Norway v Senegal: time, how to watch and line-ups for 2026 World Cup | OneFootball

Norway and Senegal take the field this Monday (22) at 9 p.m. (Brasília time) at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, for the second round of Group I at the 2026 World Cup. It is the most evenly matched game of the round — and perhaps the most important: whoever loses could reach the final round already eliminated, depending on the result of France vs. Iraq on the same day.

Time and where to watch Norway vs. Senegal

How each team comes into the match

Norway currently leads Group I after a 4-1 rout of Iraq in its opener — with two goals from Erling Haaland in the first half alone. The Scandinavian side is playing in its first World Cup since 1998 and has the Haaland-Ødegaard duo as its main attacking weapon. A win today would put qualification for the knockout stage well on track with one round to spare.

Senegal, on the other hand, comes in under pressure. The “Lions of Teranga” lost 3-1 to France in their opener, even though they struck first with a historic goal by 18-year-old Ibrahim Mbaye — the youngest African player ever to score in a World Cup. Another defeat, combined with a France win over Iraq, could mathematically eliminate the African side before the final round.

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Probable Norway lineup

Full-backs Julian Ryerson and David Møller Wolfe left the field with muscle fatigue in the opener, but they recovered well and are expected to be in the starting lineup. With no absences, the expectation is that the same core will be kept.

Norway (4-3-3): Nyland; Ryerson, Heggem, Ajer, Wolfe; Ødegaard, Berge, Aursnes; Sørloth, Haaland, Nusa. Coach: Ståle Solbakken.

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Probable Senegal lineup

Coach Pape Thiaw is expected to keep the same structure from the opener, with the main doubt in attack: Ibrahim Mbaye, one of the breakout players of the World Cup, could earn a spot in place of Ismaïla Sarr after his historic goal against France. The trend, however, is for Sarr to remain among the starters alongside Nicolas Jackson and Sadio Mané.

Senegal (4-3-3): Édouard Mendy; Diatta, Koulibaly, Niakhaté, Diouf; Lamine Camara, Gana Gueye, Pape Gueye; Ismaïla Sarr, Nicolas Jackson, Sadio Mané. Coach: Pape Thiaw.

What is at stake — and a curious historical detail

Norway is the slight favorite, but Senegal has enough quality to pull off an upset — and the head-to-head record favors the Africans: the only official meeting between the teams was in 2006, with a 2-1 Senegal win.

There is also a symbolic detail that has not gone unnoticed: coach Pape Thiaw was part of the Senegal squad that knocked out France at the 2002 World Cup — the same country that beat his team in this edition’s opener. Now, he needs to beat Norway to keep Senegal alive in the tournament where his generation made history more than two decades ago.

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