Norway vs Hungary - Competition: UEFA Euro Qualifying
Norway team only missed out on an automatic place by one point to Croatia.
Barring a 2-1 defeat in Italy, which saw them miss out on the chance to
qualify for France 2016 automatically, Norway showed to be in fine form,
beating the likes of Bulgaria and Croatia. Prior to their game in Italy
last time out, they kept five consecutive clean sheets.
Norway head coach Per-Mathias Högmo opted to leave forward Joshua King out of the squad, while Adama Diomande is still unavailable through injury. Haitam Aleesami is likely to fill in at left-back with Tom Høgli absent.
Norway head coach Per-Mathias Högmo opted to leave forward Joshua King out of the squad, while Adama Diomande is still unavailable through injury. Haitam Aleesami is likely to fill in at left-back with Tom Høgli absent.
Hungary team failed to qualify automatically from a group which was won by
Northern Ireland. They were never really in contentionfor the two
automatic places, they ended their campaign with a 4-3 defeat away to a
Greece side who had not previously won a qualifying match.
Coach Storck left players Adam Szalai and Zoltan Stieber out of the squad last time out but has recalled the duo for the play-off matches. Roland Juhasz is banned, meaning Richard Guzmics could partner Tamas Kadar at the heart of their defence. Daniel Tozser has been surprisingly dropped from the squad, while midfielder Laszio Kleinheisler has earned a first call-up.
Norway have won their last 3 matches against Hungary in all competitions scoring at least 2 goals in that run and without conceding.
Coach Storck left players Adam Szalai and Zoltan Stieber out of the squad last time out but has recalled the duo for the play-off matches. Roland Juhasz is banned, meaning Richard Guzmics could partner Tamas Kadar at the heart of their defence. Daniel Tozser has been surprisingly dropped from the squad, while midfielder Laszio Kleinheisler has earned a first call-up.
Norway have won their last 3 matches against Hungary in all competitions scoring at least 2 goals in that run and without conceding.
Probable lineups:
Norway: Nyland – Elabdellaoui, Hovland, Forren, Aleesami – Johansen, Tettey – Skjelbred, Henriksen, Berget – Soderlund.
Hungary: Kiraly – Fiola, Guzmics, Kadar, Leandro – Elek, Tozser – Lovrencsics, Gera, Dzsudzsak – Szalai.
Match date: 12 November 2015
Kick Off Time: 19:45 BST
Venue: Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Kick Off Time: 19:45 BST
Venue: Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
