Norway vs Senegal - prediction, team news, lineups | World Cup 2026

Sitting beauteous astatine the Group I acme aft 1 matchday, Norway tin unafraid a spot successful the past 32 of the 2026 World Cup successful Monday's gathering with Senegal successful East Rutherford.

The Scandinavians' outright victor likelihood successful our World Cup betting guide are acold superior to the Lions of Teranga, but their African foes volition beryllium nary pushovers aft giving France a scare past clip out.

Match preview

Exhibiting the benignant of ruthlessness that saw them triumph each 8 of their World Cup Qualifying matches, Norway's archetypal Finals contention this broadside of the millennium saw Stale Solbakken's men grounds a broad 4-1 triumph implicit Iraq, acknowledgment successful nary tiny portion to their untameable fig nine.

By the clip the half-time whistle blew, Erling Haaland had already struck a brace connected his archetypal World Cup start, earlier Leo Ostigard's header and a precocious Aymen Hussein ain extremity gave Norway breathing abstraction astatine the Gillette Stadium.

Thanks to their marginally superior extremity quality implicit 2022 runners-up France, Norway inhabit apical spot successful Group I and volition beryllium assured of a spot successful the past 32 with a triumph successful circular two, careless of what transpires successful Les Bleus' showdown with Iraq.

The Scandinavians' emphatic occurrence connected matchday 1 was not lone bully for the standings, but besides for the morale of a squad who had mislaid their mode a tad aft their 100% qualification record, lone winning 1 of their last 4 warm-up friendlies.

Solbakken's men person besides kept conscionable 1 cleanable expanse successful their past 7 matches crossed each tournaments - shipping astatine slightest 1 extremity successful their past 3 fixtures - but a four-match unbeaten tally tin beryllium viewed successful a affirmative light.

While Norway endeavour to widen their four-game streak without defeat, Senegal hazard a 4th consecutive lucifer without victory, aft failing to successfully combat occurrence with occurrence against France and their merciless onslaught connected matchday one.

Head manager Pape Thiaw was an unused substitute erstwhile Senegal bushed France 1-0 astatine the 2002 World Cup, but helium chopped a gloomier fig from the sidelines this clip around, arsenic Kylian Mbappe's brace and Bradley Barcola's decorativeness rendered Ibrahim Mbaye's effect inconsequential.

All nations stay successful with a accidental of last-32 qualification aft 1 matchday, but decision for Senegal connected Tuesday coupled with France taking astatine slightest a constituent from their gathering with Iraq would consign them to a third-placed decorativeness astatine best.

Having besides fallen to a 3-2 affable nonaccomplishment to the USA earlier a goalless gully with Saudi Arabia successful their preparatory period, Senegal could endure a four-game winless tally successful each tournaments for the archetypal clip since June 2018, erstwhile they were past absent from the World Cup.

However, Senegal's lone erstwhile head-to-head with Norway backmost successful 2006 ended successful a 2-1 affable triumph for the Lions of Teranga, arsenic a Vikings squad boasting John Arne Risse and Brede Hangeland were sunk by Moussa Ndiaye and Babacar M'Baye Gueye.

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Team News

Norway finished their triumph implicit Iraq with a mates of antiaircraft concerns, arsenic David Moller Wolfe was forcibly withdrawn successful the 73rd minute, portion Julian Ryerson complained of muscular fatigue astatine afloat time.

However, the brace person made swift recoveries and are expected to beryllium disposable for the radical leaders, who volition truthful person each subordinate astatine their disposal.

Now connected an 11-game scoring series for his country, Haaland had much shots (5) than palmy passes (4) against Iraq, the archetypal subordinate to bash truthful successful a World Cup crippled since Fernando Torres successful Spain's triumphant 2010 run.

Meanwhile, Senegal are besides reported to beryllium moving with a fully-fit squad up of Tuesday's match, successful which Thiaw's lone large enactment dilemma lies successful the last third.

Mbaye's onslaught against France made the 18-year-old the youngest African scorer astatine the World Cup, and has besides seen the teen propulsion his chapeau into the ringing for a commencement implicit Ismaila Sarr.

The Crystal Palace attacker should beryllium retained alongside Nicolas Jackson and Sadio Mane, though, arsenic Thiaw keeps religion with an identical starting lineup.

Norway imaginable starting lineup:

Nyland; Ryerson, Heggem, Ajer, Wolfe; Odegaard, Berge, Aursnes; Sorloth, Haaland, Nusa

Senegal imaginable starting lineup:

Mendy; Diatta, Koulibaly, Niakhate, Diouf; Camara, I. Gueye, P. Gueye; Sarr, Jackson, Mane

We say: Norway 2-2 Senegal

Fearsome firepower is contiguous astatine some ends of the field, though neither broadside has convinced defensively of late, giving emergence to a spectacular ticker for the neutrals.

Only 10 places abstracted Norway and Senegal successful the satellite rankings, and a high-scoring gully appears a apt outcome, arsenic some sides' combat for a last-32 spot continues into the last matchday successful Group I.

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