STAR FOOTBALL PREVIEW Thu: Wales v Norway

Life in the top tier of Nations League football has not started too well for Wales, but their fans will be expecting an upturn in fortunes back at the familiar surroundings of the Cardiff City Stadium, writes WILLIAM KEDJANYI.

Wales have lost just one of their last eight competitive internationals in the capital and manager Craig Bellamy will be looking for a reaction from his players after their bitterly disappointing 2-0 loss to Denmark.

Bellamy’s side are struggling to create and convert chances, which goes some way to explaining why they are 11-2 outsiders to bag their first success of the calendar year. Norway are as short as 4-9 to bounce back from their 2-1 home defeat to Portugal.

Wales v Norway
UEFA Nations League – Cardiff City Stadium.
Thursday 19:45 – Live on BBC2 & S4C

LAST FIVE STATS

HEAD-TO-HEAD
NOV 2011 FRIENDLY – Wales 4-1 Norway
FEB 2008 FRIENDLY – Wales 3-0 Norway
MAY 2004 FRIENDLY – Norway 0-0 Wales

WALES
SEP 2026 UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE – Denmark 2-0 Wales
SEP 2026 UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE – Portugal 1-0 Wales
JUN 2026 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY – Romania 2-1 Wales
JUN 2026 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY – Wales 1-1 Ghana
MAR 2026 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY – Wales 1-1 Northern Ireland

NORWAY
SEP 2026 UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE – Norway 1-2 Portugal
SEP 2026 UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE – Norway 3-2 Denmark
JUL 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP – Norway 1-2 England
JUL 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP – Brazil 1-2 Norway
MAR 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP – Cote d’Ivoire 1-2 Norway

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Whilst goals are never a problem for the Norwegians – let’s face it, if Erling Haaland is fit, they never will be – keeping clean sheets is. The defeat in Portugal was the fifth time in their last seven fixtures in which they have conceded twice, and 11 of their last 12 competitive fixtures have yielded at least three goals.

So, it will be disappointing if the home side can’t cause Norway problems, especially with a partisan Cardiff crowd roaring them on.

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