Our prediction for this Nations League match:
Slovenia
Match Time & Date:
16/11/2018
02:45 PM
Prediction: 0-1
Norway
Stadion Stozice will host Friday’s football game between Slovenia and Norway. Slovenia have been struggling in the UEFA Nations League, with the team collecting only one point from possible 12 in the process, whilst Norway are sitting in top position in Group 3 ahead of the trip to Ljubljana. The Norwegians did well to beat the Slovenians in Oslo earlier in the process, which is surely giving away fans a reason for optimism. Seeing that Slovenia’s squad is pretty rejuvenated, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the visitors. A man to watch in the away team will be Bournemouth attacker Joshua King, who has netted four goals in the Premier League so far this season. The 26-year-old attacker is eager to open his goal-scoring account in the UEFA Nations League and we believe that he is going to prove a handful for the opposition defenders.
Highlighted Player (Vid Belec):
Vid Belec is a 192-cm-tall goalkeeper, who was born in Maribor, Slovenia on June 6, 1990. Belec played for his home-town club Maribor at youth level and in 2007 he joined Italian side Internazionale.
However, the Slovenian shot-stopper did not see any game action in the Serie A during his spell at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza and it has to be noted that he played for the likes of Crotone, Olhanense and Konyaspor on loan before joining Carpi in 2015. After making 56 appearances for the Biancorossi in the league, Vid Belec moved to Benevento in July, 2017, signing a three-year deal with the Serie A team.
Belec made his debut for Slovenia national football team on June 7, 2014 in a 2-0 loss to Argentina. The Slovenian goalkeeper managed to keep 13 clean sheets for Benevento in the 2016/2017 Serie B campaign and, no doubt, he helped the club secure promotion to the Italian top flight.
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.
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