Norway face Senegal with Group I control at stake

Haaland and Norway face Senegal Tuesday night

Your team is one win from taking control of Group I. Norway arrived at this World Cup after 28 years away and opened with a 4–1 demolition of Iraq (2) (3). Now Senegal wait, with the match kicking off at 01:00 UK time on Tuesday (2).

Erling Haaland, fresh off his World Cup debut, is expected to start again alongside Martin Ødegaard and Alexander Sørloth (2). Ståle Solbakken has the squad firing and a slick tactical setup that already looks a world apart from the 1998 side.

Senegal need a result after opening loss

African teams have had a rough start to this World Cup, and Senegal are under pressure after dropping their first group match (3). They have the talent to hurt anyone, Édouard Mendy, Kalidou Koulibaly, Sadio Mané, Nicolas Jackson, Idrissa Gueye, but Norway go in with momentum and firepower (2) (4). A win here puts your team in a commanding position before the final group game.

Fan reactions

The mood is giddy. One Norway supporter posted a Haaland meme from Chinese social media showing him literally munching a baby doll, captioning it with a hat-trick wish for the Senegal match. The World Cup day thread on r/MCFC has Norway–Senegal as the late-night main event, and the excitement around Haaland finally playing on this stage is palpable. See the match thread