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Norway and Romania both hope to end up at the second place behind very strong Spain but there is Sweden too. The Norwegians met both these rivals and they won one point against Sweden, which the Romanian dropped, and they won Faroe Islands. The two teams met the last time in 2003 and then they drew 1-1.

Norway

The Norwegians started these qualifiers under a bit less pressure because they managed to win the first place in the Nations League ahead of Bulgaria and will have an opportunity to qualify for the European Championship through this competition too, Of course, they won’t surrender in advance in this qualifying cycle, and they have shown in first two matches that they have quality. The Norwegians lost in Spain 2-1 in the first round and they had 1-1 for about five, six minutes. They had a led against Sweden at home of 2-0, then the Swedes turned the result up-side down and they had a lead of 2-3, but the Norwegians equalised in the added time. The biggest handicap for Norway is absence of goalkeeper Jarstein, and there is no his first substitute Nyland as well.

Probable lineups Norway: Grytebust – O. Elabdellaoui, Nordtviet, Ajer, Aleesami – Selnaes, Henriksen, Odegaard, M. Elyounoussi – King, Kamara

Romania

The Romanians, unlike the Norwegians, didn’t succeed in the Nations League despite losing no matches. They drew too often and it cost them everything, or more precisely, home drew with Montenegro has sealed their fate. Romania’s unbeaten streak was interrupted in the first qualifying round when they met Sweden away. They didn’t play badly but they received two goals before the end of the first half and then it was difficult to do anything. Forward Keseru came off the bench in the second half and he scored a goal, but the Romanians didn’t manage to equalise. In the second round they routinely defeated Faroe Islands by 4-1 and again Keseru scored, this time two goals. Moti and Mitrita will not appear in this match.

Probable lineups Romania: Tatarusanu – Benzar, Sapunaru, Grigore, Bancu – Marin, Stanciu, Chipciu, Deac – Puscas, Keseru

Verdict:

Norway is a tough team and is definitely capable to defeat Romania, however, the guests shouldn’t be written off in advance as they showed in the previous round that they are tough to beat. That is why we forecast that both teams will score.

Pick: both teams to score 2.11 - 111/100 @1XBet