Brazil vs Norway: Result, Stats & Predictions (World Cup 2026)
Norway stunned five-time champions Brazil 1-2 in the last 16, with a late Erling Haaland brace sending them into the World Cup quarter-finals.
6 July 2026
Result
Norway beat Brazil 1-2 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on 5 July, in the last 16, to reach their first World Cup quarter-final in 28 years. Erling Haaland settled the tie with two goals in the closing stages, taking his tournament total to seven. Bruno Guimaraes had an early penalty saved, and although Neymar pulled one back from the penalty spot in stoppage time, it proved only a consolation as five-time champions Brazil went out in the last 16.
Pool impact
Brazil have been one of the most popular Last Man Standing picks all tournament given their pedigree and squad depth, so this result will have wiped out a large share of entrants who were saving them for a later round. Score Predictor players who backed a comfortable Brazil win will also have taken a hit, since the tight scoreline and late Norway goals made this one of the harder results in the round to call correctly. Norway, by contrast, has been a classic dark-horse pick, and anyone who backed them here will have kept their pool alive deep into the tournament.
Pre-match forecasts
Brazil went into the match widely expected to progress given their tournament pedigree, with most pre-match expectations pointing to the five-time champions seeing off a Norway side without a World Cup appearance in nearly three decades. Norway's underdog status made them a popular differential pick rather than a safe one. The result did not go to form, with Norway's late goals overturning the pre-match picture.
Standout stats
Erling Haaland's two late goals took him to seven for the tournament, making him the standout goalscorer of Norway's run so far. Norway's win sends them into the quarter-finals for the first time in 28 years. Bruno Guimaraes missing an early penalty was a rare blemish in an otherwise strong Brazil campaign, and Neymar's stoppage-time penalty was his only goal of the match.
What comes next
Norway move on to the quarter-finals, while Brazil's tournament ends in the last 16.
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