Molde and Galatasaray will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Champions League Play-offs battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
Galatasaray have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3700 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Molde and Galatasaray.
Molde form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Champions League for Molde, as the manager Moe led his troops to eliminate HJK and KI, and reach the Play-offs.20 points is a decent return from 9 Eliteserien games here at Aker Stadion for Molde. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Molde has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Molde, who played 0-0 against Vålerenga. That match was also played at this venue (Aker Stadion). Defender Hansen got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.84/10. Hansen won 7 of 10 duels.
A home win ahead of that game, as expected. The team were big favourites against KI (after extra-time) and won 2-0.
Molde can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 22 times. Molde are not conceding a lot of goals here at Aker Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.
Galatasaray form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Zalgiris and Olimpija in order to reach play-offs of Champions League. They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the round of 16, when Barcelona drew the shortest straw.0-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Galatasaray in their Super Lig matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
344 minutes! That's how long the Galatasaray goalkeeper Nestor Fernando Muslera Micol and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Galatasaray are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the game against Trabzonspor. Icardi, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.32. Icardi scored two goals.
A home win as anticipated against Olimpija ahead of that, in the Champions League.
Galatasaray have another match away in just three sleeps, a Super Lig match versus Istanbulspor. A strenuous fixture list for the guests!
Galatasaray have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  O. Brynhildsen 7 goals |  E. Breivik 6 goals |  M. Retsius Grødem 5 goals |
Molde missing players
Galatasaray missing players
| Molde | Galatasaray | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 61 | 31 | Scored | S | 26 | 55 | ||
| 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 13 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 6.8 | 8.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 15.4 | 19.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.3 | 16.6 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 6.4 | ||
| 44% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 34% | ||
| 8.8 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 9.8 | ||
| 3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 24 | 41 |
| 2 | Viking | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | Tromsø | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Molde | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 34 |
| 5 | Brann | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Sarpsborg 08 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 27 |
| 8 | Odd | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Rosenborg | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 12 | HamKam | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -17 | 19 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -8 | 17 |
| 14 | Vålerenga | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -8 | 16 |
| 15 | Stabæk | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -12 | 16 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 22 | -26 | 10 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hatayspor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Alanyaspor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Kasimpasa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Adana Demirspor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Fenerbahce | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Besiktas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Trabzonspor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Konyaspor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Istanbulspor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Kayserispor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Sivasspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Samsunspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Rizespor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Antalyaspor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Ankaragucu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Fatih Karagumruk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Pendikspor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
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