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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sun 31.July
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Aker Stadion (11249 seats)

Eliteserien: Molde welcome Strømsgodset in what promises to be an engaging football match. Tipsway gives you all the pre-match info you need!

Insights:
  • Molde have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Eliteserien
  • Molde have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Strømsgodset have scored away.

The hosts Molde saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. That game was an away game at Elfsborg, so at least Molde are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Molde form and stats

19 points is a decent return from 9 Eliteserien games here at Aker Stadion for Molde. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

Molde are returning here after guesting Elfsborg in a Europa Conference League fixture and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.

In the game before, an away victory in the Eliteserien match versus Sandefjord with a 3-2 scoreline.

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 14 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 12 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 8 matches were won by at least two goals.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Varda SE are coming to town in three days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (20 in 9 games), Molde's attacking play is working. 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.

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Strømsgodset form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eliteserien travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Strømsgodset delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against HamKam (placed 12th) in their previous fixture. Midfielder Stengel was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.22. Stengel served one assist, hit six key passes and had 63 successful passes (of 70 total).

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Odd.

You'll want to know how Strømsgodset managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 6 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 2 draws and 4 home wins.

Strømsgodset have conceded 9 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Strømsgodset - Molde 1-3 was the score in these squads' latest head-to-head match, earlier this season. Stats for the previous ten meetings involving these two teams are: nine wins for Molde, zero draws and one win for Strømsgodset. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

MoldeD. Fofana
D. Fofana
6 goals
StrømsgodsetJ. Hove
J. Hove
6 goals
MoldeM. Retsius Grødem
M. Retsius Grødem
5 goals

Molde missing players

Strømsgodset missing players

Molde Strømsgodset
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 9 2 Played P 2 7 15
11 6 2 Won W 0 2 6
3 1 0 Drew D 2 2 4
2 2 0 Lost L 0 3 5
32 20 4 Scored S 2 7 21
15 10 0 Conceded C 2 9 22
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 86% 87%
75% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 43% 67%
62% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 60%
31% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 40%
19% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 27%
62% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 29% 40%
38% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 43% 40%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 33%
 
5.8 6.4 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4.6 6
4.9 4.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8 7.4 6.5
1.8 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.7 17.8 25.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 12.9 14.9
6.1 7.1 12 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.1 4.5
33% 31% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 24% 31%
 
12 10.7 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 12 14
3.2 2.9 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.9 4.5
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Strømsgodset have scored away.
  • Molde have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Molde have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Eliteserien
  • Molde have the most points (19) at home in Eliteserien
  • Molde haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Strømsgodset have won significantly less corners away then 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 Molde 16 11 3 2 32 15 9 6 1 2 20 10 7 5 2 0 12 5 17 36
2 Lillestrøm 15 10 3 2 29 14 7 6 0 1 13 2 8 4 3 1 16 12 15 33
3 Bodø / Glimt 15 8 4 3 35 18 8 4 4 0 22 8 7 4 0 3 13 10 17 28
4 Viking 17 8 4 5 30 23 9 5 3 1 16 6 8 3 1 4 14 17 7 28
5 Rosenborg 15 6 7 2 26 17 7 5 2 0 16 6 8 1 5 2 10 11 9 25
6 Strømsgodset 15 6 4 5 21 22 8 4 2 2 14 13 7 2 2 3 7 9 -1 22
7 Aalesund 15 5 6 4 17 19 7 3 3 1 8 7 8 2 3 3 9 12 -2 21
8 Sandefjord 15 6 2 7 27 29 7 1 2 4 11 16 8 5 0 3 16 13 -2 20
9 Vålerenga 15 6 2 7 20 24 7 4 1 2 11 9 8 2 1 5 9 15 -4 20
10 Odd 16 6 2 8 17 23 8 3 0 5 11 15 8 3 2 3 6 8 -6 20
11 Sarpsborg 08 15 6 1 8 30 26 8 3 1 4 13 11 7 3 0 4 17 15 4 19
12 HamKam 15 3 9 3 19 18 8 2 4 2 10 9 7 1 5 1 9 9 1 18
13 Haugesund 16 4 4 8 24 28 8 3 2 3 14 14 8 1 2 5 10 14 -4 16
14 Tromsø 13 2 7 4 16 26 6 2 3 1 9 10 7 0 4 3 7 16 -10 13
15 Jerv 15 3 2 10 10 30 8 3 1 4 6 11 7 0 1 6 4 19 -20 11
16 Kristiansund 14 0 2 12 10 31 6 0 2 4 7 15 8 0 0 8 3 16 -21 2

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Read more about Eliteserien

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”.