A lot at stake in this match, with Molde positioned 5th and Viking at 1st. Here's our match guide!
- Molde have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Eliteserien
- Viking is in the best form (5-1-0) in Eliteserien
There have been little to rest for the host team, as they were involved in a NM Cup fixture only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Kjelsås.
Molde form and stats
Molde are steadily winning Eliteserien games and points here at Aker Stadion. 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 10 games. days ago.
Molde are returning here after visiting Kjelsås in a NM Cup fixture and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Strømsgodset that finished 1-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Europa League game versus Bayer Leverkusen in only four 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 (26 goals in 10 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 10 matches.
Viking form and stats
Viking's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Viking collect 22 points from their 10 away matches in the Eliteserien. 7 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats). In general it has been a productive period now for Viking as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.
Viking won their last game, 4-3 versus Sandefjord played at home. A crazy, crazy match with masses of goals last time out for Viking, as mentioned above. 7 goals in total, will this game be as exciting? World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Jensen when Adegbenro scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute. Attacker Salvesen got a player rating of 8.12 in the game. "Man of the match" Salvesen scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that result Viking won their away game at Haugesund. The scoreline was 2-0.Take note! Both sides have scored goal(s) in 15 of this club's last 20 league matches.
Viking has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Viking have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Viking - Molde 3-4 was the result in these squads' previous head-to-head fixture, played this season. Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Molde won six, Viking triumphed in three and we saw one draw. nine games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Tripić 11 goals |  L. Salvesen 9 goals |   E. Breivik 6 goals |
Molde missing players
Viking missing players
| Molde | Viking | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 48 | 26 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 50 |
| 24 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 29 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 64% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 55% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 45% |
| 27% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 27% |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 68% |
| 36% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 27% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 6.8 | 7.6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.8 | 5.5 |
| 4.5 | 3.3 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 5.7 | 4.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16.1 | 18.4 | 24 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 12.1 | 15.3 |
| 5.7 | 6.5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.1 | 6 |
| 38% | 40% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | 38% |
| 10.9 | 9 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 12.7 | 13 |
| 3.2 | 2.1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
- Molde have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Molde have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Eliteserien
- Molde have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in Eliteserien
- Molde have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Viking have the fewest conceded goals (11) away in Eliteserien
- Viking have the most scored goals in the second half (38) in Eliteserien
- Viking have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Viking haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Viking is in the best form (5-1-0) in Eliteserien
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Viking | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 21 | 51 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 57 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 28 | 49 |
| 3 | Tromsø | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 48 |
| 4 | Brann | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 42 |
| 5 | Molde | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 24 | 41 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 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 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 11 | HamKam | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 46 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -15 | 24 |
| 12 | Vålerenga | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -9 | 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 |
- Molde
- Tidens Krav - (local newspaper)
- Viking
- Aftenbladet - (local newspaper)
- Vikinghordene - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
