The story

Iraq have won five of their last six home matches and are unbeaten in 32 of their 38 most recent home fixtures, while Norway have gone unbeaten in 25 of their last 31 matches overall. Head-to-head, under 2.5 goals have been recorded in five of the six most recent meetings between these sides, with neither team having scored an early goal in nine of their last ten matches respectively. Erling Haaland carries the highest average xGOT of any Norway player across their last ten matches at 1.42, with Martin Ødegaard posting the squad's top average rating of 7.73.