Match Report
12 points and 10 places separated them: Aalesund 14th with 18, Molde 4th with 30. Aalesund's recent output outran their position: 10th on form over five rounds, 14th in the table. Per game in the league, Aalesund were scoring 1.58 and conceding 2.26, Molde 2 and 1.61, against a competition average of 1.54 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Aalesund in 5 games.
27 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Aalesund 3, draws 1, Molde 23, at 3.3 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 70% of the meetings.
Color Line Stadion, capacity 10,778, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Molde led 2-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-2.
Goal scorers
Aalesund: Endre Hjertager Osenbroch (14'), Mathias Christensen (90') · Molde: Oskar Spiten-Nysæter (18'), Eirik Hestad (31')
Key stats
Possession: Aalesund 46% · Molde 54% · Total shots: 9-20 · On target: 4-8 · Corners: 2-7