On Tuesday, June 20, at 21:45 at the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo, a match of Group A of the Euro 2024 qualifying tournament in Germany Norway – Cyprus is scheduled.

Norway and Cyprus, who are bottom of the group, will meet in a last-chance match, given that Scotland, Georgia and Spain have fared much better this start to the campaign.

Norway are in 4th place with just one point from three games, 0-3 against Spain (d), 1-1 against Georgia (d) and 1-2 against Scotland (a), so there is very little chance that Erling Haaland entry into the final tournament of the European Championship (Scotland already has nine points, also from three games, and Spain has three points after two games).

It should be noted that Norway won only once in the last seven official matches – 3:2 against Sweden in June 2022 in the UEFA Nations League.

Norway have not qualified for the finals since 2000, following the European Football Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands, and are very close to losing an exceptional generation that includes, in addition to the Manchester City star, such stars as Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), Julian Ryerson (Borussia Dortmund), Alexander Sorlot (Real Sociedad), Mohamed Elyunoussi (Southampton) and Joshua King (Fenerbahce).

In 2022, the team coached by Ståle Solbakken finished 2nd in League B Group 2 of the Nations League, behind Serbia but ahead of Slovenia and Sweden, with three wins, one draw and two losses.

Cyprus are in 5th and last place and have lost both games they have played, 0-3 against Scotland (d) and 1-2 against Georgia (a) and look like they will not be able to overcome their underdog status (between the two officially played friendlies matches with Armenia, on the road, score 2-2).

In fact, Cyprus have not won an official away match since a 2-1 draw in Kazakhstan in October 2019.

The team, coached by former outstanding player of the Georgian national team Temur Ketsbaya, has never qualified for the European or world final tournaments in its history, and the most representative players are central defenders Stelios Andreou (Charleroi) and Konstantinos Laifis (Standard Liège), central midfielder Grigoris Kastanos ( Lecce) and forward Marinos Tsionis (Kansas City).

In the Nations League, Cyprus finished 4th in Group 2 of League C behind Greece, Kosovo and Northern Ireland (one win, two draws and three defeats) and thus relegated to League D.

The last time these two teams met was in 2020 in Group 3 of League C, when Norway won both matches against Cyprus, 2-0 at home and also 2-0 away (the Scandinavians have prevailed in all ten head-to-head games so far).

Superbet offers odds of 1.45 for the half time/final prediction 1/1: the hosts lead at half time and win at the end of the Norway v Cyprus match.

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