Molde and KuPS get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League 1st Qualifying Round fixture.
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 KuPS.
These teams have little in common geographically as KuPS have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Molde form and stats
Last season, Molde's Europa League journey ended in the play-offs.This stadium, Aker Stadion, has been a fortress for Molde in the Eliteserien so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-0-1.
In their previous game, the manager E. Moe led his Molde to a defeat in the Eliteserien match away at Sarpsborg 08. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Aker Stadion. Before that game, the home loss against Brann with the scoreline 1-2.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Molde as they have a new game in only four days, a Eliteserien match thankfully also at home. Odd are visiting.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Molde is on fire here. A stunning 22 from 7 league matches. From these home matches, Molde have conceded only 5 goals.
KuPS form and stats
KuPS was sent out of Europa League in the 2nd qualifying round last season.As the visiting team in Veikkausliiga matches, KuPS have produced an overall stat of 2-4-0 so far. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the KPV game have they lost an away game, meaning KuPS has taken points from ten away matches in a row.
It's the second away game in a row for KuPS, but there's smiles all around after the 4-2 victory versus Haka in the Veikkausliiga last time out. Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus HJK.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for KuPS, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Mariehamn in just four days.
KuPS has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. As opposed to that, KuPS have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Hussain 6 goals |  L. James 6 goals |  O. Omoijuanfo 6 goals |
Molde missing players
KuPS missing players
| Molde | KuPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 14 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 7 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 70 | 46 | Scored | S | 27 | 48 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 13 | 18 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 76% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 56% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 8% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6.8 | ||
| 5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 317 | 198 | Total Shots | T S | 154 | 312 | ||
| 129 | 89 | Shots on Target | S O | 74 | 131 | ||
| 52% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 28 | 35 |
| 2 | Molde | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 24 | 31 |
| 3 | Odd | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Vålerenga | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | Kristiansund | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
| 7 | Brann | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Stabæk | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 10 | Sandefjord | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 11 | Strømsgodset | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 12 | Haugesund | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 15 |
| 13 | Viking | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -9 | 12 |
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 11 |
| 15 | Start | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 9 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -22 | 7 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inter Turku | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | KuPS | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | HJK | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 18 |
| 4 | Honka | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | HIFK | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Lahti | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Ilves | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 13 |
| 8 | Mariehamn | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | SJK | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 | Haka | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 4 |
| 11 | TPS | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 3 |
| 12 | RoPS | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 2 |
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