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Norway vs Iceland Preview & Prediction | UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 | Group Stage

by Alex Lawes · July 9 2025, 16:15
Updated July 9 2025, 16:42
Norway vs Iceland Preview & Prediction | UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 | Group Stage
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Two-time UEFA Women’s Championship winners Norway will believe they should go deep into this tournament as they finish off Group A against a poor Iceland side.

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Norway team news: Nothing fresh

Norway have a fully fit and available squad, and they have already wrapped up top spot in Group A as neither Finland or Switzerland can finish above them. That means they may well make a few changes for this final group stage game.

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Panengstuen; Woldvik, Mjelde, Hansen, Lund; Kielland, Gaupset; Maanum, Graham Hansen, Terland; Hegerberg 

Unavailable: 

Questionable: 

Iceland team news: Arnadottir injury

Iceland were worried about the fitness of captain Glodis Viggosdottir ahead of their 2-0 loss to Switzerland, but she has recovered from illness. Hildur Antonsdottir has returned from a one-match suspension for the Icelanders. Right-back Gudny Arnadottir is now unavailable due to a hamstring injury sustained against the Swiss.

Predicted XI (4-4-1-1): Runarsdottir; Heidarsdottir, Viggosdottir, Sigurdardottir, Arnardottir; Eiriksdottir, Antonsdottir, Johannsdottir, Jonsdottir; Vihjalmsdottir; Jessen

Unavailable: Arnadottir (Injured)

Questionable: 

Key stats

  • This is the third Women’s EURO final tournament match between these teams, with both previous encounters also being in the group stage; Norway won 1-0 on Matchday 2 in 2009 and they drew 1-1 on Matchday 1 in 2013.
  • Norway and Iceland have already met twice in 2025; both matches in the UEFA Nations League finished level. A 0-0 draw in Iceland in April and a 1-1 draw in Norway in May.
  • Norway are aiming to win three successive Women’s EURO final tournament matches for the first time since 2013.
  • Norway have won their opening two matches in a Women’s EURO final tournament group stage for the first time.
  • Norway are through to the knockout rounds for the first time since 2013, when they last reached the final.
  • None of Norway’s last 29 Women’s EURO final tournament matches finished without a goal being scored. The last 0-0 was against Germany in the 1997 group stage.
  • Iceland have won only one of their 15 Women’s EURO final tournament matches (D4 L10). That was a 1-0 victory against the Netherlands in the group stage at the 2013 finals.
  • Iceland have kept only one clean sheet in their 15 Women’s EURO final tournament matches.
  • Iceland have never scored more than one goal in a Women’s EURO final tournament match.
  • None of Iceland’s previous 15 Women’s EURO final tournament matches finished without a goal being scored.
  • If Dagný Brynjarsdóttir features she will equal Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir’s Iceland record of 13 Women’s EURO appearances.
  • Iceland’s Sædís Rún Heidarsdóttir plays in Norway for Vålerenga, where Norway’s Karina Sævik is a team-mate.
  • Gudrún Arnardóttir and Emilie Woldvik play together at Swedish club Rosengård.
  • Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir is a team-mate of Tuva Hansen at Bayern München.
  • Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir played with Justine Kielland at Wolfsburg in 2024/25.
  • Natasha Anasi was at Norwegian club Brann from October 2022 to June 2024, where she was a team-mate of Kielland, Aurora Mikalsen, Marit Bratberg Lund, Marthine Østenstad and Signe Gaupset.
  • Ingibjörg Sigurdardóttir played for Vålerenga from 2020-23, where Celin Bizet, Synne Jensen, Thea Bjelde and Sævik were all club colleagues.
  • Amanda Andradóttir also played alongside Bizet, Jensen and Bjelde at Vålerenga in 2021.
  • Maren Mjelde scored for Norway against Iceland in a 2-1 win in a UEFA Women’s EURO 2013 qualifier in Oslo on 19 September 2012.
  • Ada Hegerberg was on target for Norway against Iceland in a 1-1 draw at the 2017 Algarve Cup.

Norway vs Iceland prediction

The Norwegian national women’s team are no longer the force that they once were, but they remain strong and have fallen into the softer side of the draw. They will believe they are firm favourites to win their quarter-final against Italy or Belgium after a couple of 2-1 victories against Switzerland and Finland in the group stages so far.

They now face an Iceland side that performed well in qualification but they have underwhelmed quite a lot at this tournament. They have been eliminated ahead of their final group stage game after suffering a 1-0 loss to the Finnish, before then losing by two goals to nil against Switzerland a few days’ later.

Iceland will take on Norway looking to restore some pride and Norway may well rest and rotate but the Norwegians remain firm favourites for this one this week.

Norway vs Iceland tip: Norway to win

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