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Group I · Matchday 1 · Lumen Field, Seattle · Jun 16, 22:00 UTC

🇮🇶 Iraqvs🇳🇴 Norway
7.0%draw 14.0%79.0%

Expected goals: IRQ 0.72 · NOR 2.54

SourceIRQ winDrawNOR win
Model7.8%15.9%76.2%
Market (Pinnacle)6.6%13.1%80.2%
Blend (published)7.0%14.0%79.0%

Scoreline probabilities

Dixon-Coles adjusted Poisson model — rows IRQ, columns NOR

0123450
3.8%
9.5%
12.8%
10.9%
6.9%
3.5%
1
2.0%
6.6%
9.3%
7.8%
5.0%
2.5%
2
0.9%
2.3%
2.8%
2.8%
1.8%
0.9%
3
0.5%
0.7%
0.6%
4
5
02 12.8%03 10.9%01 9.5%12 9.3%13 7.8%

Model factors

How each team's effective rating is built

🇮🇶IRQ1660effective
Pre-tournament Elo
1660
In-tournament form (Elo Δ)
0.0
Injury penalty
0

No injury concerns — full-strength squad assumed. Key players: Aymen Hussein, Ali Al-Hamadi, Ibrahim Bayesh.

🇳🇴NOR1900effective
Pre-tournament Elo
1900
In-tournament form (Elo Δ)
0.0
Injury penalty
0

No injury concerns — full-strength squad assumed. Key players: Erling Haaland, Martin Ødegaard, Antonio Nusa.