Eliteserien: Molde expected to win home against Sarpsborg 08

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sat 19.December
Match begins: 14:30 (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 Sarpsborg 08's 12th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Molde have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sarpsborg 08 has the most clean sheets (10) in Eliteserien

Molde have less rest than Sarpsborg 08 in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eliteserien game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Odd, so at least Molde are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

For Sarpsborg most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Molde form and stats

34 points is a decent return from 14 Eliteserien games here at Aker Stadion for Molde. The data says 11 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Molde after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Happy days for Molde in their previous game, a Eliteserien match away at Odd (placed 7th) that ended with a 4-1 victory. Heartbreak before that as Molde lost 1-3 at Rosenborg's place.

Molde are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Aker Stadion in their league games, having scored an impressive 37 goals in 14 matches. Molde have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sarpsborg 08 form and stats

There's been little loot from Sarpsborg 08's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 14 away games in the Eliteserien. Sarpsborg 08, who have the most clean sheets (10) in Eliteserien, only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws. Sarpsborg 08 has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 26 days ago, in the Viking fixture. Visiting Sarpsborg 08 has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Sarpsborg played 0-0 against Sandefjord in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Brann.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sarpsborg's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 24 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Sarpsborg 08 - Molde 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Molde victory, four draws and five Sarpsborg 08 wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MoldeL. James
L. James
12 goals
MoldeO. Omoijuanfo
O. Omoijuanfo
10 goals
MoldeE. Hussain
E. Hussain
8 goals

Molde missing players

Sarpsborg 08 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Molde Sarpsborg 08
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 4 14 29
19 11 4 Won W 0 2 8
2 1 0 Drew D 1 5 8
8 2 1 Lost L 3 7 13
72 37 12 Scored S 4 13 33
36 13 5 Conceded C 12 24 38
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
93% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 72%
90% 79% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 43% 45%
55% 50% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 21% 21%
31% 36% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 21% 14%
72% 64% 80% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 45%
24% 29% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 34%
3% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.9 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.1 2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.7 15 17.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 12.4
5.1 5.8 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.6 3.3
48% 46% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 35% 34%
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Molde have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Molde have scored more than double the goals of Sarpsborg 08.
  • Molde haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sarpsborg 08 has the most clean sheets (10) 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 Bodø / Glimt 29 25 3 1 100 32 14 14 0 0 56 11 15 11 3 1 44 21 68 78
2 Molde 29 19 2 8 72 36 14 11 1 2 37 13 15 8 1 6 35 23 36 59
3 Vålerenga 29 14 10 5 47 33 14 9 5 0 29 13 15 5 5 5 18 20 14 52
4 Rosenborg 29 15 6 8 50 35 15 10 3 2 34 16 14 5 3 6 16 19 15 51
5 Kristiansund 29 12 12 5 56 42 14 7 4 3 33 23 15 5 8 2 23 19 14 48
6 Viking 29 12 8 9 54 49 15 7 4 4 34 22 14 5 4 5 20 27 5 44
7 Odd 28 13 4 11 50 46 14 8 2 4 27 19 14 5 2 7 23 27 4 43
8 Stabæk 29 8 12 9 37 45 15 5 6 4 19 17 14 3 6 5 18 28 -8 36
9 Haugesund 29 10 6 13 36 50 15 6 3 6 22 26 14 4 3 7 14 24 -14 36
10 Sandefjord 29 9 7 13 31 43 14 3 6 5 13 20 15 6 1 8 18 23 -12 34
11 Brann 29 8 9 12 38 48 14 3 5 6 19 19 15 5 4 6 19 29 -10 33
12 Sarpsborg 08 29 8 8 13 33 38 15 6 3 6 20 14 14 2 5 7 13 24 -5 32
13 Strømsgodset 28 6 10 12 38 52 14 3 6 5 19 25 14 3 4 7 19 27 -14 28
14 Start 29 6 9 14 33 52 15 5 6 4 22 20 14 1 3 10 11 32 -19 27
15 Mjøndalen 29 7 3 19 23 45 14 5 0 9 13 18 15 2 3 10 10 27 -22 24
16 Aalesund 29 2 5 22 30 82 15 1 3 11 16 39 14 1 2 11 14 43 -52 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 29 25 3 1 100 32 14 14 0 0 56 11 15 11 3 1 44 21 68 78
2 Molde 29 19 2 8 72 36 14 11 1 2 37 13 15 8 1 6 35 23 36 59
3 Vålerenga 29 14 10 5 47 33 14 9 5 0 29 13 15 5 5 5 18 20 14 52
4 Rosenborg 29 15 6 8 50 35 15 10 3 2 34 16 14 5 3 6 16 19 15 51
5 Kristiansund 29 12 12 5 56 42 14 7 4 3 33 23 15 5 8 2 23 19 14 48
6 Viking 29 12 8 9 54 49 15 7 4 4 34 22 14 5 4 5 20 27 5 44
7 Odd 28 13 4 11 50 46 14 8 2 4 27 19 14 5 2 7 23 27 4 43
8 Stabæk 29 8 12 9 37 45 15 5 6 4 19 17 14 3 6 5 18 28 -8 36
9 Haugesund 29 10 6 13 36 50 15 6 3 6 22 26 14 4 3 7 14 24 -14 36
10 Sandefjord 29 9 7 13 31 43 14 3 6 5 13 20 15 6 1 8 18 23 -12 34
11 Brann 29 8 9 12 38 48 14 3 5 6 19 19 15 5 4 6 19 29 -10 33
12 Sarpsborg 08 29 8 8 13 33 38 15 6 3 6 20 14 14 2 5 7 13 24 -5 32
13 Strømsgodset 28 6 10 12 38 52 14 3 6 5 19 25 14 3 4 7 19 27 -14 28
14 Start 29 6 9 14 33 52 15 5 6 4 22 20 14 1 3 10 11 32 -19 27
15 Mjøndalen 29 7 3 19 23 45 14 5 0 9 13 18 15 2 3 10 10 27 -22 24
16 Aalesund 29 2 5 22 30 82 15 1 3 11 16 39 14 1 2 11 14 43 -52 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”.