The Molde & Vålerenga managers E. Moe and D. Fagermo are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Eliteserien league table.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Molde form and stats
4 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Molde have to build on here at Aker Stadion in the Eliteserien.
In their previous game, the manager E. Moe led his Molde to a defeat in the Eliteserien match away at Bodø / Glimt. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Aker Stadion. A strong away win before that one, visiting Strømsgodset and winning 4-0.
There will be little rest for Molde after this match as they are travelling to Sandefjord for a Eliteserien game in only three days.
Goals are plentiful at Aker Stadion in the league this season as Molde has scored 12 goals here in 4 home games. Defensively Molde have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Vålerenga form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (5) in Eliteserien, on their Eliteserien travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Vålerenga goalkeeper Kristoffer Klaesson is eager to challenge this, with his 404 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Osame Sahraoui scored in Vålerenga's previous match, the home game against Strømsgodset that ended 2-0. Before that, Vålerenga travelled to Kristiansund and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
Vålerenga has another fixture away, a Eliteserien game, against Brann in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Vålerenga have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Molde wins - draws - Vålerenga wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. James 6 goals |  E. Hussain 5 goals |   M. Vilhjálmsson 4 goals |
Molde missing players
Vålerenga missing players
| Molde | Vålerenga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 90% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 60% |
| 90% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 20% | 40% |
| 70% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 30% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 10% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 5.8 | 6.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
| 5.6 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 122 | 53 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 41 | 93 |
| 43 | 20 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 12 | 39 |
| 67% | 60% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | 33% |
- Molde has the fewest conceded goals (2) 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 Vålerenga.
- Molde have won all their matches at home so far.
- Molde haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vålerenga has the most clean sheets (3) away
- Vålerenga has the most clean sheets (5)
| 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 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 30 |
| 2 | Molde | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 25 |
| 3 | Vålerenga | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | Odd | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Stabæk | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Rosenborg | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Brann | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Kristiansund | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Viking | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 14 | Mjøndalen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Start | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 6 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -19 | 3 |
- Molde
- Tidens Krav - (local newspaper)
- Vålerenga
- Vålerenga På Nett - (supporter-driven news site)
- Klanen - (supporter site)
- Eliteserien official site
- VG - (newspaper)
- Aftenposten - (newspaper)
- Dagbladet - (newspaper)