Iraq vs Norway: result, lineups & analysis — FIFA World Cup
🏁 Post-match review
Norway dominated Iraq with a commanding 4-1 victory in World Cup qualifying. The Scandinavian side's clinical attacking performance proved far too strong for their opponents, who managed only a single consolation goal.
Expectation:Without pre-match market data, the scoreline suggests Norway was the clear favourite and delivered a decisive result befitting that status. A 4-1 win is a dominant performance, not an upset.
Norway showed quality and control to secure a large three-point haul, while Iraq's defensive vulnerabilities were heavily exposed. The result underscores the gulf in class between the two sides in this fixture.
Based on the final score and pre-match analysis (no in-match events).
📐 Statistical score reference
Poisson reference based only on season goal averages. It is not the full-analysis prediction or betting advice.
🎓 Coaches / Formations
🔬 Advanced data (averages)
Per-game averages in this competition · FootyStats / API-Football
📈 Recent form
- 2026-06-26 · (A) 0–5 vs Senegal
- 2026-06-22 · (A) 0–3 vs France
- 2026-06-16 · (H) 1–4 vs Norway
- 2026-07-11 · (H) 1–2 vs England
- 2026-07-05 · (A) 2–1 vs Brazil
- 2026-06-30 · (A) 2–1 vs Ivory Coast
- 2026-06-26 · (H) 1–4 vs France
- 2026-06-23 · (H) 3–2 vs Senegal
🆚 Head-to-head
- 2026-06-16 · Iraq 1–4 Norway
🧑⚖️ Referee
Pierre Ghislain Atcho, Gabon
Referee averages in this competition · 2 games · PK Sport
✅ Confirmed lineups · Iraq [4-4-2]
API-Football · 30 Jun 2026, 15:38 UTC
- 12J. Hassan
- 3H. Ali
- 4Z. Tahseen
- 5A. Hashem
- 23M. Doski
- 8I. Bayesh
- 24Z. Ismaeel
- 16A. Al Ammari
- 17A. Jasim
- 18A. Hussein
- 9A. Al Hamadi
✅ Confirmed lineups · Norway [4-4-2]
API-Football · 30 Jun 2026, 15:38 UTC
- 1O. Nyland
- 26J. Ryerson
- 3K. Ajer
- 17T. Heggem
- 5D. Wolfe
- 10M. Odegaard
- 8S. Berge
- 14F. Aursnes
- 20A. Nusa
- 7A. Sorloth
- 9E. Haaland
Analysis based on public data and market signals. For analysis only — not betting advice.
Data: Sportmonks / API-Football · pksport.net

