New Zealand vs Norway
FIFA Women’s World Cup
Date: 20 July 2023, Thursday
Kick-off at 10:00am EAT
Venue: Eden Park (Auckland).
Co-hosts New Zealand and European heavyweights Norway will raise the curtain on the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup on Thursday at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.
The visitors enter the tie as massive favorites for numerous reasons, the quality of the roster being among the most significant ones.
Norway are stacked with high-profile players playing for top-tier European clubs. Barcelona’s Caroline Graham Hansen has had one of the best campaigns of her career last season with Blaugrana.
When you add the likes of Ada Hegerberg (Lyon), Fida Leonardhsen Maanunm (Arsenal), and Guro Reiten (Chelsea) to the mix, you get to see the amount of quality present in this roster.
Also, Norway are one of just seven teams to have participated in all nine World Cup editions so far.
They have failed to make it past the quarterfinal in the last three editions but it will count for little when they come face to face with New Zealand who have never managed to get it past the group phase on the biggest stage.
The co-hosts have featured in five World Cups bur are yet to claim their maiden win in the competition.
New Zealand have several veterans worth paying attention to in this tournament but we can hardly see them staying competitive against one of the potential dark horses of the competition on the opening day.
New Zealand vs Norway Head-to-head
- Head to head history between these rivals also favors Norway who have won five, drawn one, and lost one of the last seven encounters with New Zealand.
- The previous meeting between the two teams occurred last year in June when Norway claimed a 2-0 victory.
- Only one of the previous six head to head meetings between these counterparts produced three or more goals.
New Zealand vs Norway Prediction
New Zealand have failed to score in four of the last six World Cup matches. They were also scoreless in the final test ahead of this competition, falling 0-1 to Italy six days ago.
We will back Norway to win to nil as the main pick at the odds of 1.90, while you can alternatively take the visitors to have the lead at the half time and win the match at the end at the 1.80 odds.
New Zealand vs Norway Betting Tips
- Norway to win to nil @ 1.90 (9/10)
- HT/FT Norway/Norway @ 1.80 (4/5) odd.
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