The magic of the cup as Molde greet Gent visitors in Europa Conference League tie

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 08.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Aker Stadion (11249 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Molde at Aker Stadion when the Europa Conference League tournament arrives in town and Gent with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

These teams have little in common geographically as Gent have to travel 1900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Pro League. That game was also an away game, at Sporting Charleroi. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Molde form and stats

Molde participated in Europa Conference League the last season, where they reached the 3rd qualifying round.

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Aker Stadion as Molde have scored 27 goals to get 25 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Eliteserien are 8-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a Europa Conference League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses in this competition.

It's back home for Molde, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Bodø / Glimt away with the result 4-1. Kaasa (2), Brynhildsen and Breivik found the net in that victory. The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Brynhildsen, having scored in three consecutive matches. Kaasa (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.2/10. Kaasa scored two goals.

Previous to that game, a Eliteserien home match hosting Sarpsborg 08 in a game that was won 4-1.

Molde are traveling soon after this match as the Eliteserien match at Jerv awaits in three days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (27 in 11 games), Molde's attacking play is working.

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Gent form and stats

Gent's mission in Europa Conference League last season failed in the 8th finals against PAOK.

2-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gent in their Pro League matches away.

Gent lost away at Sporting Charleroi (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfield player Castro-Montes was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.61/10. Castro-Montes hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 27 successful passes (of 32 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Anderlecht.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gent playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 5 Gent wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Gent are hosting Zulte-Waregem in the Pro League only three days away.

The travelling fans enjoy Gent's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. Gent have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

MoldeM. Retsius Grødem
M. Retsius Grødem
7 goals
MoldeD. Fofana
D. Fofana
7 goals
MoldeM. Kaasa
M. Kaasa
6 goals

Molde missing players

Gent missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Molde Gent
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   14 25
21 9   Won W   6 10
2 1   Drew D   2 5
2 1   Lost L   6 10
63 29   Scored S   22 37
20 7   Conceded C   21 33
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
84% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 76%
72% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 60%
40% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 28%
32% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 8%
60% 55%   BTTS BTTS   57% 56%
36% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 24%
8% 9%   Failed to Score F T   21% 24%
 
5.8 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 6
4.3 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4 4.3
1.5 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.6
0 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
15.5 17.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.7 12.5
6.1 7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 5
42% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 27%
 
10.1 8.4   Shots against (avg) S A   10.5 9.9
2.8 1.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Djurgården 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Gent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Molde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Shamrock Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  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 21 16 3 2 47 19 11 8 1 2 27 11 10 8 2 0 20 8 28 51
2 Bodø / Glimt 21 12 5 4 53 26 11 5 5 1 32 14 10 7 0 3 21 12 27 41
3 Lillestrøm 21 12 5 4 37 20 10 7 2 1 18 4 11 5 3 3 19 16 17 41
4 Rosenborg 21 11 7 3 45 28 10 8 2 0 24 9 11 3 5 3 21 19 17 40
5 Vålerenga 21 11 3 7 36 29 10 7 1 2 19 10 11 4 2 5 17 19 7 36
6 Viking 21 8 5 8 35 33 10 5 3 2 17 8 11 3 2 6 18 25 2 29
7 Strømsgodset 21 8 5 8 33 31 11 6 2 3 24 16 10 2 3 5 9 15 2 29
8 Tromsø 21 6 9 6 29 35 10 6 3 1 19 14 11 0 6 5 10 21 -6 27
9 Odd 21 8 3 10 23 35 11 5 0 6 16 19 10 3 3 4 7 16 -12 27
10 Haugesund 21 7 4 10 31 33 11 5 2 4 19 17 10 2 2 6 12 16 -2 25
11 Aalesund 21 6 7 8 23 31 10 3 4 3 11 12 11 3 3 5 12 19 -8 25
12 HamKam 21 4 11 6 25 26 11 3 5 3 12 11 10 1 6 3 13 15 -1 23
13 Sarpsborg 08 21 7 1 13 35 41 11 4 1 6 16 18 10 3 0 7 19 23 -6 22
14 Sandefjord 21 6 4 11 34 47 10 1 4 5 17 25 11 5 0 6 17 22 -13 22
15 Jerv 21 4 2 15 15 48 11 4 1 6 9 18 10 0 1 9 6 30 -33 14
16 Kristiansund 21 3 4 14 21 40 10 2 3 5 15 21 11 1 1 9 6 19 -19 13
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Antwerp 7 7 0 0 17 5 4 4 0 0 12 4 3 3 0 0 5 1 12 21
2 Genk 7 5 1 1 19 8 4 3 1 0 9 4 3 2 0 1 10 4 11 16
3 Club Brugge 7 5 1 1 17 7 4 3 1 0 10 4 3 2 0 1 7 3 10 16
4 OH Leuven 7 4 1 2 13 11 3 2 0 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 9 7 2 13
5 Union Saint-Gilloise 7 4 1 2 11 11 3 3 0 0 5 2 4 1 1 2 6 9 0 13
6 Sporting Charleroi 7 4 0 3 11 10 4 2 0 2 7 8 3 2 0 1 4 2 1 12
7 Gent 7 3 2 2 11 9 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 11
8 Anderlecht 7 3 1 3 11 7 4 2 1 1 7 4 3 1 0 2 4 3 4 10
9 Sint-Truiden 7 2 4 1 6 6 3 1 1 1 4 5 4 1 3 0 2 1 0 10
10 Standard Liege 7 3 1 3 10 12 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 1 0 2 4 7 -2 10
11 Mechelen 7 2 1 4 12 14 4 2 0 2 10 9 3 0 1 2 2 5 -2 7
12 Kortrijk 7 2 1 4 4 7 3 0 1 2 0 3 4 2 0 2 4 4 -3 7
13 Westerlo 7 2 0 5 11 15 3 2 0 1 6 3 4 0 0 4 5 12 -4 6
14 KV Oostende 7 2 0 5 7 11 3 1 0 2 3 5 4 1 0 3 4 6 -4 6
15 AS Eupen 7 2 0 5 7 13 4 1 0 3 3 6 3 1 0 2 4 7 -6 6
16 RFC Seraing 7 2 0 5 7 14 3 0 0 3 0 6 4 2 0 2 7 8 -7 6
17 Zulte-Waregem 7 1 2 4 7 13 4 1 0 3 5 10 3 0 2 1 2 3 -6 5
18 Cercle Brugge 7 1 2 4 3 11 3 1 2 0 2 1 4 0 0 4 1 10 -8 5

Molde:
Table
  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Gent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Molde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Shamrock Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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