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Molde v IK Start : Eliteserien match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 18th Oct, 16:00 BST, Aker Stadion, Molde

Sunday afternoon sees Sindre Tjelmeland’s Molde and Azar Karadas’s IK Start go up against one another in a Eliteserien battle at the Aker Stadion. Recent form, head-to-head statistics, predictions and odds from leading bookmakers are all laid out below. We're here to give you everything you need to place an intelligent bet. We're tipping Molde to win, but why not use the stats to find the perfect bet for you?


Best Tip: Molde to win

After looking at the bookmakers' odds and collated stats regarding the two teams ahead of this Eliteserien game, a bet on win / draw / win for Molde to win and delight their home supporters is what we would suggest. We predict they'll overpower IK Start, and head-to-head (H2H) records show they have a track record of doing so. There could be some bumps along the way, but Molde to win is the bet come Sunday afternoon.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Molde
68%
1/3-
Draw
17%
17/4-
IK Start
15%
6/1-
Molde 2-1
9%
17/2
6%
-
Molde 2-0
8%
8/1
5%
-
Molde 3-1
8%
9/1-
Draw 1-1
7%
10/1
8%
-
Molde 3-0
7%
9/1
9%
-
Molde 1-0
7%
11/1
8%
-
Draw 2-2
5%
16/1
13%
-
Molde 4-1
5%
14/1-
Molde 4-0
4%
14/1-
Molde 3-2
4%
20/1
11%
-
IK Start 2-1
4%
20/1-
IK Start 1-0
3%
25/1
10%
-
Molde 4-2
3%
25/1-
Draw 0-0
3%
25/1-
Molde 5-1
3%
25/1
13%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
70%
4/11
2%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
30%
21/10
9%
-
Home 1st Goal
57%
4/11-
Away 1st Goal
42%
2/1-
No 1st Goal
1%
25/1-
BTTS - Yes
62%
8/13
3%
-
BTTS - No
38%
6/5
2%
-
BTTS - Home Win
38%
7/5
4%
-
BTTS - Draw
15%
5/1-
BTTS - Away Win
9%
10/1
10%
-
Home/draw
85%
1/10-
Away/draw
32%
9/4-
Home/away
83%
1/6-
Over 1.5 Goals
88%
1/10
2%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
12%
6/1
13%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
49%
5/6
2%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
51%
5/6
4%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
30%
2/1
9%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
70%
4/11
3%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
16%
9/2
10%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
84%
1/7
3%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
1/100-
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
22/1
12%
-
Home DNB
80%
1/8-
Away DNB
27%
5/1-
Molde win to nil
30%
13/8
4%
-
IK Start win to nil
5%
16/1-
Molde / Molde
45%
5/6
4%
-
Molde / IK Start
2%
33/1
17%
-
Molde / Draw
5%
16/1-
Draw / Molde
18%
7/2-
Draw / IK Start
5%
16/1-
Draw / Draw
9%
17/2-
IK Start / Molde
5%
14/1-
IK Start / IK Start
6%
12/1-
IK Start / Draw
4%
18/1-
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Win / draw / win Eliteserien table

Molde have played 22 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Eliteserien league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below in the table, having won 9, drawn 4 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Molde have outscored their opponents by 46 goals to 24 goals.

Home League Performance

Molde have played 11 games at home winning 7, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored 24 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 13 goals at home.

IK Start are in 16th position in the Eliteserien on 16 points having played 22 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 29 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 10 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

22 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 4 and won 4. IK Start have conceded 48 goals, scored 24, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Molde
IK Start
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bodø2318233856 
Nov 20
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-4A
l
 
5-0A
2
Viking2217233653 
Dec 4
l
 
4-1A
l
 
0-3A
l
 
6-3F
3
Tromsø2211651139 
w
 
3-2F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1A
Dec 6
4
Molde2211471237 
-
-
d
 
1-1F
Oct 18
5
Rosenborg221048934 
w
 
2-0F
Nov 28
l
 
0-3A
Nov 7
6
Lillestrøm221039-133 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2F
Nov 1
l
 
3-1A
7
Brann229211529 
l
 
1-2A
Nov 1
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1F
8
Fredrikstad22859-729 
Oct 25
Dec 13
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1F
9
Sarpsborg22778-328 
d
 
3-3F
l
 
2-1A
Nov 29
d
 
1-1F
10
KFUM228410-928 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
2-4A
w
 
4-1F
l
 
2-0A
11
HamKam237511-1526 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-5F
l
 
2-4A
l
 
2-1F
12
Sandefjord226610-624 
w
 
2-1F
Nov 8
Oct 25
l
 
3-0A
13
Vålerenga226511-1023 
w
 
5-1F
w
 
3-4F
w
 
2-0F
Nov 21
14
Aalesund22499-1521 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-0A
15
Kristians.225413-2119 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
Dec 13
w
 
1-2A
16
IK Start224414-2416 
Oct 18
d
 
1-1A
-
-
Win / draw / win form
Molde 4TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
47
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
14
D
1
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Molde1 - 2Aalesund
Molde2 - 0KFUM
Molde3 - 2Tromsø
Molde3 - 3Sarpsborg
Molde1 - 2Brann
Molde2 - 1Sandefjord
Molde1 - 0Kristians.
Molde5 - 1Vålerenga
Molde4 - 1HamKam
Molde0 - 1Lillestrøm
Molde2 - 0Rosenborg
Molde4 - 0Brann
Molde4 - 2Rosenborg
Molde1 - 3Sandefjord
Molde4 - 1Vålerenga
Molde1 - 2Fredrikstad
Molde2 - 0Tromsø
Molde1 - 0HamKam
Molde2 - 0Bryne
Molde4 - 1Strømsgodset
Goals: Scored
43
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AMolde2 - 2Lillestrøm
HMolde1 - 2Aalesund
AMolde5 - 1HamKam
HMolde2 - 0KFUM
AMolde4 - 3Vålerenga
HMolde3 - 2Tromsø
AMolde1 - 2Kristians.
HMolde3 - 3Sarpsborg
AMolde4 - 2KFUM
HMolde1 - 2Brann
AMolde2 - 2Aalesund
HMolde2 - 1Sandefjord
AMolde1 - 2Sarpsborg
HMolde1 - 0Kristians.
AMolde0 - 2Tromsø
AMolde1 - 0Bodø
HMolde5 - 1Vålerenga
AMolde1 - 1IK Start
HMolde4 - 1HamKam
HMolde0 - 1Lillestrøm
IK Start 16TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
52
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
20 / 20
Clean sheets
0 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
2
D
2
Lost
16
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sandefjord3 - 0IK Start
Aalesund2 - 0IK Start
Kristians.1 - 2IK Start
Brann2 - 1IK Start
Fredrikstad2 - 1IK Start
Viking6 - 3IK Start
Bodø5 - 0IK Start
HamKam2 - 1IK Start
Lillestrøm3 - 1IK Start
Sarpsborg1 - 1IK Start
KFUM2 - 0IK Start
Vålerenga4 - 0IK Start
Mjondalen1 - 0IK Start
Viking4 - 1IK Start
Odd1 - 2IK Start
Rosenborg1 - 0IK Start
Strømsgodset1 - 1IK Start
Stabæk2 - 0IK Start
Bodø6 - 0IK Start
Kristians.3 - 2IK Start
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
45
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
4
D
3
Lost
13
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HIK Start2 - 4HamKam
AIK Start0 - 3Sandefjord
HIK Start2 - 0Brann
AIK Start0 - 2Aalesund
HIK Start4 - 1KFUM
HIK Start0 - 1Fredrikstad
HIK Start0 - 3Viking
AIK Start2 - 1Kristians.
HIK Start0 - 3Rosenborg
AIK Start1 - 2Brann
AIK Start1 - 2Fredrikstad
HIK Start2 - 0Vålerenga
HIK Start1 - 4Bodø
AIK Start3 - 6Viking
HIK Start1 - 1Tromsø
AIK Start0 - 5Bodø
AIK Start1 - 2HamKam
HIK Start1 - 1Molde
AIK Start1 - 3Lillestrøm
AIK Start1 - 1Sarpsborg
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Molde since 2015
Molde
IK Start
Goals: Scored
14
3
Games: Scored
4 / 4
2 / 4
Clean sheets
2 / 4
0 / 4
MFK
3
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Molde
Molde5 - 0
Molde3 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Molde4 - 0
League games at IK Start since 2015
IK Start
Molde
Goals: Scored
5
11
Games: Scored
4 / 5
5 / 5
Clean sheets
0 / 5
1 / 5
MFK
3
D
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT IK Start
Draw1 - 1Draw
2 - 3Molde
1 - 3Molde
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 3Molde
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.5 is fairly strong for Molde in their clash with IK Start, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 50 consecutive Eliteserien outings.

Molde 4th IK Start 16th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.5
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
8%
1
20%
2
26%
3
21%
4+
25%
There is a 72% probability that Molde will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that IK Start will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+20
Molde have scored 20% more goals at home than predicted
-31
IK Start have scored 31% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.4
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
2.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eliteserien - 2026/2026 season
Molde
PG (predicted goals)
IK Start
2.5
1.1
Attack rating
37%
better
MFK
STA
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Games scored20
15
Failed to score2
7
Scored first12
9
Goals scored46
24
Avg. goals scored2.1
1.1
Avg. shots per game13
11
Avg. shots per goal6
10
Conversion rate for16
10
Avg. XG for2
1.5
KickOff rating
+37%
Defence rating
23%
better
MFK
STA
view stats
Games conceded18
20
Clean sheets4
2
Conceded first10
13
Goals conceded34
48
Avg. goals conceded1.5
2.2
Avg. shots/game conceded9
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
5
Conversion rate against17%
19%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.9
KickOff rating
+23%

Molde v IK Start Eliteserien lLine ups will show here when available.

Molde Eliteserien squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
22885
E BreivikE BreivikE BreivikS. Granaas
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Posiadała GLK181
2
-
M Linnes DEF1611
2
-
E Haugan DEF12
-
F Dahl DEF4
1
-
M Løvik DEF8
3
-
D. Daga MID1021
1
-
S. Granaas MID1934
5
-
C Sery MID1611
-
E Breivik MID2288
3
-
S. Hestetun Kilen MID41
1
-
K. Lonnebu FWD322
-
IK Start Eliteserien squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21547
E ReitanJ. CorneliusE SegbergE Reitan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Sjøeng GLK2
-
S. Granheim DEF31
-
J Norheim DEF161
2
-
A Ujkani DEF101
2
1
E Reitan DEF212
7
-
S Mvoué MID152
4
-
E Segberg MID2134
3
-
M Ugland MID201
3
-
D. Dashaev MID101
2
-
H. Lorentzen FWD2234
-
J. Cornelius FWD2252
1
-