Rosenborg receive Molde for another interesting Eliteserien match here at Lerkendal Stadion.
- Molde have the most points from losing position (3) in Eliteserien
It should be mentioned that Molde play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Molde on grass are 12 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats from 22 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 39-27. You can compare this with overall results below.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Rosenborg form and stats
Rosenborg have only played one Eliteserien game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats from 15 matches.
The home team returns to Lerkendal Stadion after drawing with Sarpsborg 08 (placed 9th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Defender Giampaoli got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.62/10. Giampaoli won 4 of 6 duels.
Ahead of that match, Rosenborg won a home game hosting Odd (1-0).It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Rosenborg at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Molde form and stats
Only one away game in the Eliteserien so far for Molde and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 victories, 4 draws and 4 losses from 15 travels.
Molde failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Lillestrøm (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 1-2. Late heartbreak for Molde in the Lillestrøm match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime. Risa was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.71. The defender Risa won 10 of 13 duels.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Strømsgodset with the score of 3-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Molde in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Molde, three draws and one defeat.
It's early days yet, but Molde has scored 3 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Rosenborg victories, zero draws and five Molde wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Børkeeiet 2 goals |   M. Linnes 2 goals |  N. Holm 1 goals |
Rosenborg missing players
Molde missing players
| Rosenborg | Molde | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.3 | 2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 4.7 | 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.7 | 9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15 | 16.7 |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 67% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 24% |
| 11.7 | 14 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 11 |
| 3.3 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3.3 |
- Molde have the most points from losing position (3) in Eliteserien
- Molde have the the best goal difference (+2) away in Eliteserien
| Rosenborg | Last season | Molde | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 58 | 35 | Scored | S | 24 | 70 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Conceded | C | 22 | 40 | ||
| 90% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 90% | ||
| 73% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 70% | ||
| 60% | 73% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 53% | ||
| 27% | 47% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 33% | ||
| 70% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 53% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 33% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 17% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.9 | ||
| 5.5 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.8 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 15.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 42% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 42% | ||
| 12 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 12.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Molde | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Odd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Viking | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Jerv | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Rosenborg | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | HamKam | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Sarpsborg 08 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Aalesund | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Tromsø | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Sandefjord | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Strømsgodset | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | Vålerenga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 15 | Kristiansund | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Haugesund | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 59 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 34 | 63 |
| 2 | Molde | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 70 | 40 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 30 | 60 |
| 3 | Viking | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 60 | 47 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 25 | 13 | 57 |
| 4 | Lillestrøm | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 49 |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 48 |
| 6 | Kristiansund | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 46 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -5 | 46 |
| 7 | Vålerenga | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 46 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 45 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 30 | -5 | 39 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 36 |
| 10 | Sandefjord | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 52 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 34 | -14 | 36 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 35 |
| 12 | Tromsø | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -11 | 35 |
| 13 | Odd | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 58 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 29 | -14 | 33 |
| 14 | Brann | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 31 | -17 | 26 |
| 15 | Stabæk | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 62 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 35 | -27 | 25 |
| 16 | Mjøndalen | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 30 | -19 | 22 |
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