Molde v Fredrikstad — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Eliteserien · Sunday, 25 October 2026 · 18:15. Our rating makes this 60% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is over. The Eliteserien average is 62%.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals60%40%Over
Over 3.5 goals38%62%no pick
Both teams to score60%40%Yes

The result model puts Molde at 60%, the draw at 22% and Fredrikstad at 19%, from expected goals of 1.99 and 1.01.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Eliteserien has produced over 2.5 goals in 62% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Molde have 16 in 23 this season (8 of 12 at home), Fredrikstad 12 in 23 (7 of 12 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 24 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 66% and 57%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 23 and 23 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 40 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. A single season is part luck, so each club's record is first pulled toward the league average by 34 games' weight. That moves the two figures to 64% and 55%.

The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 60%.

Head to head. These sides have met 4 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 75%. That nudges the number 5% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 61%.

Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 58%, from expected goals of 1.99 for Molde and 1.01 for Fredrikstad. Folding in 30% of that view gives 60%.

This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.

Season form

TeamGamesO2.5O3.5BTTS
Molde2370%48%74%
Fredrikstad2352%30%65%

Head to head

13 Sept 25Molde 1–2 FredrikstadO2.5
12 Jul 25Fredrikstad 4–2 MoldeO2.5
7 Dec 24Fredrikstad 0–0 MoldeU2.5
14 Sept 24Molde 6–1 FredrikstadO2.5
13 Jul 24Fredrikstad 0–0 MoldeU2.5

More: Molde season stats · Fredrikstad season stats · Eliteserien table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.