Italy v Norway Tips

Norway are currently top of the table, and providing they don't lose to Italy by nine goals, they will be on the plane to next year's World Cup finals. Italy look set to finish second in the table and will need to go through the play-offs if they also want to be playing in the World Cup finals. Italy have won all three home qualifying games, scoring ten goals and conceding none. I can see them getting the win but not enough goals to secure the top spot.

People really think Italy will beat Norway because 'they have to'? Lol, give me Norway at these odds. Realistically, I'll stake on double chance, but I don't think Italy can win just because. Lol, that makes no sense to me.

#Draw. The Travelers won 3-0 in the last meeting vs the hosts and should be decent here. They should score and tie vs the hosts who don't have the goal difference to win this group.

The round 8 match in Group L of the UEFA World Cup qualifiers today between 2nd placed Italy, who will be facing top of the group Norway, is the match in focus here. With Norway leading by 3 points and a goal difference of 17 to the good, should they lose, they will still end up being the winners of the group as Italy surely can't win this match by 18 goals, can they? In hindsight, the over 2.5 total goals for the match is suggested for wagering concerns.

Norway is having great qualifiers. They won 7 out of 7 and they defeated Italy with a 3-goal margin in Norway. Norway has an edge to win this match, but Italy will fight, and I am expecting goals from both teams.

The result of this match cannot change the standings in this group, but Italy will try to win and boost morale for additional qualifications. So, I expect that they will win and both teams to score.

Norway have been ridiculously good during this World Cup qualifying campaign. They've played 7 games and won 7 games, including beating their opponents tonight, Italy, 3-0 in Oslo back in June. They're the top goal-scoring team in qualifying by far with a whopping 33 goals scored, 14 of which have been scored by Erling Haaland, who's just in ridiculous goal-scoring form for both club and country. Since losing 3-0 to Norway, Italy have been fantastic and have won all 6 matches played since that defeat. A top 2 place in the group is guaranteed for Italy, but a win by a 9-goal margin would see them nick the top spot in the group. That's just not going to happen. I think the Italians will be very proud to put in a good performance, and they're in good enough form to suggest that they'll win this game, but stopping this Norway team from scoring does seem unlikely, and a high-scoring score draw looks a solid bet in my opinion.

Italy recorded 6 wins and 1 loss in their first 7 matches in the group. Norway has 7 wins after their first 7 matches in the group, including a 3-0 win against Italy. Both teams scored in the last 2 mutual matches here in Italy. At these odds, I will try both teams to score and Norway to win.