Erling Haaland was the hero for Norway as they produced their biggest result on the international stage by beating Brazil to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. The Manchester City striker broke the deadlock 11 minutes from time with a towering header, before adding another as the game ticked into injury time.
Brazil, who missed a golden chance to take the lead in the first half when Bruno Guimaraes had his penalty saved by Orjan Nyland, did get on the scoresheet when Neymar converted from the spot in second half stoppage-time, but that proved to be no more than a consolation as the wait for a sixth star continues.
Norway, meanwhile, have made history on their return to the global stage after a 28 year absence, reaching a World Cup quarter-final for the very first time and can low look forward to a showdown between the winners of the Mexico vs England clash which is due to get underway shortly. Follow Brazil vs Norway back from the New York/New Jersey Stadium below with our dedicated match blog.
Brazil vs Norway latest news
- GOAL! Neymar converts penalty
- GOAL! Haaland scores again
- GOAL! Haaland puts Norway ahead late on
- PENALTY SAVED! Nyland denies Bruno Guimaraes
- NO GOAL! Berg strike disallowed for offside
FULL-TIME
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Brazil 1-2 Norway
Norway knock out Brazil to reach World Cup quarter-finals.
GOAL! Brazil 1-2 Norway | Neymar ‘90+10
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90+10 min: Neymar cooly converts but it’s going to count for nothing.
Brazil 0-2 Norway
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90+9 min: Ostigard adjudged to have fouled Casemiro. Neymar to take.
Brazil 0-2 Norway
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90+8 min: BRAZIL HAVE ANOTHER PENALTY!
Brazil 0-2 Norway
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90+7 min: All getting a bit nasty now as both sets of players clash.
Brazil 0-2 Norway
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90+5 min: Neymar takes out Odegaard and is shown a yellow card.
Brazil 0-2 Norway
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90 min: SEVEN minutes of stoppage time.
GOAL! Brazil 0-2 Norway | Erling Haaland ‘89
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89 min: GAME OVER!
WOW!
Erling Haaland with a stunning strike to send Norway through to the World Cup quarter-finals.
Brazil 0-1 Norway
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86 min: NORWAY SURVIVE!
Nyland has to back peddle to prevent an Ajer own goal before Casemiro flashes a shot across the face of goal
Brazil 0-1 Norway
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84 min: Haaland moves on to six World Cup goals, one short of Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe at this summer’s tournament.
Brazil 0-1 Norway
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81 min: Haaland has scored in 14 straight international matches for Norway. An insane record.
GOAL! Brazil 0-1 Norway | Erling Haaland ‘80
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80 min: NORWAY LEAD!!!!!
Who else? Erling Haaland towers above Gabriel to break the deadlock.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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78 min: Bruno Guimaraes is replaced by Ederson. The Newcastle midfielder’s missed penalty remains the biggest talking point of the match.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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75 min: Very patient play from Norway from back to front. Fine play from Haaland to hold off Gabriel in the build-up but Schjelderup is denied by Alisson.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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71 min: Nearly for Endrick and Erling Haaland.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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68 min: Neymar and Danilo replace Rayan and Martinelli.
However, the Brazilian pair will have to wait for their first touches of the game as the referee calls for a hydration break.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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67 min: Alisson and Gabriel do just about enough to stop Haaland getting on the end of Schjelderup’s teasing cross. Corner to Norway, swung in by Odegaard but headed away but his Arsenal team-mate Gabriel.
Norway keep up the pressure, Ajer tries to pick out Haaland at the back post, but the striker on the stretch is unable to apply the finishing touch.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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64 min: No surprise that Ryerson has not been able to finish the game because of his hamstring issues. Aursnes on for the right-back.
Tough ask up against Vini Jr in this form.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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62 min: Rayan reacts first to a knockdown and takes a shot, Nylan gets down to make a save. Unorthodox but the ball stayed out of his net and that’s what matters.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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59 min: CHANCE!
Vini Jr sends Endrick clean through but the youngster takes an awful second touch and lifts the ball wide of the post.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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58 min: Endrick replaces Cunha. That is a popular decision among the Brazil fans.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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55 min: Good delivery from Cunha but the ball flashes across the six-yard box as Marquinhos can’t get a touch.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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54 min: Pretty flat start to the second half. But Vini Jr tries to inject a bit of life by speeding past Ryerson before winning a corner.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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49 min: Alarm bells for Brazil as Norway open them up with ease. Berg, in particular, is allowed to carry the ball centrally and he elects to take on a shot which he can’t keep down.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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46 min: News of the double Norway change and the wingers have been swapped with Bobb and Schjelderup replacing Sorloth and Nusa.
KICK-OFF!
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Back underway in New Jersey.
Norway have made a double change.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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Looks like Oscar Bobb is coming on for the second half.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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Bruno Guimaraes will not want to see this again.
HUGE SAVE 🫨
— ITV Football (@itvfootball) July 5, 2026
Bruno Guimaraes stutters, and Orjan Nyland is on the end of it; Brazil fail to capitalise on the penalty pic.twitter.com/QVlvycKlAA
HALF-TIME
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Brazil 0-0 Norway
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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45+4 min: Great ball in from Casemiro, but Martinelli can’t make contact.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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45+3 min: Superb play from Haaland to unsettle Gabriel as they contest an aerial duel, ball falls kindly for Odegaard but his effort is saved by Alisson.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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45 min: A minimum of SIX minutes added time has been announced.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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43 min: There’s the first real battle between Gabriel and Haaland, latter comes out on top with a cushioned header back to Alisson.
Haaland gets another chance as he slips in Odegaard to force a corner which is cleared.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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39 min: Casemiro strikes from distance but his tame effort is blocked. Norway happy to sit in but Odegaard losses the ball cheaply, Vini takes it off him and shoots but Nylan makes the save.
Odegaard blushes spared.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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37 min: Haaland gets away from Gabriel to meet Nusa’s cross but can’t get enough power on his attempt as Alisson collects.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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35 min: Odegaard furious as his run was ignored. In fairness, he was in acres of space but the ball never came.
He does get a chance moments later but can only shoot into the side-netting.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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33 min: Vini Jr is starting to knit things together for Brazil. Ignore him overrunning the ball out of play, nice touches in the last couple of minutes.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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30 min: Vini Jr releases Martinelli with a superb reverse pass and the forward gets to the byline and cuts the ball back but Nyland gets a vital touch.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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29 min: Play resumes after the hydration break.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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26 min: Time for the first hydration break.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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25 min: Such a contrast of emotions following the penalty miss.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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24 min: Brazil break 2vs2, Cunha ignores the run of Vini Jr and tries to take on Heggem but it’s superb defending from the Norway ace as he holds off the Brazilian and shields the ball back to his goalkeeper.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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22 min: Norway have just taken the sting out of the game, keeping possession without really threatening.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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18 min: Superb cross from Vini Jr with the outside of his right boot and Martinelli is inches away from getting his head on it. Norway clear their lines but Brazil are dominating now.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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17 min: Look at what the penalty save means to Nyland!
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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14 min: MISS!
Bruno Guimaraes steps and sees his penalty saved!
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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12 min: The referee is sent to the monitor, this usually means one thing.
Here we go...BRAZIL PENALTY!
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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11 min: PENALTY? Ajer cleans out Cunha in the area, on-field decision is no penalty but this will be checked by VAR.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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9 min: First opportunity for Vini Jr to test Ryerson’s hamstrings and he gets a bit of luck to get past the Norway defender, but he runs the ball out of play.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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7 min: Odegaard’s corner is headed away by Marquinhos, Martinelli and Vini Jr try to get Brazil up the pitch but Norway win it back immediately.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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6 min: Very good start this for Norway, Odegaard is seeing plenty of the ball and Sorloth is getting a lot of joy against Santos out wide as he wins a corner which the captain comes across to take.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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3 min: One defeat in 14 competitive games for Norway and they think they’re ahead as Berg slams the ball into the net.
However, the flag is up, Sorloth was offside.
Brazil 0-0 Norway
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1 min: Martinelli has started centrally for Brazil, though he and Vini Jr are more than capable of swapping positions as the game progresses.
KICK-OFF!
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Away we go!
This should be an entertaining clash.
As things stand
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It is knockout football, which means there are no second chances.
The winners progress to the quarter-final, facing either Mexico or England.
Losers go home.
Not long now
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The national anthems have been observed, as have the pre-match pleasantries between both sets of players and officials.
Kick-off is next.
HERE WE GO!
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The teams are out at the New York/New Jersey Stadium.
The national anthems are next.
Norway: The story so far
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Iraq 1-4 Norway
Norway 3-2 Senegal
Norway 1-4 France
Ivory Coast 1-2 Norway
Brazil: The story so far
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Brazil 1-1 Morocco
Brazil 3-0 Haiti
Scotland 0-3 Brazil
Brazil 2-1 Japan
Kick-off approaching in New Jersey
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15 minutes to go until kick-off at the New York/New Jersey Stadium.
World Cup last-16 results and fixtures
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The last-16 stage got underway yesterday with co-hosts Canada the first to be eliminated after losing 3-0 to Morocco.
France then beat Paraguay thanks to a Kylian Mbappe penalty.
World Cup 2026 last-16 fixtures and results
July 4
Canada 0-3 Morocco
Paraguay 0-1 France
July 5
9pm: Brazil vs Norway (New York/New Jersey)
July 6
1am: Mexico vs England (Mexico City)
8pm: Spain vs Portugal (Dallas)
July 7
1am: USA vs Belgium (Seattle)
5pm: Argentina vs Egypt (Atlanta)
9pm: Switzerland vs Colombia (Vancouver)
Around the grounds
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Today's other last-16 tie sees Mexico face England.
Kick-off at the Estadio Azteca Stadium is at 1am BST overnight.
Team news reminder
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Here is how both teams will line-up today.
Brazil XI: Alisson; Danilo, Marquinhos, Gabriel, Santos; Casemiro, Bruno Guimaraes; Rayan, Martinelli, Vini Jr; Cunha.
Substitutes: Ederson, Weverton, Bremer, Leo Pereira, Ibanez, Ederson, Fabinho, Danilo, Neymar, Raphinha, Endrick, Luiz Henrique, Igor Thiago
Norway XI: Nyland; Ryerson, Ajer, Heggem, Moller Wolfe; Berg, Berge, Odegaard; Sorloth, Haaland, Nusa.
Substitutes: Tangvik, Selvik, Ostigard, Bjorkan, Pedersen, Langas, Falchener, Thorsby, Aursnes, Thorstvedt, Aasgaard, Schjelderup, Bobb, Hauge, Strand Larsen
Brazil vs Norway LIVE
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A Corinthians supporter is in attendance tonight.
Fan reaction: Martinelli's role
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Martinelli 10 is interesting.
— Ren (@Atropine__) July 5, 2026
Fan thoughts: Brazil formation
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Martinelli as a No.10? I've always wanted to see him in more central areas, but as a conventional #10? I'm not so sure.
— Ali (@alialtaktik) July 5, 2026
Then again, it might not even be that. Could just be a straight-up 4-2-4.
Fan reaction: New Martinelli role
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Today Martinelli is starting for Brazil against Norway in the midfield is the number 10.
— Egal (@EGTVEgal) July 5, 2026
Hopefully, he smashes it wish him all of best. pic.twitter.com/CWpV0UwqiO
Norway changes
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Massive boost for Norway as Julian Ryerson is back from injury and replaces Marcus Holmgren Pedersen in the only change from the round of 32 win over Ivory Coast.
Brazil changes
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Plenty to unpack with the Brazil selection as Carlo Ancelotti makes one change to the side that started the round of 32 win over Japan.
Gabriel Martinelli, who scored a dramatic late winner, is rewarded with a start in place of the injured Lucas Paqueta.
We are so used to seeing the Arsenal forward operate out wide, but could he be tasked with a more central role tonight?
Norway team in full
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Norway XI: Nyland; Ryerson, Ajer, Heggem, Moller Wolfe; Berg, Berge, Odegaard; Sorloth, Haaland, Nusa.
Substitutes: Tangvik, Selvik, Ostigard, Bjorkan, Pedersen, Langas, Falchener, Thorsby, Aursnes, Thorstvedt, Aasgaard, Schjelderup, Bobb, Hauge, Strand Larsen
CONFIRMED NORWAY TEAM NEWS
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Lining up for Norway...
Ready pic.twitter.com/LbVMRFsNk2
— Fotballandslaget (@nff_landslag) July 5, 2026
Brazil team in full
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Brazil XI: Alisson; Danilo, Marquinhos, Gabriel, Santos; Casemiro, Bruno Guimaraes; Rayan, Martinelli, Vini Jr; Cunha.
Substitutes: Ederson, Weverton, Bremer, Leo Pereira, Ibanez, Ederson, Fabinho, Danilo, Neymar, Raphinha, Endrick, Luiz Henrique, Igor Thiago
CONFIRMED BRAZIL TEAM NEWS
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Here is the Brazil team selected to face Norway...
BRASIL DEFINIDO! 🇧🇷
— brasil (@CBF_Futebol) July 5, 2026
Confira os 11 nomes escalados pelo Mister para enfrentar a Noruega neste domingo (5), às 17h (Brasília), pelas oitavas de final da Copa do Mundo FIFA 2026.
📺 TV Globo / GE TV / Cazé TV / SBT / NSports#BateNoPeito
ISSO É BRASIL!! pic.twitter.com/aSYtaWccHi
Brazil vs Norway LIVE - team news imminent
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The teams will be announced shortly!
Stay tuned...
Brazil handed Nusa warning
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Brazilian striker Romulo is a team-mate of Norway winger Antonio Nusa at club level and has warned his compatriots ahead of tonight's showdown.
"He's a nice guy and a very modest, hard-working person. He's a good person. I get on very well with Nusa. He deserves everything that's happened to him at the World Cup," Romulo told FIFA.
"I even sent him a message, telling him to take it easy on Brazil [laughs]. I said I'll be cheering him on to score two goals, but for Vinicius Junior to score three. He laughed and said 'we'll see about that', but it won't be easy for him."
"He's my friend, we always work on finishing together after training. I told him he needed to shoot more, he's a good finisher. It's no surprise that he got Norway's first goal against Ivory Coast."
Carlo Ancelotti explains how Brazil plan to keep Erling Haaland quiet
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Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti maintains he is not about to set up an “anti-Erling Haaland plan” when his side look to shackle the Manchester City forward and get past Norway to secure a place in the World Cup quarter-finals.
After topping Group C, Ancelotti’s side came from behind to beat Japan in their last-32 tie with a stoppage-time goal from Gabriel Martinelli.
Brazil will face another stern test of their hopes to go on to deliver a sixth World Cup crown when they take on Norway at the MetLife Stadium on Sunday, with the winners set to face either England or co-hosts Mexico.
Ancelotti, though, insists his players must focus on shutting down Norway’s well-drilled side as a whole and not just look at how Arsenal defender Gabriel.
Haaland vs Vini Jr in World Cup Golden boot race
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Two of the contenders for the star-studded World Cup 2026 Golden Boot are expected to start tonight.
Erling Haaland, who scored Norway's winning goal in the round of 32 clash against Ivory Coast, is third in the standings, two behind Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi (seven).
Vinicius Jr is one goal further back, having netted in all but one of Brazil's four matches.
Norway predicted XI
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Norway hope to welcome Julian Ryerson back for Sunday’s World Cup last-16 tie against Brazil.
The defender has been sidelined since the win over Senegal in the group stage - being forced off after just 13 minutes with a thigh injury - but is now pushing to be involved against the five-time champions.
While Ryerson is understood to be close to a return, it remains to be seen whether he is fit enough to start.
Norway head coach Stale Solbakken is otherwise expected to keep faith with the side that saw off Ivory Coast.
Norway predicted XI: Nyland; Pedersen, Ajer, Heggem, Wolfe; Odegaard, Berge, Berg; Sorloth, Haaland, Nusa.
Predicted Brazil XI
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Although there is confidence Casemiro will recover in time to face Norway, Lucas Paqueta is a greater doubt. If the former West Ham midfielder is unavailable, Danilo Santos should come into the side.
Selecao head coach Carlo Ancelotti is otherwise unlikely to make sweeping changes to the team that secured Brazil's place in the knockout stages.
Manchester United forward Matheus Cunha is set to retain his place despite failing to add to his three tournament goals before being replaced after 65 minutes against Japan.
Brazil predicted XI: Alisson; Danilo, Marquinhos, Gabriel, Douglas Santos; Guimaraes, Casemiro, Danilo Santos; Rayan, Cunha, Vini Jr.
Today's settings
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The New York/New Jersey Stadium (MetLife Stadium) will be the host of the World Cup final in a fortnight's time.
Tonight it hosts its seventh and penultimate match of the tournament.
Both Brazil and Norway have played here once, drawing with Morocco and beating Senegal respectively.
Advantage Norway?
Brazil vs Norway latest match odds
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Brazil to progress: 4/11
Norway to progress: 21/10
Head to head (h2h) history and results
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Not many nations can boast an unbeaten record against Brazil, in fact, ONLY Norway can.
In four previous meetings with the Selecao, Norway have not lost and were 2-1 winners at the World Cup in 1998 - though Brazil did go on to reach the final.
Brazil wins: 0
Norway wins: 2
Draws: 2
Score prediction
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Norway have quietly gone about their business so far, but having made wholesale changes for their final group game against France, this is now their biggest test to date.
Goals are to be expected with Norway failing to keep a clean sheet in four matches, but we think Brazil's greater attacking options will prove decisive.
Brazil to win, 3-2.
Norway team news
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Julian Ryerson is fit again as Norway prepare to face Brazil.
Ryerson has not featured since limping out of group stage win over Senegal with a thigh muscle injury.
In a major boost, Stale Solbakken has confirmed the defender is back in training and available for selection.
"He has trained the last two days like the other players," the Norway head coach said on Saturday.
That said, changes for Norway are expected to be minimal with Erling Haaland, Martin Odegaard, Antonio Nusa and Sander Berge all set to start.
Brazil team news: Raphinha boost, Martinelli could start
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Gabriel Martinelli could be rewarded for his late winner against Japan with a first start at the tournament. There has been whispers of the Arsenal winger being handed a new role as a No10, meaning he would be in direct competition with club captain Martin Odegaard.
The likes of Alisson, Marquinhos, Gabriel, Casemiro, Bruno Guimaraes and Vinicius Jr are all expected to start, though Carlo Ancelotti has decisions to make in the full-back department.
Brazil will have Raphinha back in the squad after the Barcelona star missed the wins over Scotland and Japan with a hamstring injury sustained in the Group C victory against Haiti.
How to watch
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TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on ITV1, with coverage starting at 8.15pm BST.
Live stream: UK viewers can also catch the contest live online via ITVX and the ITV website.
Live blog: You can follow all the action right here via Standard Sport’s live blog.
Free highlights: World Cup highlights are available on FIFA’s official YouTube channel, along with BBC iPlayer / ITVX app and their websites.
Brazil vs Norway LIVE
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Hello and welcome to Standard Sport’s LIVE coverage of Brazil vs Norway!
Business has officially picked up at the World Cup with the last-16 ties underway and there is a treat in store tonight as the five-time winners take on the tournament's dark horses.
We’ll have all the latest updates, build-up and team news right here ahead of kick-off, which comes at 9pm BST from the New York/New Jersey Stadium. Stick with us!
