Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kristiansund & Molde face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The driving time between these two western cities are just over one hour, but choose a longer route and you'll enjoy more of the fantastic scenery along the coastline. These two cities, Kristiansund and Molde, have been rivals since the 19th century. The cities have fought over railway lines, airports, hospitals and local bragging rights. Traditionally Kristiansund is a working class industrial town while Molde is more conservative and religious.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kristiansund and Molde.
Kristiansund form and stats
Action has already taken place for Kristiansund in NM Cup as they have defeated Tomrefjord and Levanger to reach the 3rd Round. Last season, Kristiansund's NM Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.Kristiansund have performed here at Kristiansund Stadion this season with 4 wins from 6 Obos-Ligaen matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.
Kristiansund lost their last game at KFUM after a 0-2 scoreline.
Before that game, a fine away win at Levanger. A NM Cup match.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Kristiansund as they have a new game in only three days, a Obos-Ligaen match thankfully also at home. Moss are visiting.
Kristiansund's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Molde form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Surnadal and Melhus in order to reach 3rd round of NM Cup. They also participated in NM Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.As the visiting team in Eliteserien matches, Molde have produced an overall stat of 2-0-3 so far.
It's the second away game in a row for Molde, but there's smiles all around after the 4-3 victory versus Viking last time out. As you can tell from the result, the match against Viking was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? The end of the last match, against Viking, was very satisfying as Brynhildsen scored the winning goal deep into overtime. The attacker Brynhildsen got a match rating of 8.32 in that game. Brynhildsen scored two goals.
Ahead of that, the NM Cup victory away at Melhus.
The schedule is very tough for Molde now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Eliteserien game at Odd is waiting in only four days.
Molde have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Kristiansund victories, two draws and six Molde wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Stokke 5 goals |   E. Breivik 5 goals |  M. Retsius Grødem 4 goals |
Kristiansund missing players
Molde missing players
| Kristiansund | Molde | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 45 | 28 | Scored | S | 36 | 67 | ||
| 36 | 19 | Conceded | C | 18 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 32% | ||
| 64% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 8% | ||
| 4.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 6.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 53% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 53% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.1 | 6.7 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kongsvinger | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
| 2 | Sogndal | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | Ranheim | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 |
| 4 | Fredrikstad | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Kristiansund | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Start | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 17 |
| 7 | KFUM | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Moss | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Jerv | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Mjøndalen | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Sandnes Ulf | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 12 | Hødd | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Raufoss | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Bryne | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | Skeid | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 10 |
| 16 | Åsane | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 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 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 20 | 28 |
| 2 | Brann | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Tromsø | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Molde | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | Lillestrøm | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Sarpsborg 08 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Viking | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Stabæk | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Rosenborg | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Vålerenga | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Odd | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Sandefjord | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Haugesund | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Strømsgodset | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | HamKam | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -13 | 7 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -15 | 4 |
- Kristiansund BK
- Tidens Krav - (local newspaper)
- Uglan supporterklubb - (supporter site)
- Molde
- Tidens Krav - (local newspaper)
