Moldova vs Norway prediction and betting tips on March 22, 2025
Game Prediction
The first round of the European World Cup qualifiers will feature a match between the national teams of Moldova and Norway on March 22, 2025. The favourite is obvious, but the hosts will try to make surprises.
Our prediction for the match Moldova vs Norway
Moldova has not only never made it anywhere in history, it has always been considered an outsider, albeit not as hopeless as San Marino. Still, the team, if we speak about the previous qualifiers, managed to get 10 points (just 1 point less than the star-studded Poland, which made it to the Euro, albeit through the spring play-offs). Norway, with its excellent set of players, disappointed expectations. It hopelessly fell behind not only Spain, but also Scotland, in 2023.
The Moldovans also looked good in the Nations League, although their opponents in that tournament were weak. They exchanged victories with Malta, and beat Andorra twice, eventually winning the group. At the same time, it is reasonable to mention that the team limited itself to a draw in a friendly meeting with Gibraltar. Solbakken’s wards finally showed themselves in the autumn, becoming the best in the quartet with Kazakhstan, Austria and Slovenia, and won 4 out of 6 confrontations. At the same time, there was a 0-0 draw in Almaty and a 1-5 result in Vienna.
Ryabchuk and the company corrected their statistics in 2024. It is a rare situation when they score one and a half goals per round and concede less than 1 goal in response. The Scandinavians play much more spectacularly, with a ratio of 2.1/1.3.
Moldova vs Norway: key statistics and trends
- Moldova has won 6 of 9 previous matches.
- 30% of the team’s meetings have ended with “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per game is 2.4.
- Norway has won 4 of 5 previous struggles.
- 60% of the team’s confrontations have brought “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per battle is 3.4.
Moldova vs Norway: possible starting line-ups
Moldova (possible line-up): Celeadnic – Mudrac, Baboglo, Craciun – Reabciuk, Motpan, Rată, Caimacov, Platica – Postolachi, Nicolaescu.
Norway (possible line-up): Selvik – Ryerson, Heggem, Ostigard, Pedersen – Berg, Berge, Ødegaard, Donnum – Haaland, Sørloth.
Previous head-to-head matches: Moldova vs Norway
Speaking about the first head-to-head meeting, Moldovans brought the home game to a goalless draw in 2005. Still, then they lost 4 times, scoring only 1 goal in all that time.
Free prediction for the match Moldova vs Norway
The guests are stronger and must prove it. They will win at Zimbru with “a -1.5 goal handicap” (odd: 1.67).