Football Bet of the Day: Marvellous Molde can avoid defeat

Kevin Hatchard
26 May 2022
1 min read

Molde's golden era was under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

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We're staying in Norway, and Kev's put together an odds-against selection with the Bet Builder.

"Molde are on great form, having won four matches in a row, scoring at least twice in every game."

Back Molde/Draw, Over 1.5 Goals and Over 7.5 Corners at 2.0421/20

Hosts to slip up again

Sarpsborg v Molde
Thursday 26 May, 19:00

An infuriating outcome for us in Norway last night, as we got the ten corners we wanted, but we only got one goal. Odds BK somehow drew a blank in their 1-0 defeat to Sandefjord, despite having 26 shots. It was...odd.

We'll stay in Norway, and we'll put together another odds-against Bet Builder. Championship hopefuls Molde are in action away at Sarpsborg, and I suspect it'll be a positive result for the visitors.

Molde aren't quite the force they were when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was in charge (I wonder what happened to him?), and they have been eclipsed of late by Bodo Glimt, who have secured back-to-back Eliteserien titles. However, this time around they have won five of their first eight league games, and they are averaging two points per match. If surprise leaders Lillestrom hadn't been so outstanding so far, Molde would be feeling pretty good about themselves.

Molde's recent form has been very strong. They have won their last four matches in league and cup, scoring at least twice in each game. Stretching back into last season, they have won six of their last eight away matches in the league.

Sarpsborg have claimed a modest ten points from seven league games, and have suffered back-to-back defeats against Aalesund and Lillestrom. At home they have won just one of their four matches.

Eight of Molde's last ten competitive games have featured at least two goals, so I'll back Molde/Draw, Over 1.5 Goals and Over 7.5 Corners at 2.0421/20 on the Bet Builder. Sarpsborg's league games so far have featured an average of 11.6 corners, while Molde's figure is 9.5.