By Opta Analyst | Created at 2026-06-16 21:59:38 | Updated at 2026-06-17 06:38:20
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Take a look at the best Opta facts with our Iraq vs Norway stats page as the two teams meet in Group I at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Iraq vs Norway stats from their 2026 FIFA World Cup Group I meeting at Boston Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts on 16 June.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Iraq vs Norway: Pre-Match Opta Facts
- This will be the first ever meeting between Iraq and Norway. It will also be Norway’s first match against a member of the AFC confederation at the FIFA World Cup.
- Iraq will be featuring in their second FIFA World Cup after 1986, where they lost all three of their group games by a one goal margin: against Paraguay (0-1), Belgium (1-2) and Mexico (0-1), with Ahmed Radhi scoring their only goal so far at the tournament. Only Canada and El Salvador have played more games at the World Cup with a 100% losing rate (6/6 each)
- This will be Norway’s fourth FIFA World Cup appearance and their first since 1998. Norway’s best performance came in the 1998 edition in France, reaching the round of 16 before being eliminated by Italy.
- Norway were one of two teams to win 100% of their qualifiers in the UEFA section (8/8), alongside England. They also scored 4.6 goals per game (37 goals in 8 matches), the best average ever for any European nation in a single FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign with 4+ matches.
- Erling Haaland scored 16 goals in eight qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, more than any other player and double the amount of any other player in the UEFA section. Meanwhile, Martin Ødegaard was the top goal provider in the UEFA qualifiers, delivering seven assists.
- In the fifth round of AFC qualifying and inter-confederation play-off, Amir Al Ammari was involved in three of Iraq’s five goals (1 goal, 2 assists), while across all of qualifying, only teammate Aymen Hussein (9) had more goal involvements than his seven (2 goals, 5 assists).
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