Molde need a win over Haugesund on Sunday afternoon to avoid potential complications at the top of the Eliteserien standings.
Molde won just one of the last three league games but still sit atop the standings with a comfortable five-point distance ahead of Bodo/Glimt in the second place.
The last season’s runners-up will be hoping to return to winning ways after being held to a 1-1 draw at Lillestrom in the previous league match.
Erling Moe’s men have, however, been in action five times since then. They went past Swiss Servette 3-2 on aggregate in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League (courtesy of a 3-0 win in the first leg on the home patch).
They also dispatched lower-division sides Spjelkavik and Hodd in the Norwegian Cup before playing Turkish Trabzonspor in the first leg of another UEFA Europa Conference League tie.
The well-congested schedule may hurt Molde’s ambitions here, but we should consider them heavy favorites based on all other parameters.
Haugesund are the worst travelers in the entire league. Despite holding the 6th place in the Eliteserien table at the moment, Jostein Grindhaug’s troops have only scored two goals in six away matches so far in the season.
They also suffered an embarrassing Norwegian Cup elimination by falling away at Stord (on penalties, 2-2 in the regular time).




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莫尔德需要在周日下午战胜豪格松，以避免在精英榜榜首出现潜在的并发症。
在过去的三场比赛中，莫尔德只赢了一场，但仍然稳居榜首，领先第二名的博多/格里姆特5分。
上个赛季的季军在上一场联赛中1-1战平利尔斯特罗姆后，希望能重回胜利之路。
然而，自那以后，厄尔林·莫的人已经参与了五次行动。在欧联第二轮资格赛中，他们以总比分3-2击败了瑞士赛维特(在主场首回合以3-0取胜)。
他们还在挪威杯上派出了低级别球队斯普尔卡维克和霍德，然后在另一场欧联杯首回合对阵土耳其特拉布松斯波尔。
拥挤的日程可能会影响到莫德的雄心壮志，但根据其他参数，我们应该把它们视为最受欢迎的项目。
豪格松是整个联赛中最差的旅行者。尽管目前在精英榜上排名第六，但格林豪格的球队在本赛季迄今为止的六场客场比赛中只进了两个球。
在挪威杯上，他们也遭遇了尴尬的淘汰，在斯托德(点球大战，常规时间2-2)。