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Norway vs Spain Prediction & Betting tips
In the own Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo, Norway plays one of its most important games of the year against Spain on Saturday evening. The Scandinavians have to win to keep their chances for direct EC qualification alive. For the still flawless Spain, placement for the European Championship is only a matter of time.
Norway:
For Norway, the upcoming European Championship qualifiers against Spain and Romania are absolute finals. The Scandinavians are involved with Romania and Sweden in a fierce battle for second place, which gives the right to direct participation in next year’s European Championship. If that does not work, then the Norwegians with a starting ticket for the playoffs still have an iron in the fire, but if it is up to national coach Lars Lagerbäck it will not come to that.
Norway has not qualified for a major tournament since the World Cup in 1998, but now has a very nice team. Joshua King comes into action every week in the English Premier League on behalf of Bournemouth, and Martin Ødegaard, who was rented out by Real Madrid to Real Sociedad, was named Best Player of the Month in La Liga last month. With nine points from six European Championship qualifying matches, Norway does not go any further than fourth in group F, but the number 47 of the FIFA world ranking only had to be won once in those six games. On a visit to Spain, De Leeuwen narrowly fell 2-1 after a late penalty kick by Sergio Ramos.
Spain:
Former world champion Spain of course has no secrets for seasoned football fans. The selection of coach Roberto Moreno is full of stars, with captain Sergio Ramos and reserve captain Sergio Busquets as the best known names. After six European Championship qualifiers, Southern Europeans are still without a point loss, with no less than seventeen goals in front and only three against.
European Championship qualification is therefore only a matter of time for the Spaniards, and the remaining group matches are in fact nothing more than glorified practice matches in the run-up to the European Championship next year. Moreno therefore took the opportunity to provide La Roja with some fresh blood. Striker Gerard Moreno and defenders Pau Torres and Sergio Reguilon can hope for their debut, while players like Pablo Sarabia, Mikel Oyarzabal and Dani Ceballos are still relatively wet behind the ears of the national team. The main absenters are Jordi Alba, Marco Asensio, Isco and Paco Alcacer.
Norway vs Spain head to head matches
23.03.19 EUR Spain Norway 2 : 1
19.11.03 EUR Norway Spain 0 : 3
15.11.03 EUR Spain Norway 2 : 1
13.06.00 EUR Spain Norway 0 : 1