Aalesund vs Molde - prediction, team news, lineups

Molde volition beryllium bidding to marque it back-to-back wins successful the Eliteserien erstwhile they instrumentality connected Aalesund connected Saturday.

The visitors are presently 5th successful the Eliteserien table, level connected points with fourth-placed Lillestrom, portion Aalesund are 13th, level connected points with 14th-placed Kristiansund.

Match preview

Aalesund person a grounds of 2 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats from their 11 league matches this season, with 11 points leaving them successful 13th spot successful the division, level connected points with 14th-placed Kristiansund heading into the adjacent acceptable of matches.

The Orange and Blues secured promotion from the 2nd tier past season, returning to the apical formation aft 2 campaigns successful 1. divisjon.

Kjetil Rekdal's broadside were past successful competitory enactment connected May 29, drafting 0-0 with HamKam, and they person really picked up 8 points from their past 4 matches.

Aalesund played 1 affable astatine the extremity of June to hole for the instrumentality of competitory action, signaling a 3-0 triumph implicit home rivals Kristiansund.

The Orange and Blues person faced Molde connected 32 occasions and person lone managed to grounds 5 victories, suffering 22 defeats successful the process.

Molde recorded a 4-1 triumph implicit Aalesund successful the past Eliteserien clash betwixt the 2 teams backmost successful June 2020, and they person really been victorious successful six of their past 7 meetings.

The visitors person a grounds of six wins, 1 gully and 4 defeats from their 11 league matches this season, with 19 points leaving them successful 5th spot successful the division.

Sindre Tjelmeland's broadside were past successful competitory enactment astatine the extremity of May, signaling a 2-1 triumph implicit Sandefjord, which made it 4 successes from their past six matches.

Molde person since played 3 friendlies, beating KFUM Oslo 5-1 earlier suffering a 4-1 decision to Bodo/Glimt astatine the extremity of June.

MFK past mislaid 2-1 to Rosenborg successful their past crippled connected July 5.

Aalesund Norwegian Eliteserien form:

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Molde Norwegian Eliteserien form:

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Team News

Aalesund volition beryllium without the services of Philip Aukland, Janus Seehusen, Mathias Kristensen and Paul Ngongo owed to wounded problems.

Kristian Lonebu has been successful beardown signifier this season, uncovering the backmost of the nett connected six occasions successful 14 matches, and helium volition proceed successful the last 3rd of the field.

There should besides beryllium different commencement for 18-year-old attacker Marcus Reed.

As for Molde, Mads Kikkenborg, Fredrik Kristensen Dahl and Jalal Abdullai volition miss the lucifer owed to wounded issues.

Emil Breivik has scored 7 times successful 13 appearances this season, and determination volition beryllium a spot successful the last 3rd of the tract for the 26-year-old.

There is besides expected to beryllium a commencement successful a guardant country for Fredrik Gulbrandsen, who has recovered the backmost of the nett connected 7 occasions successful 13 matches this term.

Aalesund imaginable starting lineup:

Klaesson; Charles, Syversen, Kjelsen, Gudmundsson, Orsahl; Christensen, Hagen, Osenbroch; Reed, Lonebu

Molde imaginable starting lineup:

Posiadala; Stenevik, Hansen, Risa, Linnes; Hoff, Daehli; Hestad, Breivik, Granaas; Gulbrandsen

We say: Aalesund 1-2 Molde

Molde tin telephone upon a batch of prime successful guardant areas, and we are backing the visitors to assertion each 3 points connected Saturday, but it is expected to beryllium a adjacent match.

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