There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round meeting between Elfsborg and Molde. Game on!
Molde have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Elfsborg nor Molde as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Elfsborg form and stats
Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the play-offs against Feyenoord.Elfsborg are steadily winning Allsvenskan games and points here at Borås Arena. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.
Stress levels are on the rise for Elfsborg's attacking players as they have now played 199 minutes without scoring in a league game. Stefanelli (own goal) was their last goal scorer.
Elfsborg faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kalmar (0-1). Strand was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.65 out of 10. The defender Strand hit three key passes and won 5 of 7 duels.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Häcken are coming to town in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Elfsborg are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 7 league matches. Elfsborg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Molde form and stats
Molde was sent out of Europa Conference League in the 3rd qualifying round last season.Molde have an excellent away record in the Eliteserien so far with 5-2-0 from 7 games.
Two travels in a row for Molde, whose coach Moe could celebrate last time after the win against Sandefjord. Brynhildsen came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Sandefjord last time out, making the manager Moe feel like a tactical genius. Linnes got a match rating of 9.12 in that game, top player of the team. Linnes scored one goal, signed up for two assists and hit four key passes.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Molde in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Molde, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Strømsgodset in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Molde's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Molde - Elfsborg 4-1 was the outcome when these participants last met, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  D. Fofana 6 goals |  R. Alm 5 goals |  M. Retsius Grødem 5 goals |
Elfsborg missing players
Molde missing players
| Elfsborg | Molde | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 9 | 20 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 51 | 28 | Scored | S | 23 | 59 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Conceded | C | 8 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 8% | ||
| 6.5 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 16.3 | 19.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.7 | 16.3 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 6.5 | ||
| 34% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 37% | ||
| 10.1 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Djurgården | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 33 |
| 2 | Häcken | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | AIK | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 31 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 5 | Hammarby | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 27 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Mjällby | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Sirius | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 21 |
| 10 | Elfsborg | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 20 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 12 | Varberg | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -11 | 15 |
| 13 | Varnamo | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -11 | 13 |
| 14 | Helsingborg | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -11 | 10 |
| 15 | GIF Sundsvall | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -22 | 10 |
| 16 | Degerfors | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -20 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Molde | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | Bodø / Glimt | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Viking | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 25 |
| 6 | Strømsgodset | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 22 |
| 7 | Aalesund | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 8 | Vålerenga | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 9 | Odd | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 20 |
| 10 | Sarpsborg 08 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 11 | HamKam | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Sandefjord | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 13 | Haugesund | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Jerv | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -20 | 11 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | -19 | 2 |
- IF Elfsborg
- Svenska Fans: Elfsborg - (supporter blog)
- Molde
- Tidens Krav - (local newspaper)
