Israel vs Norway prediction: EUROPE: World Championship – Qualification betting tips on match 2025-03-24 19:45.
[p]Israel kicked off their 2025 schedule with a 2-1 win in their World Cup Qualification (WCQ) opener, coming from behind to see off the threat of minnows Estonia. Next up is a significant hurdle in their quest to qualify for a major tournament for the first time since 1970, as Israel now welcome Norway to their temporary home of Debrecen, Hungary, despite rumours of a potential boycott by the Scandinavian side. [/p]
[p]Politics aside, Israel’s opening round victory extended their run of unbeaten WCQ home games to five (W4, D1), with all the games during that sequence seeing both teams score. Perhaps more pertinently though, Israel have won just twice in all games since moving their home fixtures to Hungary in November 2023 (W2, D1, L4), with four of those seven games seeing a second-half red card. [/p]
[p]Ståle Solbakken’s Norway have their sights set on a huge 2025, as following their UEFA Nations League promotion to the top flight, they began this WCQ cycle by sweeping Moldova aside 5-0. Winning four of their last five matches by 3+ goal margins, Norway travel to Hungary as hot favourites to continue their perfect start as they seek what would be a first qualification to the World Cup finals since 1998. [/p]
[p]Missing out on the runners-up spot in their last WCQ group by just one place, away form wasn’t an issue for Norway as they picked up the majority of their points on the road (W3, D1, L1). Those three victories form part of an impressive run of four of Norway’s last six WCQ away games ending in victories at both half-time and full-time and without reply, securing what is their best six-game run of away WCQ form in the nation’s long history. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Dean David is yet to score a competitive senior international goal for Israel but enters this amongst the top-three scorers in his domestic league for Maccabi Haifa, with four of his last five strikes serving to open the scoring. Dortmund’s Julian Ryerson scored his very first competitive senior Norway goal last time out after failing to win either of his prior international appearances when assisting (D1, L1). [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Eleven of Norway’s last 12 matches saw goals in both halves.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Matthew Billon[/i][/p]