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Wales — Norway: 2:1, UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League
Wales D31 Mar · Home Northern Ireland · 1:1D2 Jun · Home Ghana · 1:1L6 Jun · Away Romania · 1:2L24 Sep · Away Portugal · 0:1L27 Sep · Away Denmark · 0:2W1 Oct · Home Norway · 2:1
2:1
Finished

Kick-off was BST

Norway W30 Jun · Away Ivory Coast · 2:1W5 Jul · Away Brazil · 2:1L11 Jul · Home England · 1:2W24 Sep · Home Denmark · 3:2L27 Sep · Home Portugal · 1:2L1 Oct · Away Wales · 1:2
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium City: Cardiff

In the UEFA Nations League game on 1 October 2026, Wales beat Norway 2:1. Match numbers: shots on target 6:4, fouls 11:7.

Match report

Wales ended their winless run with a 2-1 victory over Norway at Cardiff City Stadium in the UEFA Nations League League A on Thursday evening. The result lifted them off the bottom of the table for the first time this season, while Norway's hopes of a clean sweep in their opening fixtures took a blow.

Oscar Bobb opened the scoring in the eleventh minute, a moment that felt sudden even if Norway had been pressing. Wales looked uncharacteristically flat in the opening quarter, and to be fair, Norway deserved to be ahead. Then came the turning point: Torbjørn Heggem's red card in the forty-sixth minute changed everything. And here's the thing about cup football — or any football that matters — the game resets when a man goes off.

Daniel James restored parity six minutes after the restart, and Neco Williams put Wales ahead in the forty-eighth. Norway threw bodies forward after the break, but without Heggem they were always playing catch-up. David Moller Wolfe, Andreas Schjelderup and Jordan James came on together in the seventy-fifth minute, a triple substitution that told you Norway were desperate. Wales held firm.

The statistics tell a story that matches the narrative. Wales registered more shots on target — six to four — and created two big chances of their own, matching Norway's output. Expected goals favoured Norway at 1.36 to 1.04, but goals are not distributed by probability. Norway completed 457 passes to Wales's 520, yet possession alone does not win matches.

Wales move to two points with a game in hand, while Norway remain top of Group C3 with three points. We had backed Norway at 73 per cent confidence before kick-off. The prediction evaporated when Heggem walked off that pitch.

Prepared from match data

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Match highlights Wales — Norway sportstudio fußball

Key numbers

Possession, % 50 – 50
Shots on target 6 – 4
Shots off target 5 – 3
Expected goals 1.04 – 1.36

Match events

  1. 11' 0:1 Norway Goal Oscar Bobb assist: Martin Odegaard
  2. 16' 0:1 Norway Substitution Julian Ryerson off: Marcus Pedersen
  3. 37' 0:1 Wales Yellow card Jordan James
  4. 38' 1:1 Wales Goal Daniel James assist: Sorba Thomas
  5. 45' 1:1 Norway Substitution Fredrik Aursnes off: Thelo Aasgaard
  6. 46' 1:1 Norway Red card Torbjørn Heggem
  7. 48' 2:1 Wales Goal Neco Williams
  8. 49' 2:1 Norway Substitution Oscar Bobb off: Leo Østigård
  9. 75' 2:1 Norway Substitution David Moller Wolfe off: Jörgen Strand Larsen
  10. 75' 2:1 Norway Substitution Andreas Schjelderup off: Antonio Nusa
  11. 75' 2:1 Wales Substitution Jordan James off: Josh Sheehan
  12. 76' 2:1 Wales Substitution Liam Cullen off: Joel Colwill
  13. 76' 2:1 Wales Substitution Daniel James off: Brennan Johnson
  14. 85' 2:1 Wales Substitution Lewis Koumas off: Mark Harris
  15. 90+3' 2:1 Norway Yellow card Martin Odegaard
  16. 90+3' 2:1 Wales Yellow card Sorba Thomas
  17. 90+3' 2:1 Wales Yellow card Ethan Ampadu

Statistics

50 Possession, % 50
6 Shots on target 4
5 Shots off target 3
1.04 Expected goals 1.36
2 Big chances 2
100 Attacks 90
3 Corners 3
11 Fouls 7
6 Free kicks 10
3 Offsides 0
1 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 1
4 Goal kicks 10
10 Throw-ins 13
All statistics
8/2040% Aerial duels 12/2060%
96 Backward passes 86
1 Blocked shots 6
21 Clearances 19
3/2015% Crosses 4/1429%
4/944% Dribbles 4/1136%
1.46 Expected assists 0.83
54 Failed passes 61
3 Goalkeeper saves 4
5 Interceptions 16
9 Key passes 8
23/4551% Long passes 22/4846%
140 Passes into the final third 91
312 Passes in the opposition half 263
228 Passes in own half 269
0.50 Shot accuracy 0.31
5 Shots from outside the box 5
7 Shots inside the box 8
6/1060% Tackles 5/863%
520 Total passes 518

Line-ups

Wales

Starting XI
# Player number
12 Danny Ward 12
3 Neco Williams 3
4 Benjamin Thomas Davies 4
6 Benjamin George Cabango 6
15 Jay Rhys Dasilva 15
5 Ethan Ampadu 5
10 Liam Jamie Cullen 10
17 Jordan James 17
19 Sorba Thomas 19
20 Daniel Owen James 20
9 Lewis Koumas 9
Substitutes
# Player number
1 David Cornell 1
21 Tom King 21
2 Chris Mepham 2
14 Connor Roberts 14
16 Rhys Llewelyn Norrington-Davies 16
22 Josh Sheehan 22
23 J. Colville 23
7 Kian Ashford 7
8 Wesley James Burns 8
11 Brennan Johnson 11
13 Kieffer Moore 13
18 Mark Thomas Harris 18
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Norway

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Ørjan Håskjold Nyland 1
3 Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer 3
5 David Møller Wolfe 5
14 Julian Ryerson 14
17 Torbjørn Lysaker Heggem 17
7 Fredrik Aursnes 7
8 Sander Berge 8
10 Martin Ødegaard 10
9 Erling Braut Haaland 9
21 Andreas Schjelderup 21
22 Oscar Bobb 22
Substitutes
# Player number
12 Sander Tangvik 12
13 Egil Selvik 13
2 Odin Lurås Bjørtuft 2
4 Leo Skiri Østigård 4
16 Marcus Pedersen 16
18 Fredrik Sjøvold 18
6 Patrick Berg 6
15 Ole Didrik Blomberg 15
19 Thelo Gerard Aasgaard 19
20 Antonio Eromonsele Nordby Nusa 20
11 Jørgen Strand Larsen 11
23 Erik Botheim 23
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Match prediction: Wales — Norway

Win: Norway

Confidence 73%

Reasoning

  • Уэльс — 4. place, 0 points after 2 games (0 wins, 2 losses)
  • Норвегия — 2. place, 3 points after 2 games (1 wins, 1 losses)
  • Уэльс, last 5 games: 0 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses
  • Норвегия, last 5 games: 3 wins, 2 losses
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