Molde 5-1 Sarpsborg 08: result and report
Eliteserien · Saturday 22 July 2023
Result
Molde 5-1 Sarpsborg 08
Eliteserien · Saturday 22 July 2023, 16:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Molde 5-1 Sarpsborg 08: match report
Molde defeated Sarpsborg 08 5-1 in the Eliteserien on Saturday 22 July 2023. The half-time score was 2-1.
Eric Kitolano opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Molde's goals came from Eric Kitolano (6'), Eric Kitolano (17'), Eric Kitolano (69'), Mathias Løvik (80') and Martin Linnes (86'). Sarpsborg 08 scored through Ramon Pascal Lundqvist (42').
Discipline: Molde received 1 yellow card; Sarpsborg 08 received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Molde were 5th on 26 points from 15 and Sarpsborg 08 7th on 21 points from 14. Molde went on to finish that season 5th with 51 points, and Sarpsborg 08 8th with 41.
Molde lined up in a 3-5-2 and Sarpsborg 08 in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Eric Kitolano of Molde (9.9), ahead of Mathias Løvik (8.8).
Going into the match Molde's last five read W-W-D-W-L and Sarpsborg 08's L-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Eric Kitolano
- 17'Goal · Eric Kitolano
- 42'Goal · Ramon Pascal Lundqvist
- 45+1'Yellow card · Jeppe Andersen
- 50'Yellow card · Peter Reinhardsen
- 62'Yellow card · Sivert Mannsverk
- 63'Red card · Kristian Opseth
- 69'Goal · Eric Kitolano
- 80'Goal · Mathias Løvik
- 85'Yellow card · Eirik Wichne
- 86'Goal · Martin Linnes
Team news
Molde line-up (3-5-2)
Jacob Karlstrøm, Benjamin Tiedemann, Martin Bjørnbak, Anders Hagelskjær, Martin Linnes, Magnus Grødem, Sivert Mannsverk, Emil Breivik, Kristoffer Haugen, Eric Kitolano, Ola Brynhildsen
Sarpsborg 08 line-up (4-2-3-1)
Anders Kristiansen, Peter Reinhardsen, Sigurd Kvile, Anton Skipper, Joachim Soltvedt, Jeppe Andersen, Serge-Junior Ngouali, Mikkel Maigaard, Simon Tibbling, Ramon Pascal Lundqvist, Kristian Opseth