Game preview: Home crowd has high expectations when Molde host Aalesund

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Wed 03.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Aker Stadion (11249 seats)

Aalesund have come here for an exciting game versus the hosts Molde. Prepare for the fixture with this thorough Eliteserien preview!

Insights:
  • Molde have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Eliteserien
  • Aalesund have the fewest scored goals (0) in Eliteserien

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 Aalesund.

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Molde form and stats

Molde have collected 1 point from their Eliteserien home games so far after 0-1-1.

The Molde club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Aker Stadion: A 2-3 defeat against Stabæk (placed 5th). Heartbreak for Molde in their last match as Stabæk's Kabran scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfielder Breivik was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.25 (out of ten) in that game. Breivik scored one goal, served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 48 successful passes (of 53 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Lillestrøm.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Molde home games with this odds we find 14 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 12 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 9 matches were won by at least two goals.

Molde are traveling soon after this match as the Eliteserien match at HamKam awaits in four days.

Molde has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {4 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Aalesund form and stats

No Eliteserien points yet away for Aalesund, from their first 2 matches.

Aalesund are looking to quickly end their 415 minutes long goal drought in the Eliteserien.

There might be some fixture complaints from Aalesund as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-4 against Sandefjord. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Sandefjord was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Andersen was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 6.71. The defender Andersen hit the woodwork once and won 4 of 5 duels.

A loss against Bodø / Glimt was the result prior to that, in a home game.

You'll want to know how Aalesund managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 8 similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 0 draws and 7 home wins.

A quick return to home after this game, as Aalesund are hosting Haugesund in the Eliteserien only four days away.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Aalesund has managed {0 goals} and let in 5 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Molde have been victorious in all of the 4 latest duels versus this opponent. Another win today?

Top Goalscorers

MoldeE. Breivik
E. Breivik
2 goals
MoldeM. Retsius Grødem
M. Retsius Grødem
1 goals
MoldeB. Tiedemann Hansen
B. Tiedemann Hansen
1 goals

Molde missing players

Aalesund missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Molde Aalesund
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 4
4 3 0 Scored S 0 0 0
7 4 0 Conceded C 1 5 9
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 50%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 25%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 100%
 
8.5 7.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 3
3.8 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 8 5.2
1.2 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18.5 17.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.5 9.8
5.2 5.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.5 3
19% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
9.2 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 8 10.5 12.5
2.2 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4.5 4.5
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Aalesund have the fewest scored goals (0) in Eliteserien
  • Aalesund have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Eliteserien
  • Aalesund have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Eliteserien
  • Aalesund is in the worst form (0-0-4)
  • Molde have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Eliteserien
Molde Last season Aalesund
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
25 12   Won W   4 10
3 1   Drew D   4 9
2 2   Lost L   7 11
71 39   Scored S   15 32
25 13   Conceded C   28 45
93% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 90%
77% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 73%
70% 80%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 60%
37% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 30%
30% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 3%
60% 60%   BTTS BTTS   47% 53%
40% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 23%
7% 0%   Failed to Score F T   47% 33%
 
5.6 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.7
5.4 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.6
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
15.2 17.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 12.3
5.8 7.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.4
41% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 31%
 
11.2 10.1   Shots against (avg) S A   15.1 13.8
2.9 2.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.4

  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 4 3 1 0 11 2 2 1 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 9 10
2 Tromsø 4 2 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 8
3 Viking 4 2 1 1 10 5 2 2 0 0 9 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 5 7
4 Brann 4 2 1 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 3 7
5 Stabæk 4 2 1 1 6 6 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 3 6 0 7
6 Odd 4 1 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 6
7 Rosenborg 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 6
8 Lillestrøm 3 2 0 1 6 6 2 2 0 0 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
9 HamKam 4 2 0 2 9 10 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 5 10 -1 6
10 Sandefjord 4 1 2 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 5
11 Sarpsborg 08 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 5
12 Haugesund 4 1 1 2 3 8 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 -5 4
13 Strømsgodset 4 1 0 3 4 7 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 6 -3 3
14 Vålerenga 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 -3 3
15 Molde 4 0 1 3 4 7 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 1
16 Aalesund 4 0 0 4 0 9 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 5 -9 0
Last season 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 30 25 3 2 71 25 15 12 1 2 39 13 15 13 2 0 32 12 46 78
2 Bodø / Glimt 30 18 6 6 86 41 15 8 6 1 47 20 15 10 0 5 39 21 45 60
3 Rosenborg 30 16 8 6 69 44 15 12 2 1 38 15 15 4 6 5 31 29 25 56
4 Lillestrøm 30 16 5 9 49 34 15 9 2 4 24 13 15 7 3 5 25 21 15 53
5 Odd 30 13 6 11 43 45 15 8 1 6 26 22 15 5 5 5 17 23 -2 45
6 Vålerenga 30 13 5 12 52 49 15 9 2 4 31 21 15 4 3 8 21 28 3 44
7 Tromsø 30 10 13 7 46 49 15 8 5 2 29 23 15 2 8 5 17 26 -3 43
8 Sarpsborg 08 30 12 5 13 57 54 15 6 3 6 27 24 15 6 2 7 30 30 3 41
9 Aalesund 30 10 9 11 32 45 15 6 5 4 17 17 15 4 4 7 15 28 -13 39
10 Haugesund 30 10 8 12 42 46 15 6 4 5 24 22 15 4 4 7 18 24 -4 38
11 Viking 30 9 8 13 48 54 15 5 5 5 21 19 15 4 3 8 27 35 -6 35
12 Strømsgodset 30 9 6 15 44 55 15 7 2 6 32 25 15 2 4 9 12 30 -11 33
13 HamKam 30 6 13 11 33 43 15 4 6 5 17 17 15 2 7 6 16 26 -10 31
14 Sandefjord 30 6 6 18 42 68 15 1 6 8 23 35 15 5 0 10 19 33 -26 24
15 Kristiansund 30 5 8 17 37 60 15 4 5 6 27 29 15 1 3 11 10 31 -23 23
16 Jerv 30 5 5 20 30 69 15 4 2 9 15 29 15 1 3 11 15 40 -39 20

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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 Bodø / Glimt 4 3 1 0 11 2 2 1 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 9 10
2 Tromsø 4 2 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 8
3 Viking 4 2 1 1 10 5 2 2 0 0 9 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 5 7
4 Brann 4 2 1 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 3 7
5 Stabæk 4 2 1 1 6 6 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 3 6 0 7
6 Odd 4 1 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 6
7 Rosenborg 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 6
8 Lillestrøm 3 2 0 1 6 6 2 2 0 0 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
9 HamKam 4 2 0 2 9 10 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 5 10 -1 6
10 Sandefjord 4 1 2 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 5
11 Sarpsborg 08 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 5
12 Haugesund 4 1 1 2 3 8 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 -5 4
13 Strømsgodset 4 1 0 3 4 7 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 6 -3 3
14 Vålerenga 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 -3 3
15 Molde 4 0 1 3 4 7 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 1
16 Aalesund 4 0 0 4 0 9 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 5 -9 0

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Eliteserien is at the top of the Norwegian football league system. Seasons run from March to November with the 16 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 240 fixtures. When all these are played, the top team in the league table is the the “League Winner” while the winner of the cup in Norway is the “Norwegian Champion”.