Molde vs Fredrikstad Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form points to Molde

Molde's last twenty matches read 10 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses, with 44 goals scored against 33 conceded. That's a side creating plenty and generally coming out on top more than it doesn't.

Molde: 20 completed matches; Fredrikstad: 20 completed matches.

Molde

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

44

Conceded

33

Difference

+11

Fredrikstad

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

20

Conceded

28

Difference

-8

Fredrikstad's equivalent run is 6 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses, with only 20 goals scored against 28 conceded. They've been involved in tighter, lower-scoring games and have lost more than they've won.

Molde's goal output has been notably higher than Fredrikstad's over the same number of games.

Comparative Team Statistics: Molde vs Fredrikstad

A head-to-head record that doesn't follow the current form

The last five meetings between these two have gone: a 1-2 away win for Fredrikstad, a 4-2 home win for Fredrikstad, a 0-0 draw, a 6-1 home win for Molde, and another 0-0 draw. That's two wins apiece if you count the big Molde result, plus two draws.

So while Molde look the stronger side on current form, Fredrikstad have shown in this fixture before that they're capable of getting something, including that 4-2 win on the road.

History between these two hasn't simply followed whoever was in better form at the time.

Where they sit in the table

Molde are 4th with 36 points from 21 games, having won 11 and lost just 7. Fredrikstad sit 8th with 28 points from the same number of matches, with 8 wins and 9 losses.

It's an eight-point gap with matches played level, so Molde have the better campaign so far, though Fredrikstad aren't miles adrift either.

Players carrying the goal threat

Molde's scoring has been shared around: E. Hestad has 8 goals in 16 appearances, E. Breivik has 7 goals and 8 assists in 21, and K. Lonebu has added 7 more in 18 games. That's a squad with more than one route to goal.

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

Fredrikstad:

Penalty cards:

I. Amundsen x 1

On discipline, Hestad and S. Kabini have both picked up a fair few cards for Molde this season. The only entry on Fredrikstad's side is I. Amundsen, sent off in a small sample of 7 matches, though that alone doesn't tell us much about their wider squad.

How this could play out

Molde arrive with the better recent numbers and the higher league position, and they have several players capable of scoring. That points towards them being the more threatening side going forward.

But the head-to-head record shows Fredrikstad have caused problems here before, including winning away, so writing them off completely doesn't fit the pattern of this particular fixture.