Iraq vs Norway Head-to-Head — FIFA World Cup 2026
Match Report
Match Events ?
29'Erling Haaland (David Møller Wolfe)Norway
39'Aymen Hussein (Amir Al-Ammari)Iraq
43'Erling Haaland Norway
76'Leo Østigård (Martin Ødegaard)Norway
86'Zaid Tahseen Iraq
90'Aymen Hussein Norway
Match Statistics ?
Iraq
Norway
39%
Possession
61%
1
Shots on Target
5
11
Total Shots
12
2
Corners
5
12
Fouls
13
0.80
xG
2.52
Player Ratings ?
Starting Lineups ?
Iraq · 4-4-2
12G
3D
4D
5D
23D
8M
24M
16M
17M
18F
9F
Norway · 4-4-2
1G
26D
3D
17D
5D
10M
8M
14M
20M
7F
9F
Predictions
Match Prediction ?
Favoured: No clear favourite
Expected: Tight game — likely a one-goal margin
Confidence: Low
Iraq 22%Draw 26%Norway 52%
xG: 0.92Expected goalsxG: 1.53
Iraq vs Norway looks like a balanced matchup based on our pre-tournament model. There is no clear favourite from our model data, so this fixture is better treated as a tight game. This prediction should be used as general match context rather than a guaranteed outcome.
Win Probability (Market) ?
79%
Norway to Win
Home: 7% Draw: 14% Away: 79%
Model Rating Edge ?
Slight Edge
Norway stronger
Iraq: 1400 (#38) · Norway: 1501 (#25)
H2H Record ?
No data
Equal
First ever meeting
Iraq
Norway
#4
Position ?
#1
0
Points ?
3
0W 0D 1L
Record ?
1W 0D 0L
1
Goals For ?
4
4
Goals Against ?
1
-3
Goal Diff
+3
#57
FIFA Rank ?
#31
0.0%
Win Prob ?
0.4%
L
Form ?
W
Head-to-Head History
Previous World Cup Meetings
No previous meetings found in our data.
Last 0 Meetings (All Competitions)
No previous meetings found in our data.