Molde vs Sandefjord - prediction, team news, lineups

Molde volition beryllium looking to get backmost to winning ways erstwhile they invited Sandefjord to the Aker Stadion on Saturday.

The hosts presently beryllium 5th successful the Eliteserien and are 8 points disconnected the top, portion the visitors are six points beneath them successful eighth.

Match preview

Molde were beaten 2-1 by Sarpsborg past Monday arsenic they suffered their 4th decision of the season, with Daniel Karlsbakk and Anders Hiim connected people for Even Sel's broadside while Eirik Hestad scored a consolation goal.

Martin Falk was successful interim complaint for that game, but Sindre Tjelmeland is acceptable to instrumentality implicit for the Sandefjord clash aft finishing up his commitments with Polish nine Lech Poznan past weekend.

Tjelmeland's accomplishment volition people the commencement of a caller epoch for Molde, who endured their worst run since returning to the apical formation of Norwegian shot successful 2007 past season.

Molde finished 10th past year, conscionable 8 points supra the relegation zone, and person embarked connected a rebuild by bringing successful 8 caller faces including highly-rated young guardant Trent Kone-Doherty from Liverpool.

However, it is nine skipper Emil Breivik who has been Molde's cardinal subordinate truthful acold this season, with the midfielder netting six league goals successful 10 games to go the Eliteserien's joint-top scorer alongside Viking's Peter Christiansen.

Sandefjord, meanwhile, are without a triumph successful their past 2 games having been thumped 3-1 by Lillestrom and drawn 1-1 with Fredrikstad.

Andreas Tegstrom's broadside were closing successful connected an important triumph implicit Fredrikstad past Friday acknowledgment to a Nikolaj Moller goal, but Benjamin Faraas netted a stoppage-time equaliser to rescue a point.

Despite the disappointment of conceding a precocious goal, Sandefjord volition instrumentality bosom from the information that Moller has present scored successful his past 3 games and it appears arsenic though the Swede has present recovered his feet aft signing from Dundee United successful February.

It is besides worthy noting that Sandefjord person beaten Molde successful their past 4 meetings and person scored 3 goals successful 3 of those games.

Molde Norwegian Eliteserien form:

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Sandefjord Norwegian Eliteserien form:

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Team News

Molde volition beryllium without the likes of Fredrik Kristensen Dahl, Mads Kikkenborg and Jalal Abdullai done injury.

It is improbable they volition marque galore changes, with Fredrik Gulbrandsen acceptable to proceed starring the enactment up of Breivik, Eirik Hestad and Oskar Spiten Nysaeter.

Sandefjord are besides improbable to marque galore changes, with Moller looking to proceed his bully signifier up front.

However, Zinedin Smajlovic could travel backmost into the broadside for Stian Kristiansen aft serving a one-match suspension.

Molde imaginable starting lineup:

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

Sandefjord imaginable starting lineup:

Hadaya; Pedersen, Lambrix, Smaljovic, Egeli; Melchior, Mork, Vester; Patoulidis, Moller, Alte

We say: Molde 1-0 Sandefjord

Although Sandefjord person an fantabulous caller grounds against Molde, the hosts are successful amended signifier than their rivals and volition beryllium keen to commencement the Sindre Tjelmeland epoch with a win.

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