Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Verdal & Rosenborg face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Rosenborg play their home matches on grass, while this game will be played on artifical turf. Up to date statistics for Rosenborg when playing on artifical turf are 6 wins, 8 draws and 11 defeats from 25 matches. They have managed to score 31 goals and conceded 43 times in these fixtures.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Eliteserien.
Verdal form and stats
Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Verdal's previous match was also a home event, the loss 0-6 against Nardo (in NM Cup).
Heartbreak before that as Verdal lost 0-1 at Melhus's place.Rosenborg form and stats
Rosenborg's mission in NM Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.The Eliteserien season is young and Rosenborg have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.
Impressive finishing from Vecchia (2) and Tagseth secured the home win 3-0 against Sandefjord in their previous game. Vecchia, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.64. Vecchia scored two goals and hit two key passes.
A 0-3 defeat away at Strømsgodset before that.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Eliteserien trip to HamKam.
Rosenborg have the goal stats of 3-6 (for/against) from 3 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Verdal zero wins, zero draws and Rosenborg two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Vecchia Holmquist 3 goals |  T. Børkeeiet 2 goals |  E. Tagseth 1 goals |
Verdal missing players
Rosenborg missing players
| Verdal | Rosenborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Scored | S | 12 | 33 | ||
| 55 | 25 | Conceded | C | 23 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6.3 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.1 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 36% | ||
| 10.5 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 11.8 | ||
| 5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Viking | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Molde | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Sarpsborg 08 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Strømsgodset | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 10 |
| 6 | Vålerenga | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 7 | Bodø / Glimt | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Rosenborg | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Tromsø | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Aalesund | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | HamKam | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Jerv | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Haugesund | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Odd | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 1 |
