Cyprus vs Norway Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 12th October 2023

As the qualifying stage of the European Championship draws to a close, Cyprus and Norway will be going head-to-head at AEK Arena this coming Thursday. While the former are left out of the running to book a ticket, their visitors are still a strong contender for a place.

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Cyprus played against Norway. It finished 3-1 in a great match between the pair.

Before the sixth round of this group, Cyprus rank as number five with zero points, while Norway, having collected seven points rank as number three. Cyprus take on Norway as number 120 in the FIFA world ranking, whereas the visitors sit as number 43 in the world.

Cyprus have been close to a disgrace so far as they have failed to claim a single point. Even they are usually able to secure a point or two, at least, but they are left with nothing to play for. Meanwhile, Norway need a win and there is no two ways about it if they wish to see Germany 2024.

Cyprus vs Norway Prediction

Cyprus Form

In their last three matches, Cyprus lost 3-1 against Norway, 0-3 against Scotland and 6-0 against Spain. Cyprus came through their previous six internationals without a win to show from their efforts. They managed one draws and five defeats, conceded 19 goals and scored four times.

Norway Form

Norway look back on their last three matches with six points to show for their efforts. Against Scotland, they were left empty-handed in a 1-2 defeat, but they bounced back by beating Cyprus in a 3-1 win. They followed that up with a 2-1 win against Georgia in their most recent outing. Norway won three of a possible six internationals, as well as playing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored 13 while also conceding eight times.

Bookmakers have Norway down as rather big favourites for the win against Cyprus. While the hosts will obviously come out fighting, we still think the visitors will prevail in the end.

Cyprus lost four matches on the trot. Norway head into their upcoming game having won an impressive three consecutive matches.

Cyprus vs Norway Team News

Cyprus vs Norway H2H

On 20 June 2023 these two nations went toe-to-toe against each other in their most previous meeting, when Norway ran away winners with a 3-1 scoreline. Norway have a good reading on Cyprus, as they won seven of the last seven encounters. The latter sprung a surprise, though, by winning 3-1 in the latest meeting. The bookies have Norway to win this match at best price odds of 3/10.

Cyprus vs Norway Results

The scenario of both teams to score came out four times in the last seven matches between Cyprus and Norway.

Cyprus vs Norway Betting Tips

Dimitris Christofi has found the back of the net one times in his previous six European Championship games for Cyprus; who won't mind him striking again on Thursday? Punters will also be looking for Erling Haaland to keep up his current streak for Norway, having scored four in his last six European Championship games.

Cyprus claimed all three points two times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in six of the games in this run. Norway won five of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing three in this series of matches. Cyprus managed two wins without conceding a single goal in the previous 10 matches at home.

Over 2.5 goals happened four times in the past seven encounters between Cyprus and Norway, with Cyprus scoring 0.56 goals on average per game. Norway averaged 2.45 goals, while both teams scored four times. Cyprus saw over 2.5 goals in eight of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.9 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Norway, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.7 times goals per game.