It's time to decide the outcome of the Europa League 16th Finals meeting between Molde and Hoffenheim. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Molde form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the play-offs.Molde have performed here at Estadio de la Cerámica this season with 12 wins from 15 Eliteserien matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Molde has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. It’s been three wins in a row for Molde here at Estadio de la Cerámica, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The Molde supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Sarpsborg 08 in Eliteserien and win 5-0. Before that match, a Eliteserien win away at Odd.
As mentioned above, Molde "killed" Sarpsborg 08 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Molde are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (42 goals in 15 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Molde are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio de la Cerámica in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 15 matches.
Hoffenheim form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
Hoffenheim has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Borussia Dortmund for a Bundesliga game that ended a draw (2-2). A loss against Eintracht Frankfurt was the result prior to that, in a Bundesliga home game.
A new game in only three days for Hoffenheim, the Bundesliga home match versus Werder Bremen. Busy days.
Hoffenheim find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. For Hoffenheim, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Kramarić 13 goals |  I. Bebou 5 goals |  C. Baumgartner 3 goals |
Molde missing players
Hoffenheim missing players
| Molde | Hoffenheim | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 52 | 31 | Scored | S | 18 | 43 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Conceded | C | 20 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 68% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 13.2 | ||
| 5.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 41% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 103 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 21 | 71 | 81 |
| 2 | Molde | 30 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 77 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 41 | 62 |
| 3 | Vålerenga | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 51 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 55 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 52 |
| 5 | Kristiansund | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 57 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 48 |
| 6 | Viking | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 54 | 52 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 30 | 2 | 44 |
| 7 | Odd | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 52 | 51 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 1 | 43 |
| 8 | Stabæk | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 41 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 28 | -4 | 39 |
| 9 | Haugesund | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -12 | 39 |
| 10 | Brann | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 29 | -9 | 36 |
| 11 | Sandefjord | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 43 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 23 | -12 | 35 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -10 | 32 |
| 13 | Strømsgodset | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 57 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 28 | -16 | 31 |
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -19 | 27 |
| 15 | Start | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 56 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 36 | -23 | 27 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 30 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 30 | 85 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 46 | -55 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 32 | 48 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 44 |
| 3 | Wolfsburg | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 38 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 36 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 36 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 33 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 32 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | Union Berlin | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 30 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | Hoffenheim | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 23 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 22 |
| 14 | Köln | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -13 | 21 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -11 | 18 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -17 | 17 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -21 | 14 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 30 | -37 | 9 |