OSLO. Norway and Latvia didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Norway was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (72%).
The match was played at the Ullevaal Stadion stadium in Oslo on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Lawrence Visser who was helped by Rien Vanyzere and Thibaud Nijssen. The 4th official was Nathan Verboomen. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.6 degrees Celsius or 38.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 1%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Norway was in firm control of the ball 72% while Latvia was struggling with a 28% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Norway was was more aggressive with 90 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Norway to win the match.
Norway shot 23 times, 5 on target, 13 off target. Regarding the opposition, Latvia shot 6 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Norway received 2 yellow cards (M. Thorsby and O. Solbakken). Talking about the opposition, Latvia received 2 yellow cards (V. Kamess and E. Emsis).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After playing this contest, Norway will have 18 points like Turkey to remain in the 3rd place. On the other side, Latvia will have 6 points to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Norway will play away with Netherlands on the 16th of November with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Netherlands (1 draw).
Latvia will play away agasint Gibraltar on the 16th of November with a 1-1 head to head.
Norway – Formation
Norway
46'
22'
Norway adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Ståle Solbakken decided to play with the following team: Ørjan Nyland , Marcus Pedersen , Stefan Strandberg , Marius Lode , Birger Meling , Morten Thorsby , Mathias Normann , Martin Ødegaard , Kristian Thorstvedt , Mohamed Elyounoussi and Alexander Sørloth .
The home team had on the bench: Jens Petter Hauge, Mats Møller Dæhli, André Hansen, Fredrik Aursnes, Ruben Gabrielsen, Joshua King , Sten Grytebust, Julian Ryerson, Fredrik Midtsjø, Thomas Lehne Olsen, Ola Solbakken and Andreas Hanche-Olsen.
Substitutions
Norway made 2 changes: M. Thorsby for J. King (46′) and K. Thorstvedt for O. Solbakken (82′).
Best player: Alexander Sørloth
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Norway was Alexander Sørloth.
His rating is with 23 passes (91% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 18. He performed 2 crosses.
Latvia – Formation
Latvia
Also Latvia adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Dainis Kazakevičs played with: Roberts Ozols , Roberts Savalnieks , Antonijs Černomordijs , Kaspars Dubra , Raivis Jurkovskis , Eduards Emsis , Mārtiņš Ķigurs , Alvis Jaunzems , Roberts Uldriķis , Andrejs Cigaņiks and Vladislavs Gutkovskis .
These were the players on the bench: Mārcis Ošs, Elvis Stuglis, Vladimirs Kamess , Arturs Zjuzins, Kriss Karklins , Vladislavs Fjodorovs, Igors Tarasovs , Raimonds Krollis , Renars Varslavans, Rihards Matrevics, Krisjanis Zviedris and Vladislavs Sorokins.
Substitutions
Latvia made 4 changes: A. Jaunzems for V. Kamess (59′), R. Uldrikis for I. Tarasovs (75′), M. Kigurs for K. Karklins (89′) and V. Gutkovskis for R. Krollis (89′).
Best player: Roberts Ozols
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Latvia was the goalkeeper: Roberts Ozols. His rating is 8.12. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – Finland – 1-3
- Norway – Latvia – 0-0
- Turkey – Gibraltar – 6-0
- France – Kazakhstan – 8-0
- Belgium – Estonia – 3-1
- Wales – Belarus – 5-1
- Montenegro – Netherlands – 2-2
