The visiting Molde side are thought to be front runners at Stabæk, as the away side enjoy a 13 point advantage from their 16 league matches this season.
- Molde have scored more than double the goals of Stabæk.
12-2-4 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Molde when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 18 matches are 35-19 (scored/conceded).
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at HJK. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Stabæk form and stats
3 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Stabæk have to build on here at Nadderud Stadion in the Eliteserien. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Stabæk, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The regulars are hoping that Stabæk will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the match against HamKam (placed 13th). The defeat against HamKam was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by Gammelby). Defender Skovgaard got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.62/10. Skovgaard hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Viking (0-1).The Stabæk fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. Stabæk are not conceding a lot of goals here at Nadderud Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Molde form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Eliteserien.
Two away matches in a row for Molde, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs HJK in the Champions League.
Prior to that match, a home win 5-1 against Sarpsborg 08 in the Eliteserien.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 11 of this club's 14 latest league games have ended with at least three goals.
After this away game Molde return home for a Champions League game against HJK. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Molde have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two teams get together this season, as the records show this recent game: Molde - Stabæk 2-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Stabæk victories, one draw and seven Molde wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Brynhildsen 7 goals |  E. Breivik 6 goals |   K. Høgh 5 goals |
Stabæk missing players
Molde missing players
| Stabæk | Molde | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 17 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 9 | 16 | 38 |
| 24 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 87% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 81% |
| 60% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 69% |
| 40% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 62% | 56% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 53% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 27% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 25% | 38% |
| 33% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 7.1 | 7.7 |
| 5.9 | 5.9 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.9 | 4.7 |
| 1 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.7 | 12.5 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 14.9 | 16.8 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5 | 5.8 |
| 28% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 40% | 41% |
| 13.4 | 12.5 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 13.9 | 11.3 |
| 5.1 | 4.6 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
- Molde have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Molde have scored more than double the goals of Stabæk.
- Molde haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 27 | 41 |
| 2 | Tromsø | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 3 | Molde | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 29 |
| 4 | Viking | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
| 5 | Brann | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 7 | Odd | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Sarpsborg 08 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Strømsgodset | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Rosenborg | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 19 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | Stabæk | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | HamKam | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 16 |
| 14 | Vålerenga | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 15 | Sandefjord | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -13 | 10 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 19 | -23 | 7 |
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