Lillestrom vs Molde FK Prediction and Betting Tips | August 11th 2024
Lillestrom and Molde FK bring round 18 of the Norwegian Eliteserien to an end on Sunday when they lock horns at the Arasen Stadion. Erling Moe’s men head into the game off a dominant midweek victory in the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers and will look to build on that result.
Lillestrom continue to struggle for results in the bottom half of the Eliteserien table as they fell to a 2-1 defeat against Kristiansund last weekend.
Robin Asterhed’s side have now failed to win three of their last four matches, losing twice and claiming one draw since the start of July.
Lillestrom have picked up 20 points from their 16 Eliteserien matches to sit 10th in the standings, level on points with 11th-placed Stromsgodset.
Elsewhere, Molde turned in a performance of the highest quality on Thursday when they cruised to a 3-0 home victory over Cercle Brugge in the first leg of their Europa League third qualifying round clash.
Moe’s men now head back to the Eliteserien, where they have failed to win their last three matches, playing out a goalless draw with Fredrikstad on July 13, before suffering successive defeats against KFUM and Viking respectively.
With 28 points from 17 matches, Molde are currently fourth in the league standings, level on points with fifth-placed Fredrikstad.
Lillestrom vs Molde FK Head-To-Head and Key Numbers
- Molde boast the upper hand in the history of this fixture, having won 23 of the last 54 meetings between the two teams.
- Lillestrom have picked up 14 wins in that time while the spoils have been shared on 17 occasions.
- Molde have lost just one of their last five Eliteserien away games while claiming three wins and one draw since mid-May.
- Lillestrom are unbeaten in their last three home games in the league, picking up seven points from a possible nine since May’s 3-0 loss to Fredrikstad.
Lillestrom vs Molde FK Prediction
With the last six meetings of the two teams producing a combined 20 goals, we anticipate another action-packed contest at the Arasen Stadion with plenty of goalmouth action.
While we expect Moe to shuffle his starting XI ahead of next week’s return leg against Cercle Brugge, we predict they will do just enough to force a share of the spoils.
Prediction: Lillestrom 2-2 Molde FK
Lillestrom vs Molde FK Betting Tips
Tip 1: Result - Draw
Tip 2: Over 2.5 goals - Yes (There have also been at least three goals in five of their last six clashes)
Tip 3: Over 4.5 cards - No (There have been fewer than five bookings in the last five meetings between the two teams)