Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Vidar & Staal Jørpeland face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both squads have had adequate rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's aim for an enthusiastic match!
Vidar form and stats
Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Vidar are returning here after visiting Fana and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Vidar won a home game hosting Åkra (4-2).The match schedule is unforgiving for Vidar as they have a new game in only three days, a 3. Division - Group 3 match thankfully also at home. Bjarg are visiting.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Vidar, who have participated in four training matches. Vidar have won 2 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.
Staal Jørpeland form and stats
They also participated in NM Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.It might be tough going out on the road again for Staal Jørpeland, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-4 versus Sotra.
Prior to that match, the Jørpeland manager Oftedal faced defeat when travelling to Odd II and losing 2-3.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Vard in just three days.
Staal Jørpeland played five friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 1 draw and 3 defeats. In these five matches Staal Jørpeland scored 5 and conceded 13 goals.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - zero - one (Vidar wins - draws - Staal Jørpeland wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Ciach 3 goals |  E. Østensen 3 goals | ?. Björlo 1 goals |
Vidar missing players
Staal Jørpeland missing players
| Vidar | Staal Jørpeland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | ||
| 45 | 23 | Scored | S | 20 | 44 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 21 | 49 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 6 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.9 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | ||
| 38% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | ||
| 10.9 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.7 | 18.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.1 | 8 | ||
