It's early days in the Eliteserien and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This pitch has grass, which is not Molde's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Molde have performed like this: Played 17 matches resulting in 8 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats with the goal stats 28-25 (scored/conceded).
Lillestrøm form and stats
Lillestrøm have only played one game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 8 draws and 2 defeats from 15 matches.The fans are hoping that Lillestrøm will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Eliteserien game against Sarpsborg 08. Before that, Lillestrøm had a home game versus Ranheim which ended with a victory 2-1.
Early season goal statistics from Lillestrøm's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Molde form and stats
Still no away game victory for Molde with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.Molde play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to Bodø / Glimt. A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Vålerenga.
Molde has the goal stats of 3-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips at the early stages of this season.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Lillestrøm won 4 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Molde has 4 wins.Lillestrøm missing players
Molde missing players
| Lillestrøm | Molde | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | Played | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | Scored | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 50% | 50% |
| 67% | 100% | Both teams to score | 100% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheet | 0% | 25% |
| 33% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| Lillestrøm | Last season | Molde | ||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | Played | 15 | 30 |
| 34 | 16 | Scored | 25 | 63 |
| 44 | 12 | Conceded | 21 | 36 |
| 93% | 87% | Over 0.5 | 93% | 97% |
| 73% | 53% | Over 1.5 | 73% | 80% |
| 50% | 20% | Over 2.5 | 67% | 70% |
| 33% | 20% | Over 3.5 | 60% | 53% |
| 10% | 7% | Over 4.5 | 7% | 20% |
| 60% | 47% | Both teams to score | 60% | 60% |
| 20% | 40% | Clean Sheet | 27% | 30% |
| 27% | 27% | Failed To Score | 20% | 13% |
| 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Viking | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Molde | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Odd | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Sarpsborg 08 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Haugesund | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Lillestrøm | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Brann | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Stabæk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Mjøndalen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Kristiansund | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 15 | Rosenborg | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Ranheim | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
