Norway vs France Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026

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• The two European nations are yet to meet in a major tournament but have faced each other ten times in qualifying competitions – albeit not since the 1990 World Cup preliminaries – with France having won six of those matches to Norway’s two. The last four meetings have been friendlies, France winning the most recent, 4-0 in May 2014 at the Stade France, to improve their all-time record vs Norway to W7 D4 L4.
• France have won their last five World Cup matches against European teams.
• France have lost only one of their last 11 matches against European teams in World Cup group stages (W6 D4).
• France have started a FIFA World Cup campaign with back-to-back wins for the fourth edition in a row - they didn’t go on to win their third match in 2014, 2018 or 2022. 
• The only time France have won all three matches in an opening round group was in 1998.
• France have lost only one of their last 11 FIFA World Cup group stage matches (W8 D2).
• France have won 11 of their last 13 international matches (D1 L1).
• France have won 13 of their last 16 matches at the FIFA World Cup (D2 L1).
• This is just the second time that France have scored three or more goals in three successive FIFA World Cup matches. They have never scored three or more in four consecutive games.
• Didier Deschamps has now recorded 16 wins as head coach in the FIFA World Cup, level with Helmut Schön for the most in tournament history. Deschamps has been at the helm for 21 matches, whereas Schön was in charge of 25.
• Kylian Mbappé has scored 16 goals in 16 appearances in the FIFA World Cup. He is now level with Miroslav Klose in the all-time goalscoring charts, and behind only Lionel Messi (18).
• Kylian Mbappé holds the record for the most FIFA World Cup matches with two or more goals, having now done so six times. 
• Didier Deschamps was the France head coach in the teams’ most recent meeting – a 4-0 win for the home side in a May 2014 pre-FIFA World Cup friendly at the Stade de France.
• Norway are winless in their five World Cup matches against European teams (D2 L3).
• Norway have won successive FIFA World Cup matches for the first time.
• Norway are unbeaten in their last six FIFA World Cup group matches (W3 D3) and have now won their last three.
• Norway have reached the knockout stages in successive participations having done so when they last featured at the finals in 1998.
• Erling Haaland has moved clear of Kjetil Rekdal (two) as Norway’s leading goalscorer in the FIFA World Cup with four goals.
• Norway’s four wins at the FIFA World Cup have come against teams from different confederations: 1-0 against Mexico (Concacaf) in 1994, 2-1 against Brazil (CONMEBOL) in 1998, 4-1 against Iraq (AFC) in 2026 and most recently a 3-2 victory over Senegal (CAF). They are now aiming to increase the tally to five wins against five different confederations.
• Norway have lost only one of their last 18 international matches (W14 D3).
• After not leading at half-time in any of their eight FIFA World Cup matches prior to 2026, Norway have been ahead at the interval in both matches so far in this edition.
• Erling Haaland is the first Norwegian player to score in successive FIFA World Cup matches.
• 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 now scored 59 goals in 52 international matches for his country.