Kristiansund BK vs Lillestrom Predictions

• Kristiansund are yet to win a league game this term, posting one draw and eight losses in the Eliteserien.
• Lillestrom’s defeat at Stromsgodset last week was their first of the season, having gone 11 without loss prior to that reverse.
• The visitors have posted four wins and one draw against opponents currently in the bottom half of the Eliteserien.

Top versus bottom in Norway

Lillestrom’s 3-0 loss at Stromsgodset last time out was their first reverse of the season, after Geir Bakke’s charges won eight and drew three of their first 11 Eliteserien outings in 2022. With in-form Molde breathing down their necks, Lillestrom need to get back on track, and have the perfect chance to do just that when they face Kristiansund.

Kristiansund are already 10 points adrift of the relegation play-off place at the foot of the table, with Christian Michelsen’s men contriving to follow up last term’s sixth placed finish with just one point from nine games thus far. Their lone point came at home to bottom-half outfit HamKam and they’ve since lost back-to-back home games to nil against Stromsgodset and Bodo/Glimt, so the visitors will be licking their lips ahead of this trip.

Lillestrom’s superb start to the season has been well-deserved; the Canaries boast the league’s joint-best attack (24 goals scored) and joint-best defence (11 conceded). Although all of Lillestrom’s dropped points this term have come on the road, their outstanding record against lowly opponents means they shouldn’t have too many problems on Sunday: Bakke’s men have taken 13 points from five games against current bottom-half outfits.

Lillestrom can get back on track

Given Kristiansund’s calamitous start to the season and toothless attacking record – they’ve scored just six goals this term – the league leaders should have few problems in picking up an away win.

Meanwhile, Kristiansund have failed to score in three of their last five games, making a routine 2-0 win for Lillestrom appear a decent correct score prediction.

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