In a weekend match in week 29, on Sunday Dec 5th, Molde hosts Lillestrøm at Aker Stadion in a meeting of these two evenly matched Eliteserien teams. In their last match, 2nd placed Molde, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Brann. Magnus Eikrem struck first for Molde in the 61st minute on a feed from Sivert Mannsverk, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Brann couldn’t muster any offence and Molde ran away with the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Molde should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 4th placed Lillestrøm, recorded a 4-1 win against Strømsgodset. Lehne Olsen struck first for Lillestrøm in the 21st minute on a feed from Smidesang Edh, then Lehne Olsen added another in the 44th minute. Lillestrøm is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Sun Jul 18th, Lillestrøm hosted Molde at the Åråsen Stadion in their last match together. Lillestrøm and Molde battled to a 1-1 draw. Etzaz Hussain struck first for Molde in the 42nd minute on a feed from Ola Brynhildsen, then in the 2nd minute of the second half’s stoppage time, Gjermund Asen sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Lars Ranger earning them at least the one point.
Lillestrøm is fortunate enough to have Lehne Olsen in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 6 goals. Molde’s most prolific scorer has been Magnus Eikrem. The Norwegian midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.