All eyes are on Arlington as the World Cup’s round-of-32 continues.
Ivory Coast and Norway will fight it out for a place in the World Cup‘s next knockout stage against Brazil, who overcame Japan in dramatic fashion on Monday.
But who will be going through to a showdown with the Selecao?.
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Ivory Coast vs Norway prediction
Les Elephants progressed from the group stage thanks to a smash-and-grab win over Ecuador and a commanding victory over tournament minnows Curacao.
Meanwhile Stale Solbakken’s side reached the round-of-32 thanks to two Erling Haaland braces to see off Iraq and Senegal for a second-place qualification finish.
Norway have progressed beyond the group stage in all bar one of their four World Cup appearances with the Manchester City striker already their leading scorer in it.
Haaland could potentially meet his match in this encounter with Yan Diomande looking to emulate one of his Bundesliga predecessors and earn a big move.
Diomande has been a player in demand this summer with Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain involved in a transfer tug-of-war that the latter now looks set to win.
The RB Leipzig forward recorded a first World Cup assist during the win over Curacao while his long-term future continues to play out away from North America.
However Norway are more than a one-man team with captain Martin Odegaard leading the charge from midfield following Arsenal‘s Premier League title success.
We’re backing them to cut Ivory Coast’s first-ever knockout involvement short at the first hurdle
Score prediction: Ivory Coast 1-3 Norway