The Eliteserien overall standings tell the truth about these contenders so far, with Molde leading Sarpsborg 08 by 26 points. Tipsway full preview:
- Molde have the most clean sheets (8) in Eliteserien
- Sarpsborg 08 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Eliteserien
Molde have less rest than Sarpsborg 08 in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Wolfsberger AC.
Molde form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 10 Eliteserien games here at Aker Stadion for Molde. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Molde are returning here after visiting Wolfsberger AC in a Europa Conference League game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. Mannsverk (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.43/10. Mannsverk scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times and had 34 successful passes (of 40 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Haugesund and winning 1-0.The Molde manager Moe has got the team scoring with 23 from 10 home games in the league.
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
Sarpsborg 08 have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Eliteserien, after 3-0-6 (9 played). Sarpsborg are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost seven in a row. It's been 8 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Sandefjord game.)
Sarpsborg 08 play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Odd (placed 8th). Defender Wichne was the best team player with a rating of 7.45. Wichne hit two key passes and won 4 of 9 duels.
A 1-4 loss hosting Bodø / Glimt before that.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this team's 13 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.
The Sarpsborg 08 manager Billborn has some worries about the defense as 19 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H match ended Sarpsborg 08 - Molde 1-2, earlier this season. Head to head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Molde won five games, three matches ended with a draw and Sarpsborg 08 have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two
Top Goalscorers
  D. Fofana 7 goals |  M. Retsius Grødem 6 goals |  M. Maigaard 6 goals |
Molde missing players
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
| Molde | Sarpsborg 08 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 39 | 23 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 18 | 32 |
| 17 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 19 | 36 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 74% |
| 63% | 70% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 78% | 63% |
| 32% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 78% | 53% |
| 21% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 56% | 42% |
| 58% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 63% |
| 42% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 26% |
| 5.8 | 6.5 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.2 |
| 5 | 4.4 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.2 | 6.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | 18.1 | 18.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.5 | 15.1 | 15.3 |
| 6.1 | 7.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| 34% | 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 41% | 32% |
| 11.8 | 10.3 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 16.6 | 16.3 |
| 3.1 | 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
- 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 most clean sheets (8) in Eliteserien
- Molde haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Molde is in the best form (6-0-0) in Eliteserien
- Sarpsborg 08 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sarpsborg 08 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Eliteserien
- Sarpsborg 08 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sarpsborg 08 is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 22 | 45 |
| 2 | Lillestrøm | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 40 |
| 3 | Bodø / Glimt | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 28 | 38 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 37 |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 30 |
| 6 | Viking | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Strømsgodset | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Odd | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -13 | 23 |
| 9 | Haugesund | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -2 | 22 |
| 10 | Tromsø | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | -7 | 21 |
| 11 | Aalesund | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -9 | 21 |
| 12 | Sandefjord | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -11 | 21 |
| 13 | HamKam | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 14 | Sarpsborg 08 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 19 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Jerv | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 28 | -30 | 14 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 18 | -22 | 6 |
- Molde
- Tidens Krav - (local newspaper)
- Sarpsborg 08
- Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad - (local newspaper)
- Fossefallet - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)
