A highly interesting match awaits us on Thursday evening in the Norwegian Eliteserien. Last year’s runners-up in the standings welcome last year’s third-placed team. Valerenga IF is the guest of Molde FK. This year, too, both teams have got off to a good start.
The hosts in particular can be satisfied with their start to the season and immediately moved to the top of the table, ahead of the reigning champions. They will now defend this position against the visitors from Oslo and the bookmakers are offering odds of 1.83 at the top for a bet on the home side in the match between Molde and Valerenga.
The guests have also made a good start to the new season and have immediately moved back into the top half of the table. However, we dare to doubt whether it will be enough to hold their own against the offensively strong Molde FC team. The hosts seem to be in very good form. Kick-off at the Aker Stadion is at 8 pm.
Prediction & Live Odds for Molde vs. Valerenga
The roles are clearly distributed in this duel. The hosts are the favourites and the betting companies offer odds of 1.83 on the hosts in the match Molde vs. This is not surprising after the strong performances at the beginning of the season.
Especially the success in Trondheim gives hope that the Blue and Whites will stand up to the reigning champions more this year than last season, when the gap was nineteen points at the end. It remains to be seen whether the visitors will again keep their place in the top third of the table. It remains to be seen whether the squad is well enough stocked in terms of depth when the double burden of international competition is added to the equation.
We expect the home side to win the match and, based on the results, they are rightly favourites. Our recommendation for the match Molde vs. Valerenga is to bet on the blue and white team (Molde), with odds of 1.83 at the top. Our readers can find further analyses on the European top leagues under the category Free Betting Tips.
Alternatively, you can bet on a win for the hosts (-1.5) in the match Molde vs Valerenga, at odds of 3.20.
Molde – Statistics & Current Form
Last season Molde Fotballklubb finished second in the table behind the champions Bodo Glimt. This entitles them to participate in the Europa Conference League. Whether the leap to the top is possible again this year and whether the fifth championship title after 2019 can be clinched, we will observe in the coming weeks.
At least the start has been dazzling and after four games the Blue and Whites are greeting us from the top of the Eliteserien table. Of course, at this early stage of the season, that is of little significance, but the results so far are already an indication that head coach Erling Moe’s team is a force to be reckoned with this year.
Molde still without defeat this season
Three wins against Kristiansund (2:0), Brann Bergen (4:0) and Rosenborg Trondheim (3:2) have been achieved so far. In addition, there was a 3-3 draw at Tromso IL. Especially the away win at the 26-time champion and long-time international figurehead from Trondheim shows that the Blue-Whites are in a remarkable early form.
Accordingly, a look at the odds comparison of our site shows that betting on the hosts in the match Molde vs. The hosts have thus made a similarly successful start to the season as last year, when they took full points from their first four games.
Strong offensive performance so far from Molde FK
Especially the offensive has not let itself be licked so far and has already scored twelve goals. Only Rosenheim has one more goal, but they have also played one more game. Top scorer is centre-forward Ohi Omoijuanfo, who has already beaten the opposing keeper five times.
The defence in front of Swedish goalkeeper Andreas Linde has already conceded five goals. Thus, the games of the Blue and Whites, with more than four goals on average, stand for varied and goal-rich matches.
Expected line-up of Molde:
Linde – Haugen, Gregersen, Bjornbak, Knudtzon – Hussain, Aursnes – Brynhildsen, Eikrem, Ulland-Andersen – Omoijuanfo
Valerenga – Statistics & current form
Valerenga Oslo were certainly one of the surprise teams of the last season. The blue-white-reds finished the season in an excellent third place in the table and thus also qualified for the UEFA Conference League.
Head coach Dag-Eilev Fagermo’s team also got off to a good start in the new series. The 2005 champions have collected five points from their first four games and are now sixth in the standings. The gap to the upcoming opponents from Molde is already five points at this early stage of the season.
Valerenga with solid league start
Valerenga’s only win came against Brann Bergen, who are still bottom of the league, 3-0, and they also drew 1-1 with Trondheim and 1-1 with Mjondalen. Oslo suffered a defeat at home against Kristiansund.
The visitors are thus still without a defeat away from home this season. But on Thursday, of course, a really tough opponent awaits the Blue-White-Red. The tested betting provider bet365 makes the prediction in the Molde vs Valerenga match that there won’t be much for VIF to win and rewards the bet on a win away from home with odds of 4.33.
Will Valerenga’s defence hold in Molde?
The Oslo team has only conceded one goal away from home and it remains to be seen whether the defence will hold against the offensively strong home side. The visitors have scored six goals of their own so far and their best marksman is Aron Dönnum, who has scored twice.
Projected line-up of Valerenga:
Klaesson – Borchgrevink, Tollas, Nasberg, Adekugbe – Christensen, Oldrup-Jensen, Bjordal – Donnum, Kjartansson, Layouni
