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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Molde Stadion - Molde Thursday 26 November 2020 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Molde FK Group B - Matchday 4 Arsenal FC Last updated 12/05/2021 11:15CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 Molde FK - Arsenal FC Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Molde Stadion, Molde Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Haugen 45+1 (og), Sinyan 62 (og), Pépé 05/11/2020 GS Arsenal FC - Molde FK 4-1 London 69, Willock 88; Ellingsen 21 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Molde FK 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 Arsenal FC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 Molde FK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Molde FK have not played against a club from their opponents' country Arsenal FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Reyes 3, Henry 24, Fàbregas 29, Pirès 41 07/12/2004 GS Arsenal FC - Rosenborg BK 5-1 London (P), Van Persie 84; Hoftun 38 Strand 52; Ljungberg 29/09/2004 GS Rosenborg BK - Arsenal FC 1-1 Trondheim 6 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers R. Kennedy 6, 4-0 29/09/1971 R1 Arsenal FC - Strømsgodset IF London Radford 18, 58, agg: 7-1 Armstrong 78 Pettersen 52; 15/09/1971 R1 Strømsgodset IF - Arsenal FC 1-3 Oslo Simpson 2, Marinello 20, Kelly 81 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Molde FK 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 Arsenal FC 3 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 17 4 2 Molde FK - Arsenal FC Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Molde Stadion, Molde Match background Molde will hope to continue an impressive run of home form in Europe as they host an Arsenal side that beat them 4-1 in north London last time out, have yet to drop a point in Group B and could secure their place in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 with a positive result in Norway. • It was Molde who scored first at the Arsenal Stadium on Matchday 3, through Martin Ellingsen's spectacular long- range strike, but two own goals turned the game in the home side's favour before Nicolas Pépé and Joe Willock, who had also both scored in a 3-0 home win against Dundalk the previous week, cemented Arsenal's third win out of three. That gave them a three-point advantage over the Norwegian side at the top of the group table. Previous meetings • While Matchday 3 brought Molde a first encounter with English opposition, Arsenal have been paired with Norwegian clubs twice before, beating Strømsgodset 7-1 on aggregate (3-1 a, 4-0 h) in their first ever European Champion Clubs' Cup tie, in 1970/71, and taking four points off Rosenborg in the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League group stage (1-1 a, 5-1 h). Form guide Molde • Champions of Norway in 2019, claiming their fourth title in nine years, Molde returned to the UEFA Europa League group stage having just missed out on a place in the UEFA Champions League. Following qualifying victories against KuPS (5-0 h), Celje (2-1 a) and Qarabağ (0-0 a, 6-5 on pens), Erling Moe's side lost out in the play-offs on away goals to Ferencváros (3-3 h, 0-0 a). • Defeated in the UEFA Europa League play-offs in each of the past two seasons – by Zenit in 2018/19 and Partizan in 2019/20 – Molde are competing in the group stage for the third time. Bottom of their group in 2012/13, they defied the odds to top a section including Fenerbahçe, Ajax and Celtic in 2015/16 before losing to eventual winners Sevilla in the round of 32 (0-3 a, 1-0 h). • Molde are unbeaten in 12 European home games (W9 D3), their last defeat coming against Fenerbahçe (0-2) on Matchday 5 of that 2015/16 UEFA Europa League campaign. They have kept eight clean sheets in those matches. Arsenal • Eighth in the 2019/20 Premier League, Arsenal ensured a 25th consecutive season in Europe by winning the FA Cup under new manager Mikel Arteta – the club's record 14th triumph in the competition – with a 2-1 victory over London rivals Chelsea in the final. Their third successive UEFA Europa League campaign ended in the round of 32 with an extra-time away goals defeat by Olympiacos (1-0 a, 1-2 h). • UEFA Champions League ever-presents for 19 seasons in a row from 1998/99 to 2016/17, Arsenal reached the UEFA Europa League semi-finals at the first attempt in 2017/18, losing to eventual winners Atlético de Madrid, before going one step further and making it to the 2018/19 final, where they were defeated 4-1 by Chelsea in Baku. They have been group winners on all three of their appearances. • The 1999/2000 UEFA Cup runners-up are unbeaten in seven European away games (W5 D2) since Rennes defeated them 3-1 in the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League round of 16 first leg. Their overall away record in the UEFA Europa League is W12 D3 L4; in the group stage it is W7 D2 L1, the only defeat coming at Köln (0-1) in 2017/18. Links and trivia • Two Molde players, Magnus Wolff Eikrem and Etzaz Hussain, spent time together in the Manchester United academy at the start of their careers (2009–11). • Eikrem, the Molde skipper, also played in the Premier League and Championship for Cardiff City in 2014, making 13 appearances for the club in all competitions. • Arsenal's Kieran Tierney was in the Celtic side, led by Norwegian coach Ronny Delia, that lost 2-1 at home to Molde in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League group stage. • Arsenal's win on Matchday 3 was their 26th in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final, the most in the competition by an English club – two more than local rivals Tottenham. • Molde surrendered their domestic title at the weekend as Bodø/Glimt were crowned champions of Norway for the first time. 3 Molde FK - Arsenal FC Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Molde Stadion, Molde Team facts Molde FK Formed: 1911 Nickname: MFK UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) • Domestic title: 4 (2019) • Norwegian Cup: 4 (2014) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: play-offs 2018/19: play-offs 2017/18: did not take part in UEFA competition 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA competition 2015/16: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: third qualifying round 2013/14: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2012/13: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: third qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-1: Molde v KR Reykjavík 11/07/19, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-4: KÍ Klaksvík v Molde 28/08/03, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-2 three times, most recently v Fenerbahçe 26/11/15, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Öster v Molde 01/10/75, UEFA Cup first round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 7-1: Molde v KR Reykjavík (see above) • Biggest away win 0-4: KÍ Klaksvík v Molde (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-2 three times, most recently v Fenerbahçe (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Öster v Molde (see above) Arsenal FC Formed: 1886 Nickname: The Gunners UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Champions League: (2006) • UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League: (2000), (2019) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): (1980), 1994, (1995) • UEFA Super Cup: (1994) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 13 (2004) 4 Molde FK - Arsenal FC Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Molde Stadion, Molde FA Cup: 14 (2020) League Cup: 2 (1993) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: round of 32 2018/19: runners-up 2017/18: semi-finals 2016/17: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2015/16: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2014/15: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2013/14: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2012/13: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2011/12: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2010/11: UEFA Champions League round of 16 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: Arsenal v Slavia Praha 23/10/07, UEFA Champions League group stage • Biggest away win 0-7: Standard Liège v Arsenal 03/11/93, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Arsenal v Bayern München 07/03/17, UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1 twice, most recently v Bayern München 15/02/17, UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg 4-0: AC Milan v Arsenal 15/02/12, UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-0: Arsenal v BATE Borisov 07/12/17, group stage • Biggest away win 1-4: Lokomotive Leipzig v Arsenal 27/09/78, first round second leg 0-3 four times, most recently v Eintracht Frankfurt 19/09/19, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 2-5: Arsenal v Spartak Moskva 29/09/82, first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 3-1: Rennes v Arsenal 07/03/19, round of 16 first leg Arsenal also lost 4-1 to Chelsea in the 2019 final, a match in which they were the designated away team 5 Molde FK - Arsenal FC Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Molde Stadion, Molde Squad list Molde FK Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL UEFA No.