National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Viking or Rosenborg that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Viking and Rosenborg.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Rosenborg have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 9-12-7 (win-draw-loss) from 28 matches.
It's quite the trip for Rosenborg when visiting Viking as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Viking form and stats
Action has already taken place for Viking in NM Cup as they have defeated Staal Jørpeland and Djerv to reach the 3rd Round.Viking have performed here at SR-Bank Arena this season with 6 wins from 10 Eliteserien matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.
The Viking crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Bodø / Glimt here at SR-Bank Arena in a Eliteserien match. Midfield player Joe Bell got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Bell hit one key pass.
In the game before, an away victory in the Eliteserien match versus Stabæk with a 3-1 scoreline.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Viking as they are travelling to their away game against Molde in the Eliteserien. That match is four days after this one.
Viking can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 22 times. Viking have conceded 16 from these games.
Rosenborg form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Orkla and Melhus in order to reach 3rd round of NM Cup. They also participated in NM Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round.Playing away, Rosenborg have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eliteserien this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Rosenborg, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Sarpsborg 08 in the Eliteserien last time out. The attacker Stefano Vecchia got a match rating of 8.64 in that game. Vecchia scored two goals and had 32 successful passes (of 36 total).
Before that, Rosenborg secured a home win against Tromsø with the score 3-2.A new game in only four days for Rosenborg, the Eliteserien home match versus Mjøndalen. Busy days.
Rosenborg are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 10 away games so far. In the opposite end, Rosenborg have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Viking won two, Rosenborg were winners in seven and we saw one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  V. Berisha 13 goals |  Z. Tripić 7 goals |   S. Vecchia Holmquist 6 goals |
Viking missing players
Rosenborg missing players
| Viking | Rosenborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 48 | 26 | Scored | S | 35 | 62 | ||
| 46 | 18 | Conceded | C | 17 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 76% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 32% | ||
| 76% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 60% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 20% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 15.3 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 14 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bodø / Glimt | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | Molde | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 23 | 37 |
| 3 | Kristiansund | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 35 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 34 |
| 5 | Lillestrøm | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | Viking | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 31 |
| 7 | Haugesund | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Vålerenga | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Sandefjord | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 25 |
| 11 | Odd | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | -9 | 23 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Tromsø | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -13 | 16 |
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Brann | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -16 | 14 |
| 16 | Stabæk | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -18 | 13 |