Norway hosts Netherlands in round 4 of the World Cup qualification. The match will be played on Wednesday, September 1st at Ullevål Stadion (Oslo)
Norway team is on the 4th line in the group with six points scored after three rounds, lagging behind the Dutch and Montenegrins due to additional indicators. The Lions dealt with Gibraltar in the opening match (0-3) and then lost to Turkey (0-3) and beat Montenegro (0-1). The Norwegians did not qualify for Euro 2020. In June, they played two friendly matches in Malaga against Luxembourg (1-0) and Greece (1-2). The final roster of the Norwegian national team for the upcoming matches was announced on 24 August. Solbakken's coaching staff was able to attract almost all the strongest football players, led by Martin Odegaard and Erling Halland. The only exception was the national team veteran, 36-year-old goalkeeper Rune Jarstein, who was diagnosed with heart problems. The goalkeeper of Hertha Berlin will not return to service until November.
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The Netherlands occupies the 2nd position in the standings of Group G (six points scored after three rounds). The Dutch lost to the Turks in the opening round (4-2), but then they achieved confident victories over Latvia (2-0) and Gibraltar (0-7). The Netherlands national team ingloriously finished their performance at the European Championship 2020. The Oranges scored the maximum 9 points in the group with Ukraine, Austria, and Northern Ireland, but they lost in the 1/8 finals to the Czech national team (0-2). A sensational defeat to a not very strong opponent led to the resignation of head coach Frank de Boer. He was succeeded by Louis van Gaal. The 69-year-old coach has headed the Dutch national team for the third time in his career. He already worked with it in 2000-2001 and 2012-2014. Van Gaal, who led the Oranges to bronze medals at the 2014 World Cup, signed a contract before the completion of the World Cup in Qatar.
It is not yet clear how the Netherlands national team will play under Louis van Gaal, but one thing is clear — it will definitely not sit back on heels. Before the game against the Czechs, the Oranges scored at least one goal in 12 matches in a row, and it is unlikely that they will pass in the confrontation against not the most eminent defenders of the Norwegian national team. The Dutch defense also regularly makes mistakes, despite the stardom of the players. This was the case in the matches against Ukraine and the Czech Republic at the Euro and in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Turkey. Even without Erling Halland, the Norwegians regularly aggrieved their opponents at home (in 21 of 22 games), so they can score at least once against the Netherlands.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score — yes
