Flint host Sandefjord in the Norwegian Cup. It's a tie between two clubs from very different levels of the Norwegian game, with Sandefjord an Eliteserien side and Flint playing their league football in the third tier.
The two have met once before in this same competition, back in 2022, when Sandefjord won comfortably away from home. That result is old news now, but it's a starting point before we look at how each side has been playing more recently.
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Two very different pictures
Sandefjord's recent matches all come from this year's Eliteserien campaign, running from April through to September. Six wins, six draws and eight defeats from 20 games is a fair reflection of a top-flight side that's had a mixed season without collapsing.
Flint: 20 completed matches; Sandefjord: 20 completed matches.
Flint
- Win
- 30% 6 / 20
- Draw
- 20% 4 / 20
- Loss
- 50% 10 / 20
- Scored
- 32
- Conceded
- 47
- Difference
- -15
Sandefjord
- Win
- 30% 6 / 20
- Draw
- 30% 6 / 20
- Loss
- 40% 8 / 20
- Scored
- 23
- Conceded
- 26
- Difference
- -3
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3. Division - Girone 6 | SF Grei | Flint | 26.10.2025 | 3-4 |
| 3. Division - Girone 6 | Flint | Lokomotiv Oslo | 18.10.2025 | 5-5 |
| 3. Division - Girone 6 | Flint | Ørn Horten | 11.10.2025 | 0-2 |
| 3. Division - Girone 6 | IF Ready | Flint | 04.10.2025 | 5-1 |
| 3. Division - Girone 6 | Flint | Kvik Halden | 27.09.2025 | 0-3 |
| 3. Division - Girone 6 | Oppsal | Flint | 20.09.2025 | 0-3 |
| 3. Division - Girone 6 | Flint | Drøbak / Frogn | 13.09.2025 | 1-4 |
| 3. Division - Girone 6 | Pors Grenland II | Flint | 07.09.2025 | 1-4 |
| 3. Division - Girone 6 | Flint | Fram | 30.08.2025 | 1-5 |
| 3. Division - Girone 6 | Sarpsborg 08 II | Flint | 24.08.2025 | 1-1 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliteserien | Sandefjord | Start | 20.09.2026 | 3-0 |
| Eliteserien | Bodo/Glimt | Sandefjord | 14.09.2026 | 3-2 |
| Eliteserien | Sandefjord | Viking | 04.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Eliteserien | Sandefjord | Brann | 30.08.2026 | 0-0 |
| Eliteserien | Sarpsborg 08 FF | Sandefjord | 16.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| Eliteserien | Sandefjord | KFUM Oslo | 07.08.2026 | 0-1 |
| Eliteserien | Fredrikstad | Sandefjord | 01.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| Eliteserien | Sandefjord | Bodo/Glimt | 26.07.2026 | 0-3 |
| Eliteserien | Viking | Sandefjord | 18.07.2026 | 2-1 |
| Eliteserien | Sandefjord | Ham-Kam | 12.07.2026 | 2-2 |
Flint's sample looks different. Their matches are all from the 2025 third-tier season, which finished back in October that year, so it doesn't tell us much about where they stand right now. Within that data they won six, drew four and lost ten, conceding 47 goals along the way, numbers that point to a leaky side even by third-division standards.
Flint's form here is dated and from a lower division, so it shouldn't be read as a current guide to how they'll play.
Comparative Team Statistics: Flint vs Sandefjord

Just the one meeting
There's only one recorded match between these two, an NM Cupen tie in 2022 that Sandefjord won 5-1 away at Flint. It's a single result from four years ago, so it's more historical curiosity than a working pattern for this fixture.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NM Cupen | Flint | Sandefjord | 22.06.2022 | 1-5 |

A cup tie with a clear gap
This is the classic cup setup: an Eliteserien club away at lower-league opposition. Sandefjord bring top-flight quality, but their own form shows they're far from unbeatable, drawing and losing regularly against sides in their own division.
Flint, for their part, have shown they can be breached easily based on the goals they've conceded in their league. Cup shocks do happen, and a motivated home side can make life awkward for a stretched visitor, but nothing in the evidence here points to Flint having the tools to close that gap consistently.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Tamem | Norway | 24 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| C. Steen-Hansen | Norway | 33 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| M. Veiby-Moen | Norway | 21 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| M. Skontorp | Norway | 26 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| V. Huseby | Norway | 22 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| N. Abrahamsen | Norway | 21 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| K. Pedersen | Norway | 34 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| A. Røkaas | Norway | 27 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| V. Hansen | Norway | 25 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| M. Storli | Norway | 23 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| H. Bratteli | Norway | 28 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| D. Hersløv | Norway | 26 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| J. Bruun | Norway | 29 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| N. Biseth | Norway | n/a | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| T. Ellingsrud | Norway | 23 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Patoulidis | Belgium | 25 | Midfielder | 176 | n/a |
| T. Børkeeiet | Norway | 27 | Defender | 188 | 83 |
| J. Dunsby | Norway | 26 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| S. Mørk | Norway | 25 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| E. Hadaya | Sweden | 28 | Goalkeeper | 196 | 92 |
| X. Lambrix | Belgium | 26 | Defender | 181 cm | 71 kg |
| M. Melchior | Norway | 25 | Midfielder | 162 | 54 |
| R. Dzabic | Sweden | 25 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| F. Pedersen | Norway | 23 | Defender | 171 | n/a |
| R. Alte | Norway | 26 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| D. Koswal | Netherlands | 23 | Defender | 192 | n/a |
| N. Möller | Sweden | 24 | Attacker | 194 | 80 |
| V. Egeli | Norway | 22 | Defender | 178 | n/a |
| E. Gigović | Sweden | 23 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| M. Sauer | Denmark | 22 | Midfielder | 181 cm | 73 kg |
| H. Krogelien | Norway | 22 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| J. Hanstad | Norway | 23 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| F. Loftesnes-Bjune | Norway | 21 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| S. Mathisen | Norway | 21 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| R. Holten | Norway | 21 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
There's a reasonably clear picture here: a top-flight side away at lower-league opposition, with a lopsided old h2h result adding a bit of context. But without a market to assess and with Flint's form coming from outside the relevant timeframe, there isn't enough to build a confident pick around.
We'd rather sit this one out than force a view on incomplete information. If odds appear closer to kickoff, the Sandefjord side of things looks the more sensible starting point given everything above, but that's not the same as having a concrete recommendation right now.
