International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Molde and Bayer 04 Leverkusen are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, who are travelling more than 1700 kilometers to play this game.
Little time to rest for the host team, as they performed in a Eliteserien match only four days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Viking, was also a home game here at Aker Stadion. The away team is better rested.
Molde form and stats
Last season, Molde's Europa Conference League journey ended in the group stage.26 points is a decent return from 11 Eliteserien games here at Aker Stadion for Molde. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Molde's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Viking. The home side are looking to build on that result. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Molde played a great game against Viking and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfielder Haugen was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.2 (out of ten) in that game. Haugen scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and had 33 successful passes (of 34 total).
Before that one, a strong away victory at Kjelsås. A NM Cup match.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Eliteserien game versus Bodø / Glimt in only three days. This game is also played here at Aker Stadion.
Molde are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (30 goals in 11 games). Molde are not conceding a lot of goals here at Aker Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the semi-finals against Roma.Bayer 04 Leverkusen are happy with their away performances in the Bundesliga so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting FSV Mainz 05. Hofmann has scored for this side three matches in a row. The flair! Midfield player Grimaldo was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Grimaldo scored one goal and had 45 successful passes (of 56 total).
That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Heidenheim in the Bundesliga.A new game in only three days for Leverkusen, the Bundesliga home match versus Köln. Busy days.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen are a potent attacking force on the road with their 8 goals in 3 league games. It's not easy to score on Bayer 04 Leverkusen as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Breivik 6 goals |  M. Wolff Eikrem 6 goals |   V. Boniface 6 goals |
Molde missing players
Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players
| Molde | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 48 | 28 | Scored | S | 23 | 57 | ||
| 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 10 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 24% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14.6 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 14.2 | ||
| 5 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.8 | ||
| 38% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 39% | ||
| 10.2 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Qarabağ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Molde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Häcken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 30 | 52 |
| 2 | Viking | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 51 |
| 3 | Tromsø | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 48 |
| 4 | Brann | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 45 |
| 5 | Molde | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 28 | 44 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 7 | Sarpsborg 08 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | Odd | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -3 | 30 |
| 9 | Rosenborg | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -6 | 29 |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 11 | Vålerenga | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | -7 | 24 |
| 12 | HamKam | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 46 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -15 | 24 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -10 | 21 |
| 14 | Haugesund | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 21 |
| 15 | Stabæk | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -16 | 17 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 34 | -36 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 2 | VfB Stuttgart | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15 |
| 3 | Bayern München | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | VfL Wolfsburg | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Heidenheim | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | SC Freiburg | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Bochum | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | -14 | 3 |
| 16 | Köln | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 1 |
| 17 | Darmstadt 98 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 1 |
| 18 | FSV Mainz 05 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 1 |
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