Molde – Stabaek Prediction & Picks (23.06.2018)

Molde and Stabaek meet at the Aker Stadion, in Molde, in a game to count for the 14th round of the Norwegian championship. The history of direct confrontations between the two teams favors Molde: in the last 20 games played for this competition, the home team won 10 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses. One of those triumphs was precisely in the last game in this stadium, when Molde beat Stabaek 3-1.

FK Molde:

The Molde come to this game with a snub on the grounds of Kristiansund, 1-0, totaling in this way the second defeat in the last three games played, both away from home. At this moment the local team continues in the 8th position of the Norwegian first division, with 20 points, the result of 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses.

Analyzing the 7 games played at home it is possible to verify that the local formation scored on average 2.14 goals and suffered 0.86 goals per game, exhibiting an excellent offensive performance when acting in this condition. It is important to note that 71% of these matches ended with more than 2.5 goals in the final score.

The best period of training led by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was between the 16 ‘and the 30’, when he scored 4 goals and only suffered one. It should be noted that in the 5 games in which he opened the scoring in this stadium, in 4 he achieved a triumph at the end of the 90 ‘. Eirik Hestad and Etzaz Hussain are the best team scorers, with 3 goals each.

Stabaek:

The Stabaek comes to this game with a goalless draw against Glimt, adding in this way the following encounter without winning in this competition. We remind that the moment of form of the visitors is negative, since they have added only 2 victories in the last 10 disputed parties. Currently, the foreign team occupies the 14th position of the championship, with 11 points, consequence of 2 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses.

In the 7 games played away from home Stabaek scored on average 0.86 goals and suffered 2.29 goals per game, showing the enormous difficulties in the two sectors when playing in this condition. Of note that 57% of the games in the enemy’s field ended with more than 2.5 goals.

The worst moment of the visiting team away from home is between the 76 ‘and the 90’ ​​game, when he suffered 4 goals and did not score any goal. We emphasize that the visitors were not able to add any triumph in the status of visitor until this moment. Omoijuanfo is the best score of this formation, with 6 goals scored.