Molde FK vs FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg, Europe 2018-19 PLAY OFF ROUND

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UEFA Europa League · 2018-19

Molde FK

2 – 1

Full Time

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Thu 30 Aug 2018 · 17:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Pawel Cibicki 76' Y

Vegard Forren 89' Y

Overview

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Molde FK vs FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg — Europe .

Molde FK 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Juan Martinez
Referee Carlos del Cerro
Referee Abraham Alvarez
Referee Roberto Alonso

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Olympique Lyonnais	8	21
2	Aston Villa FC	8	21
3	FC Midtjylland	8	19
4	Real Betis Balompie	8	17
5	FC Porto	8	17
6	Sporting Clube de Braga	8	17
7	SC Freiburg	8	17
8	AS Roma	8	16
9	KRC Genk	8	16
10	Bologna FC 1909	8	15
11	VfB Stuttgart	8	15
12	Ferencvarosi TC	8	15
13	Nottingham Forest FC	8	14
14	FC Viktoria Plzen	8	14
15	FK Crvena Zvezda	8	14
16	RC Celta de Vigo	8	13
17	PAOK Thessaloniki FC	8	12
18	Lille OSC	8	12
19	Fenerbahce SK	8	12
20	Panathinaikos AO	8	12
21	Celtic FC	8	11
22	PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad	8	10
23	GNK Dinamo Zagreb	8	10
24	SK Brann	8	9
25	BSC Young Boys	8	9
26	SK Sturm Graz	8	7
27	FCSB Bukarest	8	7
28	Go Ahead Eagles	8	7
29	Feyenoord Rotterdam	8	6
30	FC Basel 1893	8	6
31	FC Red Bull Salzburg	8	6
32	Rangers FC	8	4
33	OGC Nice	8	3
34	FC Utrecht	8	1
35	Malmo FF	8	1
36	Maccabi Tel Aviv FC	8	1

Head-to-Head

Molde FK 2 games · Avg 3.5 goals FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Last 5 meetings

2018-08-30 Molde FK 2–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2018-08-23 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 3–1 Molde FK

Recent Form

Molde FK

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Aug	FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg	H	2–1	W
23 Aug	FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg	A	1–3	L
16 Aug	Hibernian FC	H	3–0	W
09 Aug	Hibernian FC	A	0–0	D
02 Aug	KF Laci	A	2–0	W
26 Jul	KF Laci	H	3–0	W

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Aug	Molde FK	A	1–2	L
26 Aug	FK Ufa	A	2–0	W
23 Aug	Molde FK	H	3–1	W
19 Aug	FK Ural	H	4–1	W
16 Aug	FK Dynama-Minsk	H	8–1	W
13 Aug	FK Rubin Kazan	A	1–0	W

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)

100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Molde FK to score. At the same time, FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg that had 394 games and scored 534 goals.
20' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
21' Goal! Daler Kuzyaev scores his 18 goal in 105 matches.
26' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
31' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg is showing some good football. However, FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
36' It looks surprising FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg does not make any changes. Miha Mevlja has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
41' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
46' Molde FK is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
51' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 51.
56' The travelling FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
61' Time for substitution for Molde FK. Petter Strand is replaced by Magnus Wolff Eikrem.
65' What an equalizer from Eirik Hestad!
67' Federico Vairo has so much to prove this time. He replaces Sebastian Driussi on 67 minute.
71' Another substitution for Molde FK to replace Fredrik Aursnes by Pawel Cibicki on 71 minute.
76' Molde FK receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 76.
76' Another substitution for FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg to replace Daler Kuzyaev by Matias Kranevitter on 76 minute.
77' Erling Haland puts Molde FK on the lead.
82' It’s high time Sergei Semak made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
86' Luis Neto is replacing Aleksandr Anyukov for the FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg side.
89' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Vegard Forren.
90' Molde FK manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Leke James is hanging Christoffer Remmer on the field on 90 minute.
Full Time. Molde FK beats FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Lineups

Molde FK Lineups

Starting XI

16
Etzaz Hussain
5
Vegard Forren
4
Ruben Gabrielsen C
19
Eirik Hestad
8
Babacar Sarr
14
Petter Strand ↓ Magnus Wolff Eikrem 61'
28
Kristoffer Haugen
1
Andreas Linde
22
Christoffer Remmer ↓ Leke James 90'
30
Erling Haaland
17
Fredrik Aursnes ↓ Pawel Cibicki 71'

Bench

Coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Lineups

Starting XI

99
Andrei Lunev
19
Igor Smolnikov
21
Aleksandr Erokhin
14
Daler Kuzyaev ↓ Matias Kranevitter 76'
29
Anton Zabolotnyi
5
Leandro Paredes
6
Branislav Ivanovic
33
Hernani
2
Aleksandr Anyukov C ↓ Luis Neto 86'
23
Miha Mevlja
11
Sebastian Driussi ↓ Federico Vairo 67'

Bench

Coach Sergei Semak

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Eirik Hestad	2
Eirik Hestad	2
Daler Kuzyaev	1
Anton Zabolotnyi	1
Erling Haaland	1
Artem Dzyuba	1
Miha Mevlja	1
Anton Zabolotnyi	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.49 Molde FK xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.22 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg xG

I would bet for: Molde FK or FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 73% + Both teams to score 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Molde FK44% Draw27% FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg29%

Actual: Molde FK win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.71

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	50%	50%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Molde FK or Draw

71%

Draw or FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

56%

Molde FK or FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Molde FK31% Draw47% FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg22%

Actual: FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13%

1 – 0

8.9%

2 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

8.6%

2 – 0

7.2%

0 – 1

7.1%

1 – 2

7.1%

2 – 2

5.3%

0 – 2

4.8%

3 – 1

4.3%

3 – 0

3.5%

1 – 3

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Molde FK

Handicap	Molde FK covers	Push	FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	13%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	21%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	17%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	9%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Molde FK keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

Molde FK vs FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg, Europe 2018-19 PLAY OFF ROUND

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Key Stats

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Molde FK Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Molde FK Form

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Molde FK

Clean Sheet