Week 30 brings us a match on Dec 12th where Haugesund will host Molde at Haugesund Stadion in a clash of these two mismatched Eliteserien teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 10th placed Haugesund is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Strømsgodset. Neither Strømsgodset nor Haugesund could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 22 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Haugesund looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while molde is fresh off their 3-3 draw against Lillestrøm. Gjermund Asen struck first for Lillestrøm in the 33rd minute, then Smidesang Edh added another in the 47th minute on a feed from Lars Ranger. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Molde should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, Molde won by a score of 5 to 4. Ohi Omoijuanfo struck first for Molde in the 11th minute on a feed from Magnus Eikrem, then in the 13th minute, Sondre Liseth sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Niklas Sandberg , but fortunately for Molde it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win.
Molde’s most prolific scorer has been Magnus Eikrem. The Norwegian midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Haugesund’s top weapon lately has been Kristoffer Velde, who has two goals in the last 5 matches.