Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Vidar & Start face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Vidar's stadium has a grass surface. Start have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Start when playing on grass; 2 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from twelve matches. They have scored 14 goals in these games and conceded 18.
Vidar form and stats
Action has already taken place for Vidar in NM Cup as they have defeated Egersund to reach the 2nd Round. Last season their NM Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.The Vidar supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Egersund in NM Cup and win 2-1. A late climax in the match against Egersund as the winning goal came two minutes into overtime; scored by Abdul Keita.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a 2. Division home game that ended 4-4 versus Fredrikstad.Start form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Express in order to reach 2nd round of NM Cup. Start was sent out of NM Cup in the 1st round last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Obos-Ligaen travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Start, but there's smiles all around after the 8-0 victory versus Express in the NM Cup last time out. As mentioned above, Start was the only team on the pitch versus Express in their previous game, winning 8-0. This could be a tougher task.
Before that, Start secured a home win against Stjørdals-Blink with the score 4-1.Start has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. Start have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Ramsland 5 goals |  E. Marković 4 goals |  E. Schulze 4 goals |
Vidar missing players
Start missing players
| Vidar | Start | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Scored | S | 21 | 41 | ||
| 49 | 27 | Conceded | C | 18 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 68% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 6.2 | ||
| 6 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.6 | 12.9 | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HamKam | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 2 | Fredrikstad | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Jerv | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 4 | Aalesund | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Sogndal | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | KFUM | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Start | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Bryne | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Ranheim | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | Ullensaker / Kisa | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Åsane | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Raufoss | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Strømmen | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | Sandnes Ulf | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Stjørdals-Blink | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -12 | 13 |
| 16 | Grorud | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 12 |