This evening at the Nice stadium (9 PM), Norway and Australia will face off for a spot in the quarter-finals. Both teams have had an almost identical journey during the group stage.
Tonight’s match promises to be very close. On one side, Norway, second in Group A, and on the other, Australia, second in Group C. Both teams finished their group stage with two wins and one loss.
After defeating Nigeria in the opener (3-0), the Norwegians [were defeated by France](https://www.nicepremium.fr/sports,2/coupe-du-monde-la-france-souffre-mais-bat-la-norvege-2-1,26113.html) (2-1, in Nice) and then dominated South Korea (2-1).
As for the Australians, they first lost to Italy in their opening match (1-0), then they made a comeback against Brazil (3-2) before dominating Jamaica (4-1) to secure second place in the group, just ahead of Brazil. They owe their ranking to the number of goals scored (8), greatly aided by forward Samantha Kerr (currently the tournament’s co-top scorer with American Alex Morgan).
The kick-off for this duel between two very offensive teams will be at 9 PM, at the Nice stadium.
