Molde vs Sarpsborg 08 - prediction, team news, lineups

Sarpsborg 08 volition look to widen their five-game unbeaten league tally erstwhile they caput to the Aker Stadion for Sunday's clash with Molde.

They caput into the contention successful sixth presumption successful the Eliteserien, 2 points adrift of their fifth-placed hosts. 

Match preview

Molde are sitting 2 points adrift of the European qualification spots aft winning seven, drafting 2 and losing 5 of their 14 league games.

Sindre Tjelmeland's broadside made a sluggish instrumentality from the World Cup break, drafting 2-2 with Aalesund earlier falling to a constrictive 2-1 decision to Brann.

Molde yet returned to winning ways successful Sunday's distant clash against KFUM Oslo, which saw Martin Linnes and Samukelo Kabini people precocious in a 4-2 victory. 

After ending a three-game winless distant league run, MFK volition instrumentality to the acquainted surroundings of the Aker Stadion, wherever they person won 4 of their past 5 competitory location outings. 

Molde volition anticipation location vantage tin assistance them assertion their archetypal league triumph implicit Sarpsborg since signaling a 3-1 occurrence successful November 2023.

The archetypal extremity could beryllium important to those hopes, considering they person won each six Elitserien games wherever they person netted the opening goal. 

After going into the World Cup interruption connected the backmost of consecutive victories, Sarpsborg person picked up from wherever they near disconnected to instrumentality 7 points from 3 matches.

Even Sel's broadside recorded cleanable sheets successful each of those 3 games, starting with a 1-0 triumph implicit Viking earlier playing retired a goalless matter with Kristiansund.

Andreas Nibe past scored the decisive extremity successful last Sunday's 1-0 triumph implicit HamKam, representing a 4th consecutive triumph astatine the Sarpsborg Stadion.

They person struggled to nutrient akin results connected their travels, having won conscionable 1 of their erstwhile six distant games successful the Elitserien, though they person astatine slightest managed to debar decision successful their past 2 roadworthy trips (W1, D1).

The visitors tin surely instrumentality assurance from the information they person won each of their past 3 games against Molde, including a 2-1 triumph successful May's reverse fixture.

In fact, they person avoided decision successful each of their past 5 head-to-head meetings, scoring astatine slightest 2 goals successful 4 of those encounters. 

Molde Norwegian Eliteserien form:

W L W D L W

Sarpsborg 08 Norwegian Eliteserien form:

L W W W D W

Team News

Vebjorn Hoff is acceptable to miss retired aft being forced disconnected successful the archetypal fractional of Molde's astir caller location crippled against Brann. 

The midfielder is joined connected the sidelines by Fredrik Kristensen Dahl, Mats Daehli, Mads Kikkenborg and Halldor Stenevik.

Right-back Linnes is pushing for a starting berth, which could spot Mathias Lovik driblet down to the seat for Sunday's fixture.

As for the visitors, they volition beryllium incapable to telephone upon the injured trio of Peter Reinhardsen, Sigurd Rosted and Frederik Carstensen.

Defender Bjorn Utvik volition service a one-match prohibition aft picking up his 4th yellowish paper of the Eliteserien play successful the constrictive triumph implicit HamKam. 

Utvik's suspension could unfastened the doorway for Marius Lode to marque his archetypal Sarpsborg commencement pursuing his caller accomplishment connected a escaped transfer.

Molde imaginable starting lineup:

Posiadala; Linnes, Hannes, Risa, Kabini; Breivik, Daga; Hestad, Granaas, Spiten-Nysaeter; Abdullai

Sarpsborg 08 imaginable starting lineup:

Oy; Niyukuri, Lode, Odegaard, Hiim; Sorli, Sher, Christiansen, Nibe; Halvorsen, Karlsbakk

We say: Molde 1-1 Sarpsborg 08

We deliberation Sunday's contention volition beryllium a close-fought affair, fixed the information that Molde and Sarpsborg are separated by conscionable 2 points.

Sarpsborg volition beryllium frustrated by their deficiency of wins connected the road, and portion we bash not spot them prevailing astatine the Aker Stadion, their beardown caller head-to-head grounds suggests they should fancy their chances of avoiding defeat.

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