Norway vs Wales Preview

Third meets fourth in Nations League Group 4 at the Ullevaal Stadion on Saturday, with Norway and Wales level on three points and both chasing Denmark in second. Wales won the reverse fixture 2-1 six weeks ago. Norway come in on a run of three straight defeats. Kick-off is at 5pm GMT.

Norway have lost three in a row, each of them by a 2-1 scoreline. The latest was a defeat in Portugal in October, three days after the 2-1 loss in Wales. Before that, they were beaten 2-1 at home by Portugal, and their only win in the sample was a 3-2 home victory over Denmark. The oldest result is a 2-1 extra-time defeat to England at the World Cup in July. That makes one win and four defeats, with seven goals scored and 10 conceded, and Norway conceded exactly twice in every game.

Wales have one win and four defeats from their last five, scoring three and conceding seven. The most recent was a 1-0 home defeat to Denmark in October, three days after their 2-1 home win over Norway. Before those, they lost 2-0 in Denmark and 1-0 in Portugal, while the oldest result is a 2-1 friendly defeat in Romania in June. Wales failed to score in three of the five games, and the Norway win is the only game in the sample in which they scored more than once.

Wales have won three of the last five meetings to Norway’s one, with one draw. The most recent was their 2-1 home win in October, and before that they won 4-1 at home in a 2011 friendly. Wales also won 3-0 at home in 2008. The sides drew 0-0 in Norway in 2004, and Norway won 3-2 at home in World Cup qualifying in 2001. Wales have won all three home meetings in the sample, but Norway are unbeaten in their two on home soil, a record they will look to extend at the Ullevaal Stadion.

Wales and Norway are level on three points in Group 4, with Wales third and Norway fourth, three behind second-placed Denmark. A Norway win would take them to six points, level with Denmark, and a Wales win would do the same for them.

In the UK, the match is live on BBC Two and S4C, with streaming on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website. In Norway, it’s on TV 2 Direkte with streaming on TV 2 Play, while US viewers can watch on Fox Sports 2 or stream through fuboTV, ViX and FOX One.

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Nations League Standings — League A, Group 4