Eliteserien: Molde expected to win home game against Aalesund

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 06.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Aker Stadion (11249 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Molde fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Aalesund's 16th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Molde have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Aalesund has the most conceded goals (76) 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.

For Aalesund it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

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Molde form and stats

Molde are steadily winning Eliteserien games and points here at Aker Stadion. 10 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games.

Molde's last game was hosting Dundalk and winning 3-1. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Haugesund.

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 twelve wins, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, nine matches were won by at least two goals.

The manager E. Moe will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Rapid Wien in only four days.

Goals are plentiful at Aker Stadion in the league this season as Molde has scored 35 goals here in 13 home games. From these home matches, Molde have conceded only 12 goals.

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Aalesund form and stats

Aalesund, who have the most conceded goals (76) in Eliteserien, have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Eliteserien, after 1-2-10 (13 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Aalesund are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Aalesund's previous game was their home loss versus Sandefjord (0-1). A 1-3 defeat away at Brann before that.

Aalesund goalkeeper Andreas Lie had a great day against Sandefjord, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Aalesund played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected three times.

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

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Aalesund have scored 13 goals in 13 league games away. Aalesund can't defend away. 41 goals have been scored by the opposition in 13 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Aalesund - Molde 1-4. Last ten meetings between the teams: Molde won seven, Aalesund won three and zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MoldeL. James
L. James
11 goals
AalesundH. Fridjonsson
H. Fridjonsson
11 goals
MoldeE. Hussain
E. Hussain
8 goals

Molde missing players

Aalesund missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Molde Aalesund
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
17 10 3 Won W 0 1 2
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 5
7 2 1 Lost L 3 10 20
65 35 9 Scored S 6 13 28
31 12 3 Conceded C 19 41 76
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 85% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 81%
88% 77% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 69% 74%
54% 54% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 69% 63%
31% 38% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 75% 38% 30%
69% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 54% 67%
27% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 4%
4% 8% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.4
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
13.8 14.6 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 7.8 10
5.2 5.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.7 3.1
49% 47% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 37% 33%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Aalesund has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Eliteserien
  • Aalesund has the fewest points (5) away in Eliteserien
  • Aalesund has the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Eliteserien
  • Aalesund has the most conceded goals (41) away in Eliteserien
  • Aalesund has the most conceded goals (76) in Eliteserien
  • Aalesund has the most conceded goals in the first half (33) in Eliteserien
  • Aalesund has the most conceded goals in the second half (43) in Eliteserien
  • Aalesund has the the worst goal difference (-28) away in Eliteserien
  • Aalesund has the the worst goal difference (-48) in Eliteserien
  • Aalesund have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Aalesund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Molde have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Molde have scored more than double the goals of Aalesund.
  • Molde haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 27 23 3 1 91 30 13 13 0 0 51 9 14 10 3 1 40 21 61 72
2 Molde 26 17 2 7 65 31 13 10 1 2 35 12 13 7 1 5 30 19 34 53
3 Vålerenga 27 13 9 5 44 31 13 8 5 0 28 13 14 5 4 5 16 18 13 48
4 Rosenborg 26 13 6 7 46 33 13 8 3 2 30 15 13 5 3 5 16 18 13 45
5 Kristiansund 27 11 11 5 50 37 13 6 4 3 29 20 14 5 7 2 21 17 13 44
6 Odd 25 13 3 9 45 37 13 8 2 3 26 15 12 5 1 6 19 22 8 42
7 Viking 27 12 6 9 50 45 14 7 3 4 32 20 13 5 3 5 18 25 5 42
8 Stabæk 27 8 11 8 33 38 14 5 5 4 17 15 13 3 6 4 16 23 -5 35
9 Haugesund 27 10 5 12 34 44 14 6 3 5 22 22 13 4 2 7 12 22 -10 35
10 Brann 27 8 7 12 36 46 13 3 4 6 18 18 14 5 3 6 18 28 -10 31
11 Sandefjord 26 9 4 13 28 40 12 3 4 5 10 17 14 6 0 8 18 23 -12 31
12 Sarpsborg 08 27 8 6 13 32 37 14 6 2 6 20 14 13 2 4 7 12 23 -5 30
13 Start 27 6 8 13 32 50 14 5 5 4 21 19 13 1 3 9 11 31 -18 26
14 Strømsgodset 26 5 9 12 32 49 13 3 5 5 17 23 13 2 4 7 15 26 -17 24
15 Mjøndalen 27 6 3 18 22 44 13 4 0 9 12 18 14 2 3 9 10 26 -22 21
16 Aalesund 27 2 5 20 28 76 14 1 3 10 15 35 13 1 2 10 13 41 -48 11

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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 27 23 3 1 91 30 13 13 0 0 51 9 14 10 3 1 40 21 61 72
2 Molde 26 17 2 7 65 31 13 10 1 2 35 12 13 7 1 5 30 19 34 53
3 Vålerenga 27 13 9 5 44 31 13 8 5 0 28 13 14 5 4 5 16 18 13 48
4 Rosenborg 26 13 6 7 46 33 13 8 3 2 30 15 13 5 3 5 16 18 13 45
5 Kristiansund 27 11 11 5 50 37 13 6 4 3 29 20 14 5 7 2 21 17 13 44
6 Odd 25 13 3 9 45 37 13 8 2 3 26 15 12 5 1 6 19 22 8 42
7 Viking 27 12 6 9 50 45 14 7 3 4 32 20 13 5 3 5 18 25 5 42
8 Stabæk 27 8 11 8 33 38 14 5 5 4 17 15 13 3 6 4 16 23 -5 35
9 Haugesund 27 10 5 12 34 44 14 6 3 5 22 22 13 4 2 7 12 22 -10 35
10 Brann 27 8 7 12 36 46 13 3 4 6 18 18 14 5 3 6 18 28 -10 31
11 Sandefjord 26 9 4 13 28 40 12 3 4 5 10 17 14 6 0 8 18 23 -12 31
12 Sarpsborg 08 27 8 6 13 32 37 14 6 2 6 20 14 13 2 4 7 12 23 -5 30
13 Start 27 6 8 13 32 50 14 5 5 4 21 19 13 1 3 9 11 31 -18 26
14 Strømsgodset 26 5 9 12 32 49 13 3 5 5 17 23 13 2 4 7 15 26 -17 24
15 Mjøndalen 27 6 3 18 22 44 13 4 0 9 12 18 14 2 3 9 10 26 -22 21
16 Aalesund 27 2 5 20 28 76 14 1 3 10 15 35 13 1 2 10 13 41 -48 11

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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”.