It's game one of two in the Champions League as Ferencváros host Molde. This is a Play-offs fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the 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 8 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 16 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 25-15. You can compare this with overall results below.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Ferencváros form and stats
Ferencváros have reached this Champions League stage through battling and winning against Celtic, Djurgården and Dinamo Zagreb. Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round.1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Ferencváros have to build on here at Groupama Aréna in the NB 1. 3W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Ferencváros. After failing to beat Honved here at Groupama Aréna, Ferencváros has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with nine wins in a row.
An away draw last time out for Ferencváros, facing Molde in a game that ended 3-3. Before that match, a Hungarian Cup win away at Rackeve VAFC.
Opportunity lost for Ferencváros in the Molde match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
This is expected to be a close game, with Ferencváros perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ferencváros as a small favourite), we find two games. Ferencváros has won one of these, drawn zero and lost one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Ferencváros at home in the league. 5 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Molde form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Celje, Qarabag and KuPS in order to reach Play-offs of Champions League. Molde's mission in Europa League last season failed in the play-offs.4-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Molde in their Eliteserien matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away. A depressing five defeats in a row for Molde in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Strømsgodset. It's a growing despair in Molde as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Molde's previous game was their home loss versus Sandefjord (0-1). Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Ferencváros.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Molde playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two Molde wins, three draws and zero defeats.
Molde have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 22 goals from 10 away matches. Molde have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Molde - Ferencváros 3-3 played earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  L. James 7 goals |  E. Hussain 6 goals |  O. Omoijuanfo 6 goals |
Ferencváros missing players
Molde missing players
| Ferencváros | Molde | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 58 | 32 | Scored | S | 24 | 63 | ||
| 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 267 | 148 | Total Shots | T S | 148 | 319 | ||
| 121 | 72 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 115 | ||
| 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 49% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Puskas | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | MOL Vidi | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | Zalaegerszegi TE | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Ferencváros | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | Mezokovesd-Zsory | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Ujpest | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Varda SE | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | MTK | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 9 | Paksi SE | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Diosgyor | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | Budafoki MTE | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| 12 | Honved | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 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 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 47 | 53 |
| 2 | Rosenborg | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 35 |
| 3 | Odd | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Molde | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 34 |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 32 |
| 6 | Kristiansund | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 31 |
| 7 | Viking | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | Stabæk | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 9 | Sarpsborg 08 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Brann | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 23 |
| 11 | Sandefjord | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -9 | 23 |
| 12 | Haugesund | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | Strømsgodset | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -9 | 22 |
| 14 | Start | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -19 | 15 |
| 15 | Mjøndalen | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -18 | 14 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -31 | 7 |
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