On Sat Jul 22nd, in week 15, Molde hosts Sarpsborg 08 at Aker Stadion in a meeting of these two evenly matched Eliteserien teams. In their last match, Molde recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Vålerenga. Eric Bugale Kitolano struck first for Molde in the 1st minute, then Kristoffer Haugen added another in the 41st minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Vålerenga couldn’t manage to score, and Molde took the shutout win. Molde is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10, while 7th placed Sarpsborg 08 is fresh off their 2-3 loss against HamKam. Henrik Udahl scored the first goal for HamKam in the 7th minute from the penalty spot, then Serge-Junior Martinsson Ngouali got the equalizer for Sarpsborg 08 in the 15th minute on a feed from Ramon-Pascal Lundqvist , but luckily for HamKam it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. Sarpsborg 08 is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Molde won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Sarpsborg 08’s top weapon lately has been Kristian Opseth, who has 3 goals in the last five matches. Ola Brynhildsen has been the most effective weapon for Molde lately. The Norwegian midfielder has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches.