Delightful dogfight as daring Molde duel with determined Viking

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Competition: Norway Eliteserien
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Aker Stadion (11249 seats)

Molde welcome Viking for another exciting Eliteserien fixture here at Aker Stadion.

Insights:
  • Molde have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Eliteserien
  • Viking have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Eliteserien

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Molde form and stats

Only two Eliteserien home games for Molde so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Molde are returning here after visiting Bodø / Glimt in a NM Cup game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.

0-0 away at Rosenborg before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Molde handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and one defeat.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Eliteserien game versus Odd in only four days. This game is also played here at Aker Stadion.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Molde at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Viking form and stats

Things could have gone better for Viking in their Eliteserien away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

The followers enjoyed Viking's previous game versus Haugesund (placed 16th), a 5-1 win played at home. As mentioned above, Viking was the only team on the pitch versus Haugesund in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Berisha certainly enjoyed Viking's last game versus Haugesund, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 5-1 victory. The attacker Berisha got a match rating of 9.91 in that game. Berisha scored three goals and hit two key passes.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Bodø / Glimt.

Viking are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is six wins, two draws and six defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Viking have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Molde five wins, one draw and Viking four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VikingS. Sebulonsen
S. Sebulonsen
3 goals
VikingZ. Tripić
Z. Tripić
3 goals
VikingV. Berisha
V. Berisha
3 goals

Molde missing players

Viking missing players

Molde Viking
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 5
2 1 0 Won W 1 1 4
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
5 2 1 Scored S 1 2 10
3 2 2 Conceded C 0 2 3
75% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 60%
50% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 40%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 60%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.5 5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.5 7
6.2 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.5 4.2
2.2 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.5 17.5 11 Shots (avg) S ( 21 22 18.8
5.5 7.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.5 6.4
23% 13% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 18% 31%
 
12 9 12 Shots against (avg) S A 7 12.5 10.8
2.8 2.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4 1.8
Key stats in Eliteserien this season:
  • Molde have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Eliteserien
  • Viking have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Eliteserien
Molde Last season Viking
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
18 11   Won W   8 17
6 2   Drew D   3 6
6 2   Lost L   4 7
70 46   Scored S   26 60
40 18   Conceded C   25 47
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
90% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 90%
70% 87%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 73%
53% 67%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 53%
33% 40%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 30%
53% 53%   BTTS BTTS   60% 77%
33% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 13%
17% 7%   Failed to Score F T   13% 10%
 
5.9 6.9   Corners for (avg) C F   6.3 6.4
4.6 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.9
1.4 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.7
2 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
15.2 18.3   Shots (avg) S (   15.4 15.9
5.5 7.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.9
42% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 41%
 
12.7 10.7   Shots against (avg) S A   14.8 13.3
4.1 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lillestrøm 5 4 1 0 11 3 3 3 0 0 7 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 8 13
2 Viking 5 4 0 1 10 3 3 3 0 0 8 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 7 12
3 Bodø / Glimt 4 2 1 1 9 6 2 1 1 0 7 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 7
4 Sarpsborg 08 4 2 1 1 9 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 8 4 3 7
5 Molde 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 7
6 Aalesund 5 2 1 2 6 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 0 2 3 5 -1 7
7 Sandefjord 4 2 0 2 9 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 8 4 3 6
8 Odd 4 2 0 2 6 5 3 2 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
9 Rosenborg 4 1 3 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 6
10 Vålerenga 4 2 0 2 4 7 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 6 -3 6
11 Jerv 4 2 0 2 2 5 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 -3 6
12 HamKam 4 1 2 1 8 6 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 5
13 Tromsø 4 1 1 2 6 10 2 1 0 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 4 -4 4
14 Strømsgodset 4 1 0 3 2 9 2 0 0 2 1 8 2 1 0 1 1 1 -7 3
15 Kristiansund 4 0 1 3 4 7 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 -3 1
16 Haugesund 5 0 0 5 3 12 2 0 0 2 1 4 3 0 0 3 2 8 -9 0

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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”.