National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Viking or Kristiansund that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Viking nor Kristiansund 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.
Viking form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the NM Cup for Viking, as the manager Jensen led his troops to eliminate Vard and Rosseland, and reach the 3rd Round. Viking was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the NM Cup.14 points is a decent return from 7 Eliteserien games here at SR-Bank Arena for Viking. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
The followers are hoping that Viking will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the match against Haugesund. A goal frenzy last time out for Viking, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Haugesund. Fun stuff to watch! Brekalo was "man of the match" with a rating of 6.94 out of 10. The defender Brekalo won 5 of 8 duels.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Eliteserien game versus Rosenborg in only four days. This game is also played here at SR-Bank Arena.
Viking have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at SR-Bank Arena with 13 goals in 7 league matches. Viking are not conceding a lot of goals here at SR-Bank Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.
Kristiansund form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Strindheim and Surnadal in order to reach 3rd round of NM Cup. Kristiansund's mission in NM Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.The visitors are W0-D0-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Eliteserien.
Kristiansund are travelling again after losing away to Rosenborg in their previous match (1-3). Attacker Bye got a player rating of 7.15 in the game. "Man of the match" Bye served one assist and hit two key passes.
hometeam won
After this away game Kristiansund return home for a Eliteserien game against Lillestrøm. That game is only four sleeps after this.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Kristiansund's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 5 matches. In the opposite end, Kristiansund have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Viking victories, one draw and two Kristiansund wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Berisha 8 goals |  S. Sebulonsen 4 goals |  Z. Tripić 3 goals |
Viking missing players
Kristiansund missing players
| Viking | Kristiansund | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 58 | 22 | Scored | S | 17 | 32 | ||
| 28 | 7 | Conceded | C | 24 | 46 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 64% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 4% | ||
| 4% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 7.2 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6 | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14.6 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 12.1 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 39% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 28% | ||
| 11 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 13.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 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 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Strømsgodset | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 5 | Bodø / Glimt | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 6 | Rosenborg | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | Sarpsborg 08 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 16 |
| 8 | Aalesund | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 9 | HamKam | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | Odd | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 15 |
| 11 | Sandefjord | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Tromsø | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 13 | Haugesund | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Vålerenga | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 11 |
| 15 | Jerv | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -14 | 7 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -13 | 1 |
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
- Kristiansund BK
- Tidens Krav - (local newspaper)
- Uglan supporterklubb - (supporter site)
