Alta vs Stabaek
One of the Norwegian Cup finals in the third round will present a match between Alta who played as host to host Stabaek at Finnmarkshallen. This match is arguably the reunion match for them, because they last met in 2011 and before the meeting they also met in 2005 in other words they have met 3 times in history.
Of the 3 meetings Stabaek made 2 wins while Alta 1 won, but of course the meeting was not the main consideration because they met last time almost 1 decade. Of course their composition and strength are different, then the consideration is that their Alta are currently playing at the competition level in the second division of Norway or the third caste in Norwegian bole.
Alta is currently ranked 5th in the Norwegian 2nd division standings, they are arguably quite good, their appearance will still be seen as different castes are considered not comparable to Stabaek. Stabaek they are representatives of the Norwegian Premier League, indeed Stabaek is at the bottom of the standings but Stabaek still leaves 2 more games so the potential to get out of the red zone is wide open.
Back again Alta’s good record is not comparable, this is because the strength and quality of their team is indeed different. Naturally, if Alta benefited as a host and was not seeded in this match, Stabaek would get big demands to keep their name as one of the first team. Seeing a difference like this is most likely Stabaek will beat Alta and advance to the next round.
Our Prediction: 2
Odds: 1.57