Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Molde & Sarpsborg 08 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the NM Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Molde nor Sarpsborg 08 as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Molde form and stats
Molde participated in NM Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Aker Stadion as Molde have scored 17 goals to get 16 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Eliteserien are 5-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Molde's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Brann. The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfield player Breivik got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, the max score being 10. Breivik signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
2-2 away at Bodø / Glimt before that.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Molde as they are travelling to their away game against Vålerenga in the Eliteserien. That match is three days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Molde are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 7 league matches. Molde are not conceding a lot of goals here at Aker Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Sarpsborg 08 form and stats
They also participated in NM Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Playing away, Sarpsborg 08 have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Eliteserien this season.
Sarpsborg are travelling again after losing away to Strømsgodset in their previous match (2-5). As you can tell from the result, the match against Strømsgodset was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Midfielder Torp was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.21. Torp scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 42 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 6-1 against Sandefjord in the Eliteserien.A quick return to home after this game, as Sarpsborg 08 are hosting HamKam in the Eliteserien only four days away.
Sarpsborg 08 has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. 9 goals have been conceded by Sarpsborg in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Molde, two draws and two wins for Sarpsborg 08. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Brynhildsen 7 goals | E. Breivik 5 goals |   K. Fardal Opseth 5 goals |
Molde missing players
Sarpsborg 08 missing players
| Molde | Sarpsborg 08 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 10 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 58 | 24 | Scored | S | 32 | 55 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 20 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 12% | ||
| 6.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13.1 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.6 | 14.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 5.9 | ||
| 50% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | ||
| 7.3 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 9.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 23 | 35 |
| 2 | Tromsø | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | Viking | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Brann | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Molde | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | Sarpsborg 08 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Strømsgodset | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Lillestrøm | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Stabæk | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 16 |
| 10 | Odd | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Haugesund | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 12 | Rosenborg | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 13 | Vålerenga | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Sandefjord | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 18 | -8 | 10 |
| 15 | HamKam | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -17 | 10 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | -16 | 7 |
- Molde
- Tidens Krav - (local newspaper)
- Sarpsborg 08
- Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad - (local newspaper)
- Fossefallet - (supporter site)
