After getting off to contrasting starts in their respective FIFA World Cup openers, Norway and Senegal will meet in New York in what is sure to be a high-octane clash. Look ahead to Monday’s match with our match prediction and preview.
Norway vs Senegal: The Key Insights
After an emphatic 4-1 opening win over Iraq, Norway walk into this contest as favourites with the Opta supercomputer handing them a 45.0% win probability to Senegal’s 29.6%. Monday’s clash will mark the first time Norway and Senegal meet in the World Cup. After losing just one of their first five World Cup matches against European opponents (W3 D1), Senegal have now lost each of their last three.Norway marked their long-awaited return to the World Cup finals with a dazzling 4-1 win over Iraq and will look to maintain their perfect start when they face Senegal at New York New Jersey Stadium on Tuesday.
The Vikings’ tournament opener in Boston was certainly impressive, with Ibrahim Mbaye’s stoppage-time consolation goal at least gave Senegal something to build on.
At just 18 years and 143 days old, the Paris Saint-Germain starlet became the youngest African player to score in World Cup history.
With their toughest group stage fixture now out of the way, Pape Thiaw will want his side to bounce back and put up a good fight against Norway to keep their tournament alive.
The Opta supercomputer currently gives the Lions of Teranga a 56.7% chance of progressing, while Norway, owing to their strong start, are shown a 98.2% probability.
If Senegal are to turn their tournament around, Thiaw must look for solutions to a leaky defence, especially ahead of a meeting with an in-form Haaland.
Of the 48 teams competing at this year’s World Cup, only Saudi Arabia (17, prior to their Matchday 2 fixture against Spain) are on a longer run without a clean sheet than Senegal.
Indeed, they have conceded in each of their last 12 World Cup matches – a run stretching back to their debut in 2002, when they opened with a 1-0 win over France.
This statistic will certainly encourage Haaland, who has already set a strong marker at the World Cup.
The Norwegian powerhouse has scored in each of his last 11 competitive appearances for Norway and has netted more than once in each of his last five. Since the start of 2023, he has scored in 17 of his 20 international appearances.
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