Cote d’Ivoire vs Norway Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026
by Trystan Pugh ·
Below you can find key stats for Cote d’Ivoire vs Norway. From historical trends to player milestones, we have you covered for every match at FIFA World Cup 2026 in USA, Canada & Mexico!
- This is the first meeting between the teams.
- Cote d'Ivoire have won only one of their five World Cup matches against European teams (D1 L3). That was a 3-2 victory over Serbia and Montenegro in the 2006 group stage.
- Cote d’Ivoire have qualified for the knockout phase of the FIFA World Cup for the first time ever.
- This is the first time that Cote d’Ivoire have won two matches in an edition of the FIFA World Cup.
- Cote d’Ivoire have scored in their last eight FIFA World Cup outings – extending the longest such run in their history. They have now found the back of the net in 11 of their 12 World Cup matches.
- Cote d’Ivoire have now kept four clean sheets in their 12 FIFA World Cup matches.
- Cote d’Ivoire opened the scoring in all three matches in the group stage.
- Norway have reached the knockout stages in successive participations having done so when they last featured at the finals in 1998. They are aiming to win a knockout tie for the first time having lost 1-0 to Italy in the Round of 16 in 1998 and 2-1 to the same opponents in the first round of the 1938 edition.
- The defeat against France was only Norway’s second loss in their last 19 international matches (W14 D3).
- Norway scored in the first half in all three matches in the group stage.
- Erling Haaland is just the sixth player in the history of the FIFA World Cup to score two or more goals in both of his first two appearances in the tournament. He joins Argentina’s Guillermo Stábile (1930), Hungary’s Sándor Kocsis (1954), France’s Just Fontaine (1958), Poland’s Grzegorz Lato (1974) and England’s Harry Kane (2018) in achieving the feat. Stábile and Kocsis both increased their streak in their third appearance.
- Erling Haaland has scored in each of his last 12 competitive appearances for Norway, registering 24 goals in those fixtures.
- Erling Haaland has scored 59 goals in 52 international matches for his country.
- With his two goals in each of Norway’s first two group games – against Iraq and Senegal – Erling Haaland has now scored against 25 different countries, with those being his first international goals against non-European opposition.
- Yan Diomande (Cote d’Ivoire) and Antonio Nusa (Norway) are both wingers for German Bundesliga club RB Leipzig.
- Cote d’Ivoire’s Evann Guessand and Norway’s Jørgen Strand Larsen both played in attack for Crystal Palace in the second half of the 2025/26 Premier League season.
