A cursory peek at the Eliteserien standings indicate an edge to Molde when they visit Sandefjord. Yet; let's wait before we elect a winner!
- Sandefjord have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Eliteserien
- Molde have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Sandefjord's stadium, Komplett Arena, has a grass surface. Molde have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Molde when playing on grass; 13 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from 18 matches. They have scored {34 goals} in these games and conceded 16.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Champions League. That game, against KI, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Molde.
Sandefjord form and stats
When playing at home in the Eliteserien, Sandefjord have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.
Sandefjord's last game was hosting Sarpsborg 08 (placed 9th) and winning 5-1. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Sandefjord played a great game against Sarpsborg 08 and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfielder Nilsson was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.15 (out of ten) in that game. Nilsson scored two goals and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).
In the game before, an away victory match versus Vålerenga with a 3-2 scoreline.Goals, goals, goals? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 most recent league matches with this team has had three goals or more.
The Sandefjord manager Ødegaard has got the team scoring with 16 from 7 home games in the league. On the other hand, Sandefjord have conceded 9 goals. When Sandefjord hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Stabæk, Aalesund, Haugesund, HamKam and Vålerenga), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Molde form and stats
The visitors are W4-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Eliteserien. The fact that Molde have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Two away matches in a row for Molde, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 against KI in the Champions League. The attacker Eikrem got a match rating of 7.83 in that game. Eikrem scored one goal and hit three key passes.
A home victory as predicted against HJK ahead of that, in the Champions League.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting KI in just three days.
Molde are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 9 away games so far. As opposed to that, Molde have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Molde have won every one of the 5 latest matches versus this team. Can they do it again?Molde - Sandefjord 5-0 was the scoreline in these contenders' previous H2H game, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Brynhildsen 7 goals |   D. Al-Saed 6 goals |  E. Breivik 6 goals |
Sandefjord missing players
Molde missing players
| Sandefjord | Molde | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 25 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 10 | 17 | 39 |
| 33 | 9 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 81% | 71% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 76% |
| 62% | 71% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 67% | 65% |
| 56% | 57% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 56% | 53% |
| 50% | 43% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 29% |
| 56% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 44% | 47% |
| 25% | 43% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 33% | 41% |
| 38% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 12% |
| 4.5 | 5.7 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.9 | 7.5 |
| 6.7 | 4.6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.7 | 4.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.5 | 15 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 14.4 | 16.4 |
| 4.2 | 5.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.9 | 5.6 |
| 37% | 43% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 39% | 41% |
| 16.8 | 12.9 | 15.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 13.1 | 11.1 |
| 5.5 | 3.7 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.1 | 3.1 |
- Molde have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Molde have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Molde haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sandefjord have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sandefjord have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Eliteserien
- Sandefjord have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 24 | 41 |
| 2 | Viking | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 38 |
| 3 | Tromsø | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Molde | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 32 |
| 5 | Brann | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Odd | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Rosenborg | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 25 |
| 9 | Sarpsborg 08 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -9 | 18 |
| 12 | Sandefjord | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -8 | 16 |
| 13 | Stabæk | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | HamKam | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 27 | -19 | 16 |
| 15 | Vålerenga | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 22 | -24 | 10 |
- Molde
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