Norway vs Israel Prediction: A Haaland Feast
The World Cup qualifying match between Norway and Israel will take place at 11:00 PM on October 11th. Nghe An newspapers, radio, and television will analyze form, provide football commentary, and predict the score.
Latest information on the Norway vs Israel match lineups.
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard continues to be plagued by bad luck, suffering a knee injury that will keep him out of both of Norway's international matches this month.
Coach Solbakken will also be without the services of Genoa's central defender Leo Ostigard due to a broken rib, but Jorgen Strand Larsen has recovered and could return to bolster the in-form attack.
The striker is likely to start from the bench, as the two starting positions in attack are still occupied by Erling Haaland and Alexander Sorloth. They may receive support from Antonio Nusa, Oscar Bobb, or Andreas Schjelderup if Solbakken continues to use the 4-3-3 formation.
For Israel, Tai Baribo or Dor Turgeman would be the top choice for the center forward position — with Turgeman being the one who scored the consolation goal in the first leg.
Two other attacking stars, Manor Solomon (Tottenham, currently on loan at Villarreal) and Oscar Gloukh (Ajax), could also feature in the front line, giving Israel hope of springing a surprise against their superior opponents.
Latest predicted lineups for Norway vs Israel
Norway:
Nyland; Ryerson, Heggem, Ajer, Bjorkan; Berg, Berge, Aasgard; Sorloth, Haaland, Schjelderup
Israel:
Skin. Peretz; Dasa, Lemkin, Nachmias, Revivo; Due. Peretz, E. Peretz; Biton, Gloukh, Solomon; Baribo
Latest football match prediction: Norway vs Israel
Norway hasn't participated in a World Cup since 1998, and their last appearance at the European Championship was more than two decades ago — in 2000. However, this long drought may soon come to an end.
A new generation of talented players has helped Norway make a strong comeback, led by Erling Haaland — who has just increased his goalscoring record for the national team to an incredible 48 goals in 45 matches. Coach Stale Solbakken's team is on track to qualify for next year's World Cup finals.
After scoring nine goals in their opening two wins in Group I, Norway continued to impress with a 3-0 victory over top seed Italy, thus rising to the position of a leading contender for the top spot in the group.
Next, they beat Estonia by a narrow margin before "destroying" Moldova 11-0 in their most recent match — a game in which Haaland scored a "penta" (5 goals), and substitute Thelo Aasgaard completed a hat-trick.
Thanks to their superior goal difference, Norway are six points ahead of both Italy and Israel (although Italy still have a game in hand), and a direct World Cup spot is almost within their grasp.
Following this qualifying match, Norway will have a friendly at home against New Zealand, then conclude the campaign with two matches against Estonia and Italy next month — the match against Italy could be a do-or-die battle to decide the top spot in the group.
On the Israeli side, coach Ran Ben Shimon's team is currently third and still has a chance to compete for at least a play-off spot, despite suffering an unbelievable collapse in September.
In a chaotic match against Italy, they twice took the lead and seemed poised for a 4-4 draw after scoring two late goals. However, Sandro Tonali scored the decisive goal in injury time, leaving Israel empty-handed and the atmosphere on the pitch becoming tense.
Now they are level on points with the second-placed team but have an inferior goal difference and have played one more game, so a slip-up this month could shatter their World Cup chances.
Israel are looking to end a World Cup drought even longer than Norway's — their last appearance at the biggest football tournament was in 1970. After a 2-4 defeat in the first leg (with Haaland contributing Norway's fourth goal), they will have to play a perfect game if they want to cause an upset at Ullevaal.
Latest Norway vs Israel score prediction
Based on the above football analysis, we and leading football websites worldwide have provided our predictions for the match.Norway vs Israelas follows:
- Sportsmole:Norway 3-1 Israel
- WhoScore:Norway 2-0 Israel
- We predict:Norway 3-1 Israel
When and where can I watch Norway vs Israel live?
To watch the Norway vs Israel World Cup qualifying match live at 11:00 PM on October 11th, viewers can tune in to the following channels:K+ Sport,K+PMor online sports channels. We hope you enjoy watching football.