Match Details:

Norway vs Turkey

27th March at 10:30 PM

Venue: Estadio La Rosaleda

Preview:

The World Cup qualifiers are the top-most level of international football to qualify for the FIFA World Cup. In this fixture, we will be looking at the 44th ranked Norway hosting the 32nd ranked Turkey. In their previous meeting, it was Turkey who came out on top after managing to win by 2-1. In their previous match, Norway faced Gibraltar against whom they went on to win by a comfortable margin of 3-0, whereas Turkey faced the Netherlands against whom they went on to win a 6 goal thriller by 4-2.

Key Stats & Info:

• Both the teams have met each other 8 times in past wherein Turkey have won 4 times and Norway have won 2 times and 2 games ended in a draw
• Norway have lost just 4 of their previous 22 matches in all competitions.
• Turkey have lost just 3 of their previous 22 matches in all competitions.
• Turkey have managed to score at least 2 goals in 5 of their previous 7 matches in all competitions 

Expected XI:

Norway

Jarstein, Svensson, Ajer, Strandberg, Aleesami, Thorstvedt, Midtsjo, Elyounoussi, Hauge, Haaland, Sørloth

Turkey

Cakir, Celik, Soyuncu, Kabak, Meras, Yokuslu, Tufan, Calhanoglu, Karaman, Turuc, Yilmaz

Key Players:

Yilmaz (Turkey): Burak Yilmaz debuted for his national team back in April 2006 against Azerbaijan. Since then, he has featured across 64 matches in all competitions wherein he has scored 27 goals and has also provided his team with 5 assists as well. Having managed to secure a hattrick on the previous matchday he will surely be trying to keep up that form this term as well so that his team can reach the FIFA World Cup on an easy basis. At the club level this season so far, he has managed to score 11 goals and has also provided his team with 4 assists as well in 25 matches played across all competitions.

Haaland (Norway): Erling Haaland debuted for his national team back in September 2019 against Malta. Since then, he has featured across 8 matches in all competitions wherein he has scored 6 goals and has also provided his team with 1 assist as well. All the contributions coming in his previous 5 matches played just shows how lethal he is in front of the goal. At the club level, he has proven to be one of the world’s best strikers as so far he has managed to score 33 goals and has also provided his team with 8 assists as well in just 31 matches played across all competitions showing why he is one’s to watch a player for his national team as well.

Calhanoglu (Turkey): Hakan Calhanoglu debuted for his national team back in September 2013 against Andorra. Since then, he has managed to attain 53 caps in all competitions wherein he has scored 12 goals and has also provided his team with 7 assists as well. At the club level, this season so far, he has managed to score 7 goals and has also provided his team with 11 assists as well in 33 matches played across all competitions. Having managed to score 1 goal and provide 1 assist in his previous match he will surely be a huge threat against the opposition defence with his sheer technical ability over the ball.

Captain & Vice-Captain Picks:

• Yilmaz (Turkey)
• Haaland (Norway)
• Calhanoglu (Turkey)
• Sørloth (Norway)
• (Norway)

Source for Stats:

https://www.transfermarkt.co.in/

https://www.whoscored.com/

https://int.soccerway.com/

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