Norway vs Cyprus UEFA Nations League

Norway

Norway’s national team finished fourth in Group C of the preliminaries of CM 2018, 13 points, after Germany 30 points, Northern Irlanda 19 points, Czech 15 points, but Azerbaijan 10 points and San Marino 0 points. The balance was 4 wins, a draw and 5 defeats, scoring 17 goals and receiving 16.

The team trained by Swedish Lars Lagerbäck hopes to have a run in the League C, where they are in Group 3, along with Bulgaria, Slovenia and Cyprus. The occupant of the first place will promote in in Group 2. The Scandinavians are in a balanced group that can be won virtually by any country.

Norway Program: Cyprus (06.09.2018 home and 19.11.2018 away), Bulgaria (09.09.2018 away and home 16.10.2018) and Slovenia (13.10.2018 home and 16.11.2018 away).
FIFA Ranking: 53th place, 1406 points

The hosts do not have injured or suspended players for the match against Cyprus, with the exception of goalkeeper André Hansen (Rosenborg), who has withdrawn from the national team. Goalkeeper Rune Jarstein (Hertha BSC) has the most selections, 52, while striker Joshua King has the most scored goals, 12.

This year, “Løvene” played 4 friendly games, winning all of them with Australia (4-1, home), Albania (1-0, away), Iceland (3-2, away) and Panama -0, at home).

Cyprus

The Cyprus Rep. Finished 5th in Group H of the preliminaries of CM 2018, with 10 points, after Belgium 28 points, Greece 19 points, Bosnia & Herzegovina 17 points, Estonia 11 points, but before Gibraltar 0 points. The balance was 3 wins, a draw and 6 defeats, scoring 9 goals and receiving 18.

The team coached by Israeli Ran Ben Shimon will play in League C, in Group 3, alongside Norway, Bulgaria and Slovenia. The group is hard but the Cypriots want to build a good team with which to try something more in the EC 2020 preliminaries than the last places in the ranking.

Cyprus Program: Norway (06.09.2018 away and home 19.11.2018), Slovenia (09.09.2018 home and 16.10.2018 away) and Bulgaria (13.10.2018 away and 16.11.2018 home).
FIFA rankings: 87th place, 1280 points

Guests do not have injured or suspended players for the match with Norway. Portsmouth Antonis Georgallides (Olympiakos Nicosia) has the most selections, 66 while midfielder Andreas Avraam (AEL Limassol) and attackers Nestoras Mitidis (AEL Limassol) and Pieros Sotiriou (FC København) have the most scored goals, 5.

This year, the Cypriots played 4 friendly games in which they did not win. They lost with Georgia (0-1, away), Armenia (2-3 away) and Jordan (0-3, away) and ended up with Montenegro (0-0, away).

Betting Tips: Norway – Cyprus | 1 X & Over 1.5 Goals
Odds: 1.50