The two teams meet for the very first time and are bidding to advance to the main stage of the newly-expanded 2024-25 Europa League.
Despite finishing fifth in the 2023 Eliteserien, Molde ended the campaign on a high by winning the Norwegian Cup for the sixth time in their history, earning the Blue Rascals a place in the second qualifying round for the 2024-25 Europa League.

Danish side Silkeborg were standing in their way, but Erling Moe's men secured a 5-4 aggregate win to reach the third qualifying round, following up a 3-1 first-leg victory on home soil with a nervy 3-2 defeat in last week's reverse fixture.

Molde's continental triumph is one of few positives that Moe and co can take from the last four weeks, as his side have suffered a dip in form on the domestic front, accumulating just one point from their last three league games and losing their last two in the process.

A slender 1-0 away defeat to Viking just over a week ago represented their fifth loss in the Norwegian top flight this season and leaves them sitting fourth in the table after 17 matches, three points behind Viking in second and 12 points adrift of runaway leaders Bodo/Glim



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这是两支球队的首次交锋，他们都在争取进入新扩大的2024-25赛季欧洲联赛的主要阶段。
尽管在2023年的精英联赛中排名第五，莫尔德还是以历史上第六次赢得挪威杯的胜利结束了这一赛季，为蓝色小混混赢得了2024-25年欧洲联赛资格赛第二轮的席位。

丹麦西尔克堡队阻挡了他们的去路，但埃尔林·莫伊的球队以总比分5-4获胜，进入预选赛第三轮，此前他们在首回合主场以3-1获胜，但在上周的逆转比赛中以3-2险胜。

莫尔德在欧洲大陆的胜利是莫伊和他的队友们在过去四周中所能得到的为数不多的积极的东西之一，因为他的球队在国内赛场上的状态有所下降，在过去的三场联赛中只积了一分，在这个过程中输掉了最近的两场比赛。

一周前客场0 - 1输给维京人，这是他们本赛季在挪威顶级联赛中的第五场失利，17场比赛后他们排在积分榜第四，落后第二名维京人3分，与遥遥领先的博多/格利姆队相差12分