About Match
Molde, 4th with 30 points, sit 17 points above Start (16th, 13). Start rank 9th in the league on five-round form, well above their 16th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Molde 2 scored and 1.61 conceded per game, Start 1.11 and 2.17, with the league averaging 1.55. A win would lift Start to 16 points and up to 14th (other results unchanged).
Momentum sits with Molde, winners of their last three, having scored in 14 consecutive games.
The sides have met 19 times in the GioScore results database: 10 wins for Molde, 7 draws and 2 for Start, at 3.53 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 32% of the wins in this fixture. History points to goals: 63% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 74%.
Aker Stadion in Molde, capacity 11,249, hosts the game.