Molde warm up for Haugesund with expectations of picking up all three points. Can they? Read our in-depth preview!
- Molde is in the best form (4-2-0) in Eliteserien
- Haugesund have the most conceded goals (26) in Eliteserien
This ground uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike Haugesund's home ground. The latest 27 games by the away side on artifical turf have seen 7 wins, 7 draws and 13 losses.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Molde form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 8 Eliteserien games here at Aker Stadion for Molde. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
The Molde regulars enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Tromsø and win 5-1. As mentioned above, Molde "killed" Tromsø in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Karlstrom loved the game against Tromsø. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 5-1 victory. The striker Fofana bettered all the other players in that match and got a match rating of 9.73 out of 10. Fofana scored two goals, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 9 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Jerv that ended 1-1.The match schedule is unforgiving for Molde as they have a new game in only four days, a Europa Conference League match thankfully also at home. Elfsborg are visiting.
Goals decide football matches and Molde are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 8 league matches. Molde's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Haugesund form and stats
Haugesund have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Eliteserien, after 1-2-4 (7 played).
Haugesund's last game was the home draw against HamKam (1-1). Defender Therkildsen was the best team player with a rating of 8.11. Therkildsen hit four key passes and won 7 of 10 duels.
Prior to that match, the Haugesund manager Grindhaug faced defeat when travelling to Jerv and losing 0-1.Haugesund are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Haugesund have conceded 13 goals in these games. Haugesund has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Molde-Haugesund H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Molde ten wins, Haugesund zero wins, zero draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Ndour 8 goals |  D. Fofana 6 goals |  M. Retsius Grødem 4 goals |
Molde missing players
Haugesund missing players
| Molde | Haugesund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 28 | 19 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 13 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 13 | 26 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 88% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 79% |
| 64% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 57% |
| 29% | 38% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 43% | 50% |
| 14% | 25% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 29% | 29% |
| 64% | 75% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 64% |
| 36% | 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 21% |
| 5.1 | 6.2 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
| 5.3 | 5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 8.3 | 6.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.8 | 17.2 | 19.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 9.7 | 12.4 |
| 5.9 | 7 | 8.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| 34% | 34% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 77% | 62% |
| 12.6 | 11.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 15.7 | 13.9 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 6.4 | 5.4 |
- Haugesund have the most conceded goals (26) in Eliteserien
- Haugesund have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Eliteserien
- Haugesund have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Haugesund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Molde have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Molde have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Molde have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Molde have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Eliteserien
- Molde have the most scored goals (19) at home in Eliteserien
- Molde have the the best goal difference (+15) in Eliteserien
- Molde have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Molde haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Molde is in the best form (4-2-0) in Eliteserien
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 | Viking | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Bodø / Glimt | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | Rosenborg | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Strømsgodset | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 21 |
| 7 | Sarpsborg 08 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 8 | Aalesund | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | Odd | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | HamKam | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 11 | Vålerenga | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Sandefjord | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Haugesund | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Jerv | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -14 | 11 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -18 | 1 |
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