Carlo Ancelotti goes 4-2-4 for Brazil v Norway, Gabriel Martinelli starts, Neymar benched | OneFootball

Carlo Ancelotti goes 4-2-4 as Brazil face Norway in the last 16 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey at 22:00.

According to L'Équipe, Gabriel Martinelli makes his first start of the World Cup, playing off Matheus Cunha.

Rayan and Vinicius Junior complete the front quartet. The reshuffle follows Lucas Paqueta’s hamstring injury against Japan, leaving Casemiro and Bruno Guimaraes to run midfield. It is the only change from the previous match, with Neymar again among the substitutes as in Brazil’s first four games.

Brazil: Alisson, Danilo, Marquinhos (cap.), Gabriel, Douglas Santos, Casemiro, Guimaraes, Rayan, Martinelli, Cunha, Vinicius.

Norway make one change in defence from their 2-1 win over Ivory Coast, with Marcus Pedersen replaced by left-footer Julian Ryerson, who sat out the last two games.

Martin Ödegaard and Erling Haaland both start. Haaland has five goals at this World Cup and is joined in attack by Alexander Sorloth and Antonio Nusa.

Norway: Nyland, Ajer, Heggem, Wolfe, Ryerson, Berg, Berge, Ödegaard (cap.), Sorloth, Haaland, Nusa.

Source: L'Équipe