Molde FK vs ODD Grenland Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Molde FK

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Molde FK will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 3-4 Eliteserien loss in their previous game against Viking FK.

In that game, Molde FK managed 44% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For Molde FK, the goalscorers were Markus Kaasa (14'), Ola Brynhildsen (25') and Magnus Wolff Eikrem (28'). Viking FK had 17 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Kristoffer Løkberg (30'), Veton Berisha (63', 83') and Harald Tangen (72') scored for Viking FK.

In their last six fixtures, Erling Moe's Molde FK have celebrated scoring a combined total of 10 times giving them an average number of goals per match equal to 1.67.

Coming into this contest, Molde FK have not lost a league tie with ODD Grenland in their last 7 matches.

ODD Grenland

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Sarpsborg 08 in Eliteserien action, ODD Grenland and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, ODD Grenland managed 46% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Sarpsborg 08 had 24 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. Kristian Opseth (63') was the scorer for Sarpsborg 08.

The stats don’t lie, and ODD Grenland have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 7 goals in total. Defensively, ODD Grenland have been far from perfect. We will just have to find out if that trend can be continued on into this next match.

Their previous form shows that ODD Grenland:

• have not emerged victorious against Molde FK when having played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 6 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings going back to 05/07/2019 reveals that these encounters have ended in disappointment for ODD Grenland. They have not been able to get themselves any wins whatsoever while Molde FK have been the better of the two, finishing as winners in 67% of those ties.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 24 in total which averages out at 4 goals per meeting.

The previous league contest featuring these clubs was Eliteserien match day 21 on 03/10/2021 and the score finished ODD Grenland 1-3 Molde FK.

In that match, ODD Grenland had 43% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer was Conrad Wallem (28').

For their opponents, Molde FK had 24 shots at goal with 7 on target. Eirik Andersen (19', 64') and Ohi Omoijuanfo (42') scored.

The referee was Sigurd Kringstad.

🗞️ Team News: Molde FK

It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just the lone fitness concern for the Molde FK manager Erling Moe to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust set of players. Eirik Andersen (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) is out of contention.

We think that Molde FK will possibly make use of the 3-4-2-1 system for this one, handing starts to Jacob Karlstrøm, Eirik Haugan, Martin Bjørnbak, Birk Risa, Martin Linnes, Sivert Mannsverk, Emil Breivik, Kristoffer Haugen, Markus André Kaasa, Ola Brynhildsen and Magnus Eikrem.

ℹ️ Team News: ODD Grenland

Thanks to a fully injury-free group ready to go, the ODD Grenland manager Pål Arne Johansen has no fitness worries to report coming into this clash.

We reckon that Oddrane might play in a 4-3-3 formation, giving starts to Leopold Wahlstedt, Espen Ruud, Odin Björtuft, Ivan Mesik, Josef Brian Baccay, F. R. Jørgensen, Solomon Owusu, Conrad Wallem, Milan Jevtovic, Tobias Lauritsen and Mikael Ingebrigtsen.

🧠 Prediction

We envisage that ODD Grenland are dangerous enough to find the net against this Molde FK side, but it is unlikely to be as many as they will have scored against them.

We’re expecting a close game with a 2-1 win for Molde FK at full-time. It’s a very tough call.

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Victor Martins, 00:14 07/05/2022