Molde greet Kristiansund with belief in winning all three points. Can they? Check our match guide!
- Molde have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Eliteserien
- Kristiansund is in the worst form (0-1-5)
The driving time between these two western cities are just over one hour, but choose a longer route and you'll enjoy more of the fantastic scenery along the coastline. These two cities, Kristiansund and Molde, have been rivals since the 19th century. The cities have fought over railway lines, airports, hospitals and local bragging rights. Traditionally Kristiansund is a working class industrial town while Molde is more conservative and religious.
Not much time to rest for the hosting team, as they played a NM Cup fixture only three days ago. That game was an away game at Herd, so at least Molde are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Molde form and stats
2 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Molde have to build on here at Aker Stadion in the Eliteserien.
Molde are confident in defense, having played 187 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Molde are returning here after guesting Herd in a NM Cup game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Aalesund and winning 2-0.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 15 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 13 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 9 matches were won by at least two goals.
With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Molde defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Kristiansund form and stats
It's not happening yet for Kristiansund on their Eliteserien travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Kristiansund's last three away games as they have all been lost.
The attacking players of Kristiansund have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 207 minutes.
Kristiansund failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Strømsgodset (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-3. Aasbak, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.64. Aasbak hit four key passes and won 4 of 5 duels.
hometeam won
A new game in only four days for Kristiansund, the Eliteserien home match versus Tromsø. Busy days.
As opposed to that, Kristiansund have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior ten meetings featuring these two squads are: four wins for Molde, three draws and three wins for Kristiansund. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Wolff Eikrem 3 goals |  M. Linnes 2 goals |  M. Kaasa 2 goals |
Molde missing players
Kristiansund missing players
| Molde | Kristiansund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 57% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 57% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 4.9 | 6 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.7 | 7.5 |
| 5.9 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.7 | 5.2 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.1 | 18.2 | 27 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.7 | 14.5 |
| 6 | 7.8 | 12 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.3 | 3.2 |
| 31% | 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 12 | 9.8 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14.7 | 14.5 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
- Kristiansund have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Kristiansund have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Kristiansund have failed to score a single goal away.
- Kristiansund have lost all their away matches so far.
- Kristiansund have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Eliteserien
- Kristiansund have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Eliteserien
- Kristiansund have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Kristiansund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kristiansund is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Molde have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Molde have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Molde have scored more than double the goals of Kristiansund.
- Molde have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Eliteserien
- Molde have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Molde haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Viking | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Molde | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Sarpsborg 08 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Strømsgodset | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 10 |
| 6 | Vålerenga | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 7 | Bodø / Glimt | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Rosenborg | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Tromsø | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Aalesund | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | HamKam | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Jerv | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Haugesund | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Odd | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 1 |
- Molde
- Tidens Krav - (local newspaper)
- Kristiansund BK
- Tidens Krav - (local newspaper)
- Uglan supporterklubb - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
