FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)---Moldova VS Norway Prediction

FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)  -  Moldova VS Norway
Match Time:23-03-2025 01:00 Sunday (GMT+8)
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Moldova is playing home against Norway at Stadionul Zimbru on Sat, Mar 22, 2025, 17:00 UTC. This is Round 1 of the World Cup Qualification UEFA 1st Round Grp. I.
Predicted lineups are available for the match a few days in advance while the actual lineup will be available about an hour ahead of the match.
The current head to head record for the teams are Moldova 0 win(s), Norway 1 win(s), and 0 draw(s).
Moldova are now hoping to transfer their 2024 form into 2025 as they attempt to qualify for their first-ever major tournament and avoid a third consecutive World Cup qualification campaign in which they finish rock bottom of their group.

Clescenco's men will welcome a return to home soil where they have won each of their last three matches without reply, but they have never beaten Norway in five attempts - the closest that they can was back in March 2005 when they played out a 0-0 home draw in World Cup qualifying.
Norway did not get off to the best of starts in 2024, as they only won one friendly out of four across the first six months - a 3-0 success over Kosovo - while they also had to watch Euro 2024 from home over the summer after they failed to qualify for the tournament for the sixth time in a row.
However, the Lions ended the year on a high by accumulating 13 points from a possible 18 available (W4 D1 L1) in the UEFA Nations League to finish top of League B Group 3 and secure promotion to the top tier.
A heavy 5-1 defeat away against Austria was the only real blot on their copybook and they responded to that by winning their final two group fixtures in November against Slovenia and Kazakhstan by an aggregate score of 9-1, with Erling Haaland scoring four of those goals.

Nowgoal prediction: Moldova 0-3 Norway
Both nations will enter Saturday's contest in high spirits considering how they ended 2024, but it is Norway who will be regarded as firm favourites to come out on top.

Moldova have somewhat frustrated Norway at times in the past, but that was before the emergence of Norwegian stars including Haaland, who the hosts may have difficulty stopping this time around if he is firing on all cylinders.