Our prediction for this Nations League match:
David faces Goliath at Ullevaal Stadion as Norway and Kazakhstan go head to head in the Nations League B round 6. The Norwegians aim to overtake Austria in top position and they are likely to go all guns blazing at the former Soviet republic. As always, a man to keep an eye on in the home team will be Man City superstar Erling Haaland, who found the net on the stroke of half-time in a 4-1 crushing of Slovenia. Leipzig forward Antonio Nusa is a major doubt after limping off with injury in Thursday’s clash.
The Kazakhs, on the other hand, failed to impress in a 2-0 defeat to Austria and given Aleksandr Marochkin’s suspension, anything but a routine home win would be a big surprise. Earlier in the process the two sides played out a goalless draw, but we predict that Stale Solbakken’s men are going to pick up all three points from Sunday’s encounter.
Highlighted Team (Norway):
Norway are a Nordic side that participated three times at the FIFA World Cup finals (1938, 1994 and 1998). The Norwegians were producing fine performances at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, with the team setting up a meeting with Italy in the last 16 of the showpiece tournament thanks to a 2-1 win over Brazil in their last group match.
However, the Azzurri proved to be a big catch for Norway and thanks to Bobo Vieri’s goal the Italians made it to the quarter-finals. Norway only once qualified for the European Championship finals, with the team suffering elimination in the group stages of the 2000 tournament in Belgium and Netherlands. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is the most famous Norwegian player and it is well known that he helped Manchester United beat Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions League final.
The “Baby-faced” striker scored the winner for the Red Devils in the dying seconds of the match. Norway play their home games at Ullevaal Stadion, which was opened in September, 1926. The capacity of the venue is 28.000.