39% | ||
| 12.8 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 11 | ||
| 5.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lillestrøm | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 27 |
| 2 | Molde | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Viking | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Strømsgodset | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 5 | Sarpsborg 08 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 6 | Bodø / Glimt | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | Aalesund | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Rosenborg | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | HamKam | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Sandefjord | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | Tromsø | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Odd | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Vålerenga | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 11 |
| 14 | Haugesund | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 15 | Jerv | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -14 | 7 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -11 | 1 |
