Week 26 features a match on Sunday Oct 16th, where Molde and Lillestrøm will play a match in Kjeller in a clash of these two closely matched Eliteserien teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 4th placed Lillestrøm, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Viking. Magnus Knudsen scored the first goal for Lillestrøm in the 19th minute, then Thomas Lehne Olsen added another in the 49th minute on a feed from Gjermund Asen At the end of 90 a dissapointed Viking couldn’t manage to score, and Lillestrøm took the shutout win. Lillestrøm is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while molde is fresh off their 5-0 blowout win against HamKam. Magnus Eikrem struck first for Molde in the 8th minute, then Ola Brynhildsen added another in the 13th minute on a feed from Mathias Fjortoft Lovik In the end, HamKam couldn’t muster any offence and Molde ran away with the shutout win. Molde is on a hot streak lately, with 10 wins in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Apr 18th, Lillestrøm took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Igoh Ogbu scored the first goal for Lillestrøm in the 19th minute, but Kristoffer Haugen got the equalizer for Molde in the 80th minute.
In the last five matches, both Marcus Andre Kaasa and Ola Brynhildsen are on scoring streaks. They have each scored 5 goals for Molde and look to continue their dominance.. Thomas Lehne Olsen has been the most effective weapon for Lillestrøm lately. The Norwegian attacker has netted 3 goals in his last five matches.