Azerbaijan take on the visitors Norway in the round 2 match of European Qualifiers for the World Cup 2018. The match will be played at Olympic Stadium (Baku) on Saturday, October 8th.
Azerbaijan invest great money in football in recent years and it pays off with quite solid results of the clubs in eurocups. However, foreign players have the most credit in these achievements. There is small number of Azeri players who can be competitive at top level and it affects results of the national team, who rarely record wins. Azerbaijan played 13 matches in 2015-2016, losing five, drawing other five and taking three wins over Malta, 2-0, Moldova, 2-1 and 1-0 over San Marino in the round 1 match of European qualifiers.
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Norway, in turn, had a chance to qualify for the main stage of Euro 2016 in France but couldn’t keep with the pace at the end of qualifiers. The team still show quite mediocre results, taking two wins, one draws and four defeats in seven matches played in 2016.The round one match against the World champions Germany ended with quite expected loss, 0-3, and now Norway need three points only to stay involved in the battle for top places of their group.
Norway and Azerbaijan played in the same qualifying group for European Championship 2016 when Azeri team managed to drew on the road, 0-0, but lost home fixture, 0-1. We should expect Norway to learn that lesson and take three points on the road at Azerbaijan.
Prediction for the match: Norway to win.
