Austria's only loss so far in the group was against Norway with 1:2, but as a guest. At home now, they can take revenge for this and equalize in points with their opponent. At home, they have four consecutive victories and only one loss with 2:3 against Belgium in their last 10 home matches. In 9 of them, they scored at least two goals, and on Thursday they defeated Kazakhstan at home with 4:0.
Somehow, Norway couldn't score as a guest against Kazakhstan at the start and only managed a goalless draw, despite their domination. However, they followed with home victories, and on Thursday they defeated one of their main competitors, Slovenia, with 3:0. We already mentioned the victory against Austria, so Norway is currently the leader in the standings with 7 points, three more than Austria. Erling Haaland seems to have built a good partnership with Alexander Sorloth, and they were the ones who brought the victory against Slovenia, despite the absence of captain Odegaard, who will also be absent now.
Prediction: both teams to scoreAustria performs quite strongly at home, where they are unlikely to miss the opportunity to score at least once again. However, we see progress in Norway, whose attack looks quite dangerous and capable of scoring again.
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