The story

Iraq have won five of their six most recent home matches, though they have lost three of their last five overall and were not first to score in four of those five games. Norway arrive unbeaten in 25 of their last 31 matches, with Martin Ødegaard posting the highest average rating among their players at 7.73 and Erling Haaland leading on average xGOT at 1.42. Five of the last six head-to-head meetings between these sides have finished under 2.5 goals.