The league table in Eliteserien tells a story about these teams so far, with Molde leading Start by 19 points. Match preview to follow:
It's no vacation for neither Molde nor Start as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Molde form and stats
Molde have collected 15 points from their Eliteserien home games so far after 5-0-0.
The fans are hoping that Molde will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Eliteserien game against Sandefjord (placed 12th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Vålerenga in a game that was won 4-1.
The defeat against Sandefjord was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by M. Vales).
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 nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in eight wins, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.
It's goals goals goals for Molde who have scored 16 goals from 5 league home games. From these home matches, Molde have conceded only 3 goals.
Start form and stats
0 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Start playing as the away team in the Eliteserien this season.
Start go into this game after a win, the home game against Mjøndalen that ended 3-0. Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Aalesund's place.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Start played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Eliteserien trip to Kristiansund.
Start find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Start struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Start - Molde 2-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Molde wins - draws - Start wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Hussain 6 goals |  L. James 6 goals |  O. Omoijuanfo 4 goals |
Molde missing players
Start missing players
| Molde | Start | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 34 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 92% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 67% |
| 92% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 67% | 60% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 42% | 60% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 67% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 5.4 | 6.4 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5.6 | 4.4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 157 | 77 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 59 | 161 |
| 60 | 34 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 14 | 44 |
| 57% | 47% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 30% |
- Molde has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home
- Molde have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Molde have scored in all their matches so far.
- Molde have scored more than double the goals of Start.
- Molde have won all their matches at home so far.
- Molde haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Start has the most dropped points from leading position (14)
- Start have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Start have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Start have yet to win a game away.
- Start haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 28 | 34 |
| 2 | Molde | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 28 |
| 3 | Odd | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Vålerenga | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 5 | Kristiansund | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
| 6 | Rosenborg | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 7 | Stabæk | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 8 | Brann | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 15 |
| 10 | Haugesund | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 15 |
| 11 | Sarpsborg 08 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 12 | Sandefjord | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 13 | Viking | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -9 | 11 |
| 14 | Start | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 15 | Mjøndalen | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -22 | 6 |
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