Match at a glance
CIV / NOR14Attempts9
5On target4
47.0%Possession53.0%
84.5%Pass accuracy87.6%
6Fouls committed7
0Yellow cards1
0Red cards0
14Corners3
Côte d'Ivoire 1–2 Norway: 2026 World Cup match result
2026 Round of 32Ask about this match
Norway won in normal time
Match in one glance
Côte d'IvoireNorwayGoalCard
Côte d'Ivoire
Norway
0′HTFT
First half0′–45′Second half45′–90′
How the lead moved
CIV NOR- 39'
Antonio Nusa1 NOR - 74'
Amad Diallolevel - 86'Erling Haaland1 NOR
Norway led for the closing passage. Plotted from recorded goal times only — per-minute pressure is not in the source data.
Recorded standouts
Source actions, no ratings- 1
Erling Haaland 1 goal · 2 on target - 2
Amad Diallo 1 goal · 2 on target - 3
Antonio Nusa 1 goal · 1 on target - 4NPNicolas Pépé 1 assist · 1 on target
- 5MØMartin Ødegaard 1 assist · 1 fouls won
What separated the teams
Finishing
Norway had the scoring edge
7.1%Goal conversion22.2%
Territory
Possession and shot volume told different stories
47.0%Possession53.0%
Defensive workload
Norway made more recorded interventions
16Saves, interceptions, clearances46
Straight from the completed match report — no xG, tracking or player ratings.
Complete match timeline
Côte d'IvoireNorwayGoalCardSubstitution
Côte d'Ivoire
Norway
0′HTFT
First half0′–45′Second half45′–90′
Event feed
9 eventsKey phases
Goals in each periodFirst half
0′–45′0 – 1A. Nusa 39'
Second half
45′–90′1 – 1A. Diallo 74' · E. Haaland 86'
Côte d'Ivoire
4-1-4-1YF
1Yahia FofanaGD
17Guela DouéGK
3Ghislain KonanOK
7Odilon KossounouEA
20Emmanuel AgbadouIS
18Ibrahim SangaréAB
9Ange-Yoan BonnyListed formation · positions are schematic
Norway
4-3-3ØN
1Ørjan NylandMH
16Marcus Holmgren PedersenDM
5David Møller WolfeKA
3Kristoffer AjerTH
17Torbjørn Heggem
10
7Listed formation · positions are schematic
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Attendance69,665
RefereeJesús Valenzuela
CIV4-1-4-1
NOR4-3-3
Result statusFull time
Complete performance breakdown
CIVNOR
Attacking output
Volume, accuracy and finishing from the recorded attempts.
14Attempts9
5On target4
1Blocked shots3
35.7%Shot accuracy44.4%
7.1%Goal conversion22.2%
Goals divided by attempts
Possession & passing
Control, circulation and progression of the ball.
47.0%Possession53.0%
339Passes completed415
84.5%Pass accuracy87.6%
7Crosses completed5
17Long balls completed16
Defensive work
Interventions made without treating workload as quality by itself.
1Saves4
18Tackles won11
80%Tackle success60%
4Interceptions5
11Clearances37
Discipline & pressure
Fouls, cards, offsides and set-piece pressure.
6Fouls committed7
2Offsides2
0Yellow cards1
0Red cards0
14Corners3
What separated the teams
Finishing
Norway had the scoring edge
7.1%Goal conversion22.2%
Territory
Possession and shot volume told different stories
47.0%Possession53.0%
Defensive workload
Norway made more recorded interventions
16Saves, interceptions, clearances46
Straight from the completed match report — no xG, tracking or player ratings.
Recorded standouts
Source actions, no ratings- 1Erling Haaland 1 goal · 2 on target
- 2Amad Diallo 1 goal · 2 on target
- 3Antonio Nusa 1 goal · 1 on target
- 4NPNicolas Pépé 1 assist · 1 on target
- 5MØMartin Ødegaard 1 assist · 1 fouls won
- 6PBPatrick Berg 1 assist
- 7ØNØrjan Nyland 4 saves
- 8YFYahia Fofana 1 save
- 9EAEmmanuel Agbadou 1 on target
- 10
Franck Kessié 1 on target
Player leaders
Who led the recorded actions
Decisive moments
3 eventsTournament path
How both teams reached this match
Côte d'IvoireNorwayAll-time World Cup meetings
Côte d'Ivoire vs Norway, across editions
0CIV wins
0Draws
1NOR wins
1meetings
1–2goal balance
1knockout meetings
Source: ESPN completed match report, retrieved Aug 18, 2026. Derived percentages are calculated from the displayed source values; missing fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Source: ESPN completed match report. Tournament context cross-checked against FIFA sources listed in the dataset.