Israel vs Norway

On Tuesday First and Second battle against each other for World Cup 2026 Qualifying Group I primacy in Debrecen, Hungary during their 100% start clash between Israel and Norway.

The top two sides at Nagyerdei Stadion reduce Estonia to a 2-1 defeat on Saturday before delivering a 5-0 victory against Moldova.

Two 5-0 routs across the last year of 2024 made Stale Solbakken's Norway team start 2025 on exactly the same winning footing after defeating Kazakhstan and Moldova by 5-0 margins.

The goal scoring responsibility spread throughout the Norwegian team as Erling Haaland scored his 39th national goal in 40 matches but Julian Ryerson, Alexander Sorloth, Aron Donnum and Thelo Aasgaard joined him in hitting the back of the net.

Fans who follow Norway at position 43 worldwide can delight in their first-place Group I standing while they occupy only four of five available spots in the section.

The upcoming matches will see Italy entering the competition while Norway finds itself as the tournament favorite to win second place leading to playoff qualification.

The Norwegian national team will probably end its major tournament absence after forwarding its top players Haaland and Odegaard because Solbakken leads the team that achieved League A advancement in the Nations League for 2026-27.

On Tuesday First and Second battle against each other for World Cup 2026 Qualifying Group I primacy in Debrecen, Hungary during their 100% start clash between Israel and Norway.

The top two sides at Nagyerdei Stadion reduce Estonia to a 2-1 defeat on Saturday before delivering a 5-0 victory against Moldova.

Two 5-0 routs across the last year of 2024 made Stale Solbakken's Norway team start 2025 on exactly the same winning footing after defeating Kazakhstan and Moldova by 5-0 margins.

The goal scoring responsibility spread throughout the Norwegian team as Erling Haaland scored his 39th national goal in 40 matches but Julian Ryerson, Alexander Sorloth, Aron Donnum and Thelo Aasgaard joined him in hitting the back of the net.

Fans who follow Norway at position 43 worldwide can delight in their first-place Group I standing while they occupy only four of five available spots in the section.

The upcoming matches will see Italy entering the competition while Norway finds itself as the tournament favorite to win second place leading to playoff qualification.

The Norwegian national team will probably end its major tournament absence after forwarding its top players Haaland and Odegaard because Solbakken leads the team that achieved League A advancement in the Nations League for 2026-27.

Because they defeated Belgium and held France to a goalless draw in November's Nations League games, Ran Ben Shimon's team is presently in the playoff slot in Group I and shouldn't be put off by the possibility of playing Germany or Italy in the upcoming months.

The Chosen Team has already faced Norway twice at home, winning 2-1 in their first meeting in a friendly in 1972. However, the Scandinavians won their most recent meeting, which was an exhibition match in 1999, by a score of 1-0.

Even though Israel and Hamas are still at odds, the 76th-ranked country in the world, whose last World Cup Finals appearance was in 1970, will be playing all of its "home" games at neutral locations for the foreseeable future.