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Molde v Sarpsborg 08 : Eliteserien match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 2nd Aug, 16:00 BST, Aker Stadion, Molde

We’ve Eliteserien action to look forward to on Sunday afternoon, as Sindre Tjelmeland and his Molde side host Even Sel’s Sarpsborg 08 at the Aker Stadion. Our predictions for each betting market are based on the past 20 games for each team (home, away and overall) with additional weight given to top teams. All the statistics and graphics are tailored for the betting market in question. Head-to-head stats for this fixture are also given if there is some fixture history. Odds are provided straight from from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

KickOff's predictive algorithm suggests there's a 80% chance of Molde and Sarpsborg scoring at least a couple of goals in this Eliteserien clash. Recent form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records are included in the calculation , and it would appear that the bookmakers favour that outcome too. This over 1.5 goals tip is available at a best price of 1.13.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Molde are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 59% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.65.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Molde 59%	13/20	-
Draw 22%	3/1	-
Sarpsborg 19%	10/3	-
Draw 1-1 10%	15/2	-
Molde 2-1 10%	15/2	-
Molde 1-0 10%	10/1	-
Molde 2-0 10%	9/1	-
Molde 3-1 7%	11/1	-
Molde 3-0 6%	14/1	-
Sarpsborg 2-1 5%	14/1	-
Draw 2-2 5%	11/1	-
Sarpsborg 1-0 5%	18/1	-
Draw 0-0 5%	20/1	-
Molde 3-2 3%	18/1	-
Molde 4-1 3%	20/1	-
Molde 4-0 3%	22/1	-
Sarpsborg 2-0 3%	28/1	-
Sarpsborg 3-1 2%	33/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 58%	19/40	-
Under 2.5 Goals 42%	8/5	-
Home 1st Goal 56%	8/15	-
Away 1st Goal 42%	7/5	-
No 1st Goal 3%	20/1	-
BTTS - Yes 56%	1/2	-
BTTS - No 44%	6/4	-
BTTS - Home Win 29%	15/8	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	15/4	-
BTTS - Away Win 10%	6/1	-
Home/draw 81%	1/5	-
Away/draw 41%	6/5	-
Home/away 78%	2/9	-
Over 1.5 Goals 80%	1/8	-
Under 1.5 Goals 20%	5/1	-
Over 3.5 Goals 35%	11/10	-
Under 3.5 Goals 65%	4/6	-
Over 4.5 Goals 19%	5/2	-
Under 4.5 Goals 81%	2/7	-
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	11/2	-
Under 5.5 Goals 92%	1/9	-
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/66	-
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	20/1	-
Home DNB 74%	2/7	-
Away DNB 34%	5/2	-
Molde win to nil 31%	5/2	-
Sarpsborg win to nil 9%	10/1	-
Molde / Molde 33%	6/4	-
Molde / Sarpsborg 3%	28/1	-
Molde / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Molde 17%	4/1	-
Draw / Sarpsborg 8%	9/1	-
Draw / Draw 11%	13/2	-
Sarpsborg / Molde 5%	16/1	-
Sarpsborg / Sarpsborg 11%	13/2	-
Sarpsborg / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win Eliteserien table

Molde have played 14 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the Eliteserien league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 10 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 2 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 2 clean sheets and have scored in every game. Molde have outscored their opponents by 25 goals to 15 goals.

Home League Performance

Molde have played 7 games at home winning 5, drawing 0 and losing 2 games. They have scored 15 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 6 goals at home.

Sarpsborg are in 6th position in the Eliteserien on 21 points having played 14 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 11 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 7 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

5 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 1 and won 2. Sarpsborg have conceded 7 goals, scored 4, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Molde Sarpsborg
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Bodø	15	11	2	2	26	35	Nov 22	w 0-1F	d 1-1F	Dec 13
2	Viking	14	11	1	2	20	34	Dec 6	l 4-1A	w 1-0F	Aug 8
3	Tromsø	15	9	4	2	11	31	Aug 16	l 2-0A	l 0-1A	Aug 30
4	Lillestrøm	14	8	1	5	8	25	l 0-1A	Oct 11	Nov 22	l 4-0A
5	Molde	14	7	2	5	6	23	-	-	w 2-1F	Aug 2
6	Sarpsborg	14	6	3	5	-1	21	Aug 2	l 2-1A	-	-
7	Vålerenga	14	6	2	6	-2	20	w 5-1F	Aug 29	Sep 7	l 3-2A
8	Brann	15	6	1	8	5	19	l 1-2A	Nov 1	Dec 6	w 1-2A
9	HamKam	14	5	3	6	-6	18	w 4-1F	Sep 13	w 1-0F	Nov 8
10	Rosenborg	13	4	3	6	-3	15	w 2-0F	Nov 29	Oct 18	l 2-1F
11	Sandefjord	14	4	3	7	-7	15	w 2-1F	Nov 8	Aug 16	w 0-2F
12	Fredrikstad	13	4	2	7	-8	14	Oct 25	Dec 13	w 2-1A	Sep 13
13	Aalesund	14	2	7	5	-10	13	Sep 19	d 2-2A	Oct 25	Oct 11
14	KFUM	14	3	3	8	-10	12	Sep 6	w 2-4A	Sep 18	l 1-0A
15	Kristians.	14	3	3	8	-11	12	w 1-0F	Aug 9	Nov 1	d 0-00-0
16	IK Start	15	2	4	9	-18	10	Oct 18	d 1-1A	d 1-1A	Nov 29

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

/ 0

Conceded

/ 0

Clean sheets

/ 0

Failed to score

/ 0

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

/ 0

Conceded

/ 0

Clean sheets

/ 0

Failed to score

/ 0

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

/ 0

Conceded

/ 0

Clean sheets

/ 0

Failed to score

/ 0

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

/ 0

Conceded

/ 0

Clean sheets

/ 0

Failed to score

/ 0

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Sarpsborg have beaten Molde in 3 consecutive league meetings

Sarpsborg have not lost to Molde in 5 consecutive league meetings

Molde

Sarpsborg

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 11

9 / 11

Clean sheets

2 / 11

3 / 11

MFK

S08

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Molde
	0 - 2	Sarpsborg
	2 - 4	Sarpsborg
Molde	5 - 1
Molde	4 - 1
Molde	4 - 1
Molde	5 - 0
Molde	2 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 1	Sarpsborg
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Sarpsborg

Molde

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 12

8 / 12

Clean sheets

4 / 12

0 / 12

MFK

S08

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sarpsborg
Sarpsborg	2 - 1
Sarpsborg	1 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 3	Molde
	1 - 2	Molde
Sarpsborg	1 - 0
Sarpsborg	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Sarpsborg	1 - 0
Sarpsborg	4 - 0
	1 - 4	Molde

Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.0 is fairly strong for Molde in their meeting with Sarpsborg 08, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 50 consecutive Eliteserien matches.

	Molde 5th	Sarpsborg 6th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.0 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 14% 1 27% 2 27% 3 18% 4+ 14% There is a 86% probability that Molde will score 1 or more goals	0 35% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 72% probability that Sarpsborg will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games

Attack defence ratings
Eliteserien - 2026/2026 season

24%

better

MFK

S08

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Games scored	11		9
Failed to score	2		4
Scored first	6		5
Goals scored	21		14
Avg. goals scored	1.5		1
Avg. shots per game	11		8
Avg. shots per goal	7		8
Conversion rate for	14		13
Avg. XG for	1.7		1.6
KickOff rating		+24%

MFK

S08

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Games conceded	10		10
Clean sheets	3		3
Conceded first	7		7
Goals conceded	17		16
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		7
Conversion rate against	15%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1.6
KickOff rating		+2%

Molde v Sarpsborg Eliteserien lLine ups will show here when available.

Molde Eliteserien squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
14	7	3	5
E Breivik	E Breivik	E Breivik	E Hestad

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S. Hansen DEF	14		2	1 -
E Breivik MID	14	7	3	2 -
B Risa DEF	13			1 -
H Stenevik MID	12		1	1 -
S. Granaas MID	12	1	3	2 -
V Hoff MID	12	1		-
E Hestad FWD	12	5	3	5 -
A Posiadała GLK	11			2 -
S. Kabini DEF	10	1	1	3 2
J Christensen MID	10			-
T Doherty FWD	10		2	-
C Sery FWD	10		1	-
O Spiten-Nysæter FWD	9	1		2 -
E Haugan DEF	8			-
M Linnes DEF	8	1		-
M Daehli MID	8			1 -
W Abdulai FWD	8	1	1	1 -
I Amundsen DEF	6			1 -
V. Bender Larsen MID	6			1 -
M Kikkenborg GLK	4		1	-
B. Isufi MID	4			-
M Løvik DEF	2			2 -
D. Daga MID	2	1		-
S. Diop FWD	2	1		-
I. Gosik FWD	2			-
M Enggaard MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	14	3	7
E Breivik	E Breivik	E Breivik	E Breivik

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E Breivik MID	7	14	3	7
E Hestad FWD	5	7	3	1
S. Granaas MID	1	7	3	2
V Hoff MID	1	4
S. Kabini DEF	1	1	1	1
O Spiten-Nysæter FWD	1	3		1
M Linnes DEF	1	1
W Abdulai FWD	1	5	1	2
D. Daga MID	1	1
S. Diop FWD	1	2
S. Hansen DEF		1	2	3
H Stenevik MID		1	1	5
J Christensen MID		2
T Doherty FWD		6	2	2
C Sery FWD		4	1	1
E Haugan DEF		2
M Kikkenborg GLK			1	1
B. Isufi MID		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1038	32	97
S. Hansen	H Stenevik	S. Hansen

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S. Hansen DEF	1038	22	97
B Risa DEF	937	7	29
V Hoff MID	626	14	32
H Stenevik MID	571	32	61
E Breivik MID	561	17	47
M Daehli MID	520	16	29
S. Kabini DEF	459	26	49
A Posiadała GLK	379		3
S. Granaas MID	377	23	47
E Hestad FWD	372	15	44
J Christensen MID	296	16	21
E Haugan DEF	234	6	24
C Sery FWD	191	8	28
M Linnes DEF	184	6	25
M Kikkenborg GLK	136		1
I Amundsen DEF	114	3	8
O Spiten-Nysæter FWD	113	10	26
T Doherty FWD	107	6	16
D. Daga MID	78	4	11
M Løvik DEF	72	1	6
W Abdulai FWD	67	7	33
V. Bender Larsen MID	61	5	8
B. Isufi MID	26	4	6
M Enggaard MID	14		1
I. Gosik FWD	10		1
S. Diop FWD	9	2	4

Sarpsborg Eliteserien squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
14	4	3	3
B Utvik	D Karlsbakk	S Sörli	B Utvik

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
B Utvik DEF	14		1	3 -
A. Hiim DEF	14	1		2 -
A Nibe MID	14	2		-
V. Halvorsen MID	14	3	1	-
S Sörli FWD	14	2	3	1 -
D Karlsbakk FWD	14	4		2 -
N. Williams FWD	14		1	-
C Niyukuri DEF	13	1	3	1 -
E Wichne DEF	12			1 -
A Sher MID	12	1		1 -
S Christiansen MID	12	1	1	1 -
B. Guèye MID	11			-
M Ödegaard DEF	9			1 -
J Berget MID	8			1 -
S Rosted DEF	6			-
L Øy GLK	4			-
M. Opoku FWD	3		1	-
M Lode DEF	2			-
M. Svenningsen-Grønn MID	2			-
O Skarsem MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	11	3	4
D Karlsbakk	D Karlsbakk	S Sörli	S Sörli

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Karlsbakk FWD	4	11		1
V. Halvorsen MID	3	5	1	2
A Nibe MID	2	6		3
S Sörli FWD	2	9	3	4
A. Hiim DEF	1	2		2
C Niyukuri DEF	1	2	3	1
A Sher MID	1	5		2
S Christiansen MID	1	5	1	1
B Utvik DEF		4	1	3
N. Williams FWD		4	1	1
B. Guèye MID		2
J Berget MID				1
S Rosted DEF		2
M. Opoku FWD		1	1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
677	35	71
B Utvik	A. Hiim	B Utvik

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Utvik DEF	677	15	71
A. Hiim DEF	589	35	66
A Sher MID	529	23	57
S Christiansen MID	382	26	63
A Nibe MID	357	19	31
C Niyukuri DEF	328	23	64
V. Halvorsen MID	313	19	46
S Rosted DEF	312	4	29
S Sörli FWD	279	20	45
M Ödegaard DEF	209	3	9
D Karlsbakk FWD	198	8	56
E Wichne DEF	162	17	29
N. Williams FWD	157	8	42
L Øy GLK	119		5
J Berget MID	62	1	13
M. Opoku FWD	40	5	15
B. Guèye MID	32	4	11
O Skarsem MID	15		2
M. Svenningsen-Grønn MID	8		1
M Lode DEF	4	1	1