Kristiansund vs Molde

9 August 2026 · Eliteserien · 2026 · Referee Svein Tore Sinnes

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Sander Hestetun Kilen 25’
  • Leander Alvheim 76’
  • Trent Kone Doherty 89’

Match summary

Kristiansund beat Molde 2-1. Kristiansund led 1-0 at half-time.

Sander Hestetun Kilen put Kristiansund ahead in the 25th minute, Leander Alvheim made it 2-0 with a direct free kick in the 76th minute, and Trent Kone Doherty pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 89th minute.

Molde can feel hard done by, creating 3.28 expected goals (xG) from 30 shots to Kristiansund's 0.66 from 10. Trent Kone Doherty had a penalty saved for Molde.

Match stats

31% Possession 69%
11 Shots 31
2 Shots on target 10
1 Corners 12
84 Attacks 107
39 Dangerous attacks 81
276 Passes 594
72.8% Pass accuracy 86.9%
14 Tackles 20
11 Fouls 12
2 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
2 Offsides 2

Key events

Kristiansund Molde
Kick-off
5’
Jalal AbdullaiShot on target
Corner
9’
12’
Corner
13’
Corner
Sander Hestetun KilenRight foot shot1-0 (Kristiansund)
25’
28’
Corner
29’
Corner
29’
Corner
40’
Corner
Half-time1-0
47’
Oskar Spiten-NysæterShot on target
Second half underway
51’
Corner
52’
Jalal AbdullaiShot on target
52’
Corner
53’
Sondre Milian GranaasShot on target
53’
Corner
56’
Samukelo KabiniShot on target
62’
Eirik HestadFoul
65’
Eirik HestadVAR: Goal given
66’
S. TjelmelandManagerArgument
Frederik FlexHaakon Haugen
69’
Syver Skundberg SkeideSander Svendsen
69’
Adrian Kurd RønningTobias Hammer Svendsen
69’
72’
Corner
Max Normann WilliamsenJesper Isaksen
73’
73’
Mathias LøvikSamukelo Kabini
73’
Trent Kone DohertyJalal Abdullai
Leander AlvheimFree Kick2-0 (Kristiansund)
76’
76’
Sivert Sira HansenFoul
80’
Viktor BenderMartin Linnes
80’
Niklas OdegardDaniel Daga
81’
Eirik HestadShot on target
81’
Corner
Anders BørsetHeine Gikling Bruseth
83’
85’
Corner
86’
Eirik HauganSivert Sira Hansen
89’
Trent Kone DohertyRight foot shot2-1 (Molde)
89’
Viktor BenderShot on target
89’
Niklas OdegardShot on target
90+1’
Trent Kone DohertyVAR: Goal stands
90+7’
Niklas OdegardArgument
Dan Peter UlvestadArgument
90+7’
90+8’
Trent Kone DohertyMissed penaltysaved
90+8’
Trent Kone DohertyShot on target
Adrian Kurd RønningFoul
90+9’
Full-time2-1

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.66 3.28 25’ Sander Hestetun Kilen (Kristiansund), 1-0 25’ 76’ Leander Alvheim (Kristiansund), 2-0 76’ 89’ Trent Kone Doherty (Molde), 2-1 89’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.66 3.28 25’ Sander Hestetun Kilen (Kristiansund), 1-0 Kilen 25’ 76’ Leander Alvheim (Kristiansund), 2-0 Alvheim 76’ 89’ Trent Kone Doherty (Molde), 2-1 Doherty 89’
Kristiansund 0.66 xGMolde 3.28 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Molde attacking Kristiansund attacking 
90+8’ Trent Kone Doherty (Molde), penalty, 0.79 xG, saved 25’ Sander Hestetun Kilen (Kristiansund), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 89’ Trent Kone Doherty (Molde), open play, 0.25 xG, goal 56’ Samukelo Kabini (Molde), open play, 0.23 xG, saved 30’ Daniel Daga (Molde), from a corner, 0.19 xG, off target 49’ Sondre Milian Granaas (Molde), open play, 0.18 xG, blocked 5’ Jalal Abdullai (Molde), open play, 0.16 xG, saved 6’ Oskar Spiten-Nysæter (Molde), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 31’ Jalal Abdullai (Molde), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 47’ Oskar Spiten-Nysæter (Molde), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 89’ Viktor Bender (Molde), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 29’ Jalal Abdullai (Molde), from a corner, 0.11 xG, blocked 41’ Sondre Milian Granaas (Molde), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 76’ Leander Alvheim (Kristiansund), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, goal 89’ Niklas Odegard (Molde), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 11’ Heine Gikling Bruseth (Kristiansund), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 35’ Oskar Spiten-Nysæter (Molde), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 22’ Oskar Spiten-Nysæter (Molde), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 17’ Sander Svendsen (Kristiansund), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 28’ Martin Linnes (Molde), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Jalal Abdullai (Molde), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 85’ Oskar Spiten-Nysæter (Molde), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 87’ Sondre Milian Granaas (Molde), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 52’ Jalal Abdullai (Molde), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 69’ Jesper Isaksen (Kristiansund), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 41’ Emil Breivik (Molde), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 10’ Jesper Isaksen (Kristiansund), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 47’ Daniel Daga (Molde), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 72’ Sivert Sira Hansen (Molde), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 87’ Oskar Spiten-Nysæter (Molde), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Wilfred George Igor (Kristiansund), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 39’ Oskar Spiten-Nysæter (Molde), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 53’ Sondre Milian Granaas (Molde), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 54’ Sivert Sira Hansen (Molde), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Eirik Hestad (Molde), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 15’ Daniel Daga (Molde), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Frederik Flex (Kristiansund), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 43’ Heine Gikling Bruseth (Kristiansund), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 61’ Martin Linnes (Molde), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 58’ Leander Alvheim (Kristiansund), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+8’ Trent Kone Doherty (Molde), penalty, 0.79 xG, saved 25’ Sander Hestetun Kilen (Kristiansund), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 89’ Trent Kone Doherty (Molde), open play, 0.25 xG, goal 56’ Samukelo Kabini (Molde), open play, 0.23 xG, saved 30’ Daniel Daga (Molde), from a corner, 0.19 xG, off target 49’ Sondre Milian Granaas (Molde), open play, 0.18 xG, blocked 5’ Jalal Abdullai (Molde), open play, 0.16 xG, saved 6’ Oskar Spiten-Nysæter (Molde), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 31’ Jalal Abdullai (Molde), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 47’ Oskar Spiten-Nysæter (Molde), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 29’ Jalal Abdullai (Molde), from a corner, 0.11 xG, blocked 89’ Viktor Bender (Molde), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 41’ Sondre Milian Granaas (Molde), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 89’ Niklas Odegard (Molde), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 76’ Leander Alvheim (Kristiansund), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, goal 11’ Heine Gikling Bruseth (Kristiansund), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 35’ Oskar Spiten-Nysæter (Molde), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 22’ Oskar Spiten-Nysæter (Molde), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 44’ Jalal Abdullai (Molde), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 17’ Sander Svendsen (Kristiansund), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 28’ Martin Linnes (Molde), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 85’ Oskar Spiten-Nysæter (Molde), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 87’ Sondre Milian Granaas (Molde), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 52’ Jalal Abdullai (Molde), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 69’ Jesper Isaksen (Kristiansund), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 41’ Emil Breivik (Molde), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 10’ Jesper Isaksen (Kristiansund), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 47’ Daniel Daga (Molde), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 72’ Sivert Sira Hansen (Molde), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 23’ Wilfred George Igor (Kristiansund), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 39’ Oskar Spiten-Nysæter (Molde), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 53’ Sondre Milian Granaas (Molde), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 87’ Oskar Spiten-Nysæter (Molde), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 81’ Eirik Hestad (Molde), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 54’ Sivert Sira Hansen (Molde), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 15’ Daniel Daga (Molde), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Frederik Flex (Kristiansund), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 43’ Heine Gikling Bruseth (Kristiansund), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 61’ Martin Linnes (Molde), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 58’ Leander Alvheim (Kristiansund), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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Lineups

Kristiansund 4-3-3 Starting XI
Lansing
Juliusson
Ulvestad
Isaksen 73’
Haugen 69’
Svendsen 69’
Igor
Bruseth 83’
Kilen
Alvheim
Svendsen 69’
Molde 4-2-3-1 Starting XI
Lervik
Kabini 73’
Hansen 86’
Risa
Linnes 80’
Breivik
Daga 80’
Spiten-Nysæter
Granaas
Hestad
Abdullai 73’

Player stats

Goalkeeper1 player
Michael Lansing
90′ 9 1 47 1 1 – – –
Defenders6 players
Haakon Haugen Taken off
69′ – – – 3 1 19 – – – –
Julius Mar Juliusson
90′ 1 1 – 1 – 35 1 – – –
Dan Peter Ulvestad
90′ – 2 2 1 1 48 – – –
Frederik Flex Came on as a substitute
21′ 1 1 – 1 – 1 – – – –
Max Normann Williamsen Came on as a substitute
17′ 1 1 – 2 1 3 – – – –
Anders Børset Came on as a substitute
7′ – 1 – – – – – – – –
Midfielders7 players
Jesper Isaksen Taken off
73′ – – 19 1 0.01 2 2 6 2 2 –
Tobias Hammer Svendsen Taken off
69′ – – 7 1 0.04 1 – 3 3 1 –
Wilfred George Igor
90′ – – 31 – 0.02 3 3 9 2 1 –
Sander Svendsen Taken off
69′ – 1 9 1 0.01 1 – 1 1 – –
Heine Gikling Bruseth Taken off
83′ – – 20 1 0.40 2 – 6 – 4 –
Sander Hestetun Kilen
90′ 1 – 20 2 0.13 1 – 5 – 1 –
Syver Skundberg Skeide Came on as a substitute
21′ – – 2 – 0.00 – 2 1 – – –
Forwards2 players
Leander Alvheim
90′ 1 – 2 1 0.09 0.01 – 8 – 13 –
Adrian Kurd Rønning Came on as a substitute
21′ – – – – – 0.00 – 2 – 5
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Form going into the game

Kristiansund LLDLL
Molde WDLWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Molde 1-0 Kristiansund, 16 May 26 All Kristiansund vs Molde meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk.