By Opta Analyst | Created at 2026-06-23 00:16:19 | Updated at 2026-06-23 02:38:33
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Norway face Senegal in Group I of the World Cup, with the Lions of Teranga hoping to quiet Erling Haaland.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Norway vs Senegal stats from their 2026 FIFA World Cup Group I meeting at New York New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on 22 June.
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Norway vs Senegal: Pre-Match Opta Facts
- This will be Norway and Senegal’s first World Cup meeting. Their only previous encounter came in a March 2006 friendly in Dakar – Senegal won 2-1.
- Since a 5-1 loss to Austria in the UEFA Nations League in October 2024, Norway have won each of their last 11 competitive matches – scoring exactly 50 goals and conceding just seven in reply – with each of the last three ending 4-1.
- Of all 48 participating nations in 2026, only Saudi Arabia (17 before their MD2 game against Spain) are currently on a longer run without a clean sheet at the FIFA World Cup than Senegal, who have conceded in each of their last 12 matches at the tournament since beating France 1-0 in their first ever game in the competition back in 2002.
- Erling Haaland has scored in each of his last 11 competitive appearances for Norway, including scoring multiple goals in each of the last five. He has scored at least one goal in 17 of his last 20 competitive international appearances dating back to the start of 2023
- Against France on MD1, Senegal’s Ibrahim Mbaye became the youngest African scorer in FIFA World Cup history (18y 143d), while no player has ever scored in each of their first two appearances in the competition as a teenager
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