Home / World Cup 2026 / Norway vs Senegal

Norway vs Senegal Head-to-Head — FIFA World Cup 2026

⚽ Group Stage, Match 2
FT3–2
Tuesday 23 June 2026  ·  00:00 UTC  ·  MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford

Match Report

Match Events ?
43'M. Pedersen Norway
48'E. Haaland (M. Odegaard)Norway
53'I. Sarr (S. Mane)Senegal
58'E. Haaland (P. Berg)Norway
90'I. Sarr (N. Jackson)Senegal
Match Statistics ?
Norway
Senegal
42%
Possession
58%
7
Shots on Target
4
13
Total Shots
16
5
Corners
4
13
Fouls
5
2.10
xG
1.70
Player Ratings ?
Norway
8.7Erling HaalandF
7.5Marcus PedersenD
7.2Martin ØdegaardM
Senegal
8.2Ismaïla SarrM
7.9Moussa NiakhatéD
7.3Idrissa Gana GueyeM
Starting Lineups ?
Norway · 4-3-3
1GØrjan Nyland
26DJulian Ryerson
3DKristoffer Ajer
17DTorbjørn Heggem
5DDavid Møller Wolfe
10MMartin Ødegaard
8MSander Berge
14MFredrik Aursnes
7FAlexander Sørloth
9FErling Haaland
20FAntonio Nusa
Senegal · 4-2-3-1
16GEdouard Mendy
15DKrépin Diatta
3DKalidou Koulibaly
19DMoussa Niakhaté
25DEl Hadji Malick Diouf
5MIdrissa Gana Gueye
26MPape Gueye
18MIsmaïla Sarr
8MLamine Camara
10MSadio Mané
11FNicolas Jackson

Predictions

Match Prediction ?
Favoured: No clear favourite
Expected: Tight game — likely a one-goal margin
Confidence: Low
Norway 23%Draw 26%Senegal 51%
xG: 0.93Expected goalsxG: 1.52

Norway vs Senegal looks like a balanced matchup based on our pre-tournament model. There is no clear favourite from our model data, so this fixture is better treated as a tight game. This prediction should be used as general match context rather than a guaranteed outcome.

Advertisement
Win Probability (Market) ?
No odds data available
Model Rating Edge ?
Slight Edge
Senegal stronger
Norway: 1501 (#25)  ·  Senegal: 1597 (#11)
H2H Record ?
0–0–1
Senegal leads
Avg 3.0 goals/game · 1 meetings
Norway
Senegal
#2
Position ?
#3
6
Points ?
3
2W 0D 1L
Record ?
1W 0D 2L
8
Goals For ?
8
7
Goals Against ?
6
+1
Goal Diff
+2
#31
FIFA Rank ?
#14
0.4%
Win Prob ?
1.8%
L W W L W
Form ?
L W L L

Head-to-Head History

Previous World Cup Meetings
No previous meetings found in our data.
Last 1 Meetings (All Competitions)
0Norway
0Draw
1Senegal
1 Mar 2006FriendlySenegal2–1Norway
💡 Betting Angles
Key Angles for this Match
High-scoring tournament form — Norway averaging 5.0 goals/game, Senegal averaging 4.7. Combined 4.8 goals/game points to Over 2.5.
Both teams scoring regularly — Norway and Senegal both conceding in tournament matches. BTTS looks likely.

Injuries & Absences

Norway — Injuries
M. Pedersen
M. Pedersen
Injury
Senegal — Injuries
É. Mendy
É. Mendy
Injury
← Norway stats Senegal stats → World Cup home