UEFA Nations League Bulgaria vs Norway

Bulgaria

Bulgaria’s national team started with a victory in the League of Nations, winning 2-1 (1-1) in Slovenia’s Stožice stadium in Group 3. The goals scored by Bozhidar Kraev (FC Midtjylland ) in minutes 3 and 59 for the guests, respectively Miha Zajc (FC Empoli), in the 40th minute, for the hosts.

The formation coached by Petar Hubchev won, but was clearly dominated by the Slovenians, who had 58% -42% possession, 5-2 shot on the gate, 6-4 shots next to the goal or 8-0 corners. In the end, it was the fact that the “Lions” won 3 points on Slovenia’s ground. If they succeed on Sunday to win with Norway, they would make a big step to win the group.

The hosts have four injured players for the match against Norway, defender Anton Nedyalkov (Ludogorets Razgrad), midfielder Mihail Aleksandrov (Arsenal Tula) and Ivaylo Chochev (US Palermo) and striker Spas Delev (Pogoń Szczecin). Players have a good morale because they come after a success in Slovenia and have 3 wins in the last 4 games played.
Probable Team: P. Iliev – Chorbadzhiyski, Bodurov, Bozhikov – Bandalovski, G. Kostadinov, Slavchev, Despodov – Kraev, I. Popov

Norway

Norwegian’s representation has won without much emotion the home match at the “Ullevål” stadium in Oslo with Cyprus. The final score was 2-0, the two goals scored by Captain Stefan Johansen (Fulham FC) in the 21st and 42th minutes. It was the 10th victory of 10 Norwegian Cypriot meetings.

Lars Lagerbäck clearly dominated the game with Cyprus with 57% -43% possession, 3-2 shots on the gate, 8-1 shots next to the goal or 13-2 corners. Now “Løvene” is aiming to get a positive result in Bulgaria, because now it has become the main opponent for the first place, after being imposed with the score of 2-1 in Slovenia.

Guests do not have injured or suspended players for the Sunday match with Bulgaria. The only absence will be goalkeeper André Hansen (Rosenborg Trondheim), who withdrew from the national team before the match against Cyprus. Players have a very good morale because they come after a succees with Cyprus and have no less than 5 consecutive wins.

Probable Team: Jarstein – Elabdellaoui, Nordtveit, Ajer, Meling – Johansen, Henriksen, Berge, Elyounoussi – Johnsen, King

Betting Tips: Norway | over 0.5 goals
Odds: 1.45