Form guide
Molde are third with 40 points. Their last five league games were a 2-0 win over KFUM, a 5-1 win at HamKam, a 2-1 home defeat by Aalesund, a 2-2 draw at Lillestrøm and a 6-1 win over Start. They also won 5-0 at Trygg/Lade in the cup in September.
Fredrikstad are eighth with 29 points and have not won in five league games: a 2-1 home defeat by Bodø/Glimt, 1-1 draws with Sarpsborg, Vålerenga and Tromsø, and a 3-2 defeat at Viking. They scored in all five.
Head-to-head
Fredrikstad won both league meetings in 2025, 4-2 at home in July and 2-1 at Molde in September. Before that, Molde won 6-1 at home in September 2024.
Team news
Molde have six players listed as out: Hansen, Diop, Stenevik, Hoff, Hestad and goalkeeper Kikkenborg. Fredrikstad are without the suspended Eid and the injured Nysveen and Kvile, with Owusu a doubt.
Our prediction and why
We take Molde or draw (1X). Molde have won three of their last five and Fredrikstad have not won in five, but Molde's home defeat by Aalesund and last season's results against Fredrikstad point us to double chance.
We also take Over 2.5 goals. Molde scored six against Start and five at HamKam, and Fredrikstad have scored in each of their last five games. The two 2025 league meetings had six and three goals.