Norway

Norway won every one of their 14 games as favorite, and one unit a game across 19 priced internationals returned +12.24, the largest total of the 54 European nations. They also scored 3.25 goals a game, more than any of them, and 17 of 18 settled totals went over.

The record: 16-2-2

Nations League 4-1-1, World Cup qualifying 8-0-0, World Cup 4-1-1; 65 goals for, 23 against. Qualifying was eight wins in eight with 37 scored, 11-1 over Moldova among them, and the run reached 12 straight wins. Every game decided by one goal went Norway’s way, five of five.

The favorite that always won

Here is what to watch: Norway as favorite. Fourteen times, 14 wins, +9.24 units, the most of the 50 European nations ever favored. Several of those wins were priced plus money, which happens in soccer’s three-way market: 2-1 over Austria at +120, 4-1 in Slovenia at +165, 3-0 over Italy at +160, and 3-2 over Senegal at +145 at the World Cup. As underdog, five times, Norway went 2-1-2: 4-1 in Italy at +230 and 2-1 over Brazil at +370 on 5 July.

One unit a game: +12.24

Nineteen priced games, +12.24 units, 64.4% on the stake. Only one month finished below zero, October 2024 at -0.31, the month of a 5-1 defeat in Austria. Outside the World Cup Norway went 7-0-0 at home and 5-1-1 away, and both made money: +3.81 and +3.89.

The World Cup

Six games: 4-1 over Iraq, 3-2 over Senegal, 4-1 to France, 2-1 over Ivory Coast, 2-1 over Brazil, and then England on 11 July, a 2-1 defeat after extra time at +330. Level after 90 minutes, that game is a draw in these numbers. The six returned +4.54 units.

The total

The over is the lean, and it is the strongest of any European nation: 17 of 18 totals settled in regulation went over, 94.4%, the highest share of the 54. Norway scored 3.25 a game; the defense allowed 1.15.

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