Overview
- Norway opened the group with a 4-1 win over Iraq and will rely on Erling Haaland as their main scoring threat backed by Martin Ødegaard feeding the attack.
- Senegal followed a 3-1 defeat to France in which teenager Ibrahim Mbaye scored and now face pressure to fix defensive frailties exposed by Kylian Mbappé.
- Coach Pape Bouna Thiaw must decide whether to start 35-year-old captain Kalidou Koulibaly despite limited minutes since injury or hand the centre-back role to 20-year-old Mamadou Sarr.
- Norway coach Ståle Solbakken has praised his attack but warned about his side's defensive lapses, while Senegal's forward options including Sadio Mané and Nicolas Jackson keep the match tactically tense.
- A Norway win would guarantee progress to the last 32 so the match at MetLife Stadium could effectively settle Group I's composition and leave Senegal facing near-certain elimination without victory.