Our prediction for this Nations League match:
Norway
Match Time & Date:
06/09/2018
02:45 PM
Prediction: 3-0
Cyprus
In this League C, Group 3 clash, Norway meets Cyprus at the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo. This will be the tenth match these two countries play against each other. Cyprus are yet to win or even draw a game against the Norwegians. Over those nine previous games they only managed to score four goals while conceding 24. So, on paper, it should be an easy job for Norway. Last game Norway played was against Panama in June, a friendly before the World Cup. Norway won 1:0. In their last 10 games, Norway managed seven wins and three losses including a hard World Cup qualifying match 6:0 defeat against Germany a year ago. Last time Cyprus won was in august last year, when they beat Bosnia & Herzegovina 3:2. In total they only managed two wins in the last ten games, with one draw. The rest were defeats. It should be an easy win for Norway at home.
Highlighted Player (Fredrik Jensen):
Fredrik Jensen is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Belgian side Zulte Waregem as a midfielder. Jensen started his senior career at Odd and he made no less than 129 appearances for the Norwegian club (league) from 2012 to 2017. The 185-cm tall player then decided to take a step forward in his career and he joined Zulte Waregem in the summer of 2017.
Fredrik Jensen signed a four-year deal with the Belgian outfit and his contract should expire on June 30, 2021. Jensen’s main position is defensive midfield, but he is used as a central midfielder as well. The Zulte Waregem footballer, whose preferred foot is right, has yet to make his debut for Norway at senior level.
Fredrik Jensen made his Zulte Waregem debut in a thrilling 5-0 win over Eupen, with the Norwegian midfielder coming as a substitute for Onur Kaya in the dying minutes of the match. Jensen was born in Skien, Norway on May 18, 1993.
Highlighted Team (Cyprus):
Cyprus’ first match took place back in July, 1949, only one year after they became a member of FIFA. The Cypriotes played out a thrilling 3-3 draw with Maccabi Tel Aviv and seven days later they played their first international game. Cyprus suffered a 3-1 loss to Israel in Tel Aviv back then and in November, 1960 they had their first official match as an independent country.
The Cyprus national football team shared the spoils with Israel in the 1962 World Cup qualifier and three years later they recorded their first international win (3-1 over Greece). Cyprus suffered their biggest loss on May 21, 1969, with the team losing to West Germany 12-0 and in 2000 they hammered Andorra 5-0 which is considered the team’s biggest win.
The Cypriotes have yet to qualify for the finals of the FIFA World Cup or the European Championship, but their victory over Bosnia in Zenica in the Euro 2016 qualifiers will be remembered. GSP Stadium in Nicosia is considered the national team’s home ground.
