Lillestrom vs Molde Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form across all competitions

Looking at each side's last 20 matches, which include cup, Europa League and friendly fixtures alongside league games, Molde have gone 10-3-7 with 44 scored and 33 conceded. Lillestrom's equivalent sample reads 7-2-11, with 23 scored and 33 conceded. That's a heavier run of defeats for Lillestrom, though it's worth remembering this isn't a pure league-only picture for either club.

Lillestrom: 20 completed matches; Molde: 20 completed matches.

Lillestrom

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

55% 11 / 20

Scored

23

Conceded

33

Difference

-10

Molde

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

44

Conceded

33

Difference

+11

Lillestrom have lost more than half of their last 20 matches across all competitions, whatever the opposition.

Comparative Team Statistics: Lillestrom vs Molde

History between these two

There's a long list of meetings between these clubs, and Molde have come out on top far more often than not down the years, including a 4-0 and a couple of comfortable away wins in recent seasons. The last meeting, though, back in April, went the other way: Lillestrom won 1-0 away at Molde's ground. So the long-term trend and the most recent result don't quite agree.

Long-run history favours Molde heavily, but the very latest meeting broke that pattern.

Where they sit in the table

Molde are fourth with 36 points from 21 games, while Lillestrom sit sixth on 32 points from the same number of matches. That's four points and two places between them, so it's not a huge gap, but it is a real one. Molde's overall record of 11 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses looks noticeably tidier than Lillestrom's 10 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses, who have lost getting on for half their league games this season.

The table points to Molde having had the steadier campaign, even if the positions are only two apart.

Key men and goal threats

Molde's scoring is fairly spread out. E. Hestad has 8 in 16 appearances, E. Breivik has 7 goals and leads the way with 8 assists in 21 games, K. Lonebu has 7 in 18, and Trent Toure Kone Doherty has 6 in 17. Lillestrom's main threat is F. Gulbrandsen with 6 goals in 19 appearances, while Vá has chipped in 5 assists. On the disciplinary side, Y. Ibrahimaj and E. Hestad have both picked up seven yellow cards, so there's a bit of card risk floating around midfield for both teams.

Lillestrom:

Best scorers:

F. Gulbrandsen - 6

Best assist providers:

Vá - 5

Penalty cards:

H. Woxen x 1 x 3

E. Garnås x 1

Y. Ibrahimaj x 7

Molde:

Best scorers:

E. Hestad - 8

E. Breivik - 7

K. Lonebu - 7

Best assist providers:

E. Breivik - 8

S. Granaas - 4

Penalty cards:

S. Kabini x 2 x 3

E. Hestad x 7

How this one might play out

Molde arrive with more scoring options and a slightly better points return, but they've also conceded regularly this season. Lillestrom have struggled for results generally, yet they were the team that won the last head-to-head. Put together, this doesn't look like a fixture where either defence is especially settled, so goals at both ends wouldn't be a surprise rather than a one-sided story.