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UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying 2025 - Round 9 - Group 1

Marienlyst stadion - Drammen - Norway

November 17, 2023 - 18:00

Norway U-21

Norway

3 - 2

Ireland U-21

Republic of Ireland

Assist by Kristian ArnstadHalvor Opsahl

20'

(penalty) Kristian Arnstad

73'

Assist by Joel MvukaLasse Nordaas

77'

37'

Aidomo Emakhu

53'

Sinclair ArmstrongAssist by Aidomo Emakhu

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20' - Goal Halvor Opsahl20

37' - Goal Aidomo Emakhu

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53' - Goal Sinclair Armstrong

57' - Substitution Eskil Edhis substituted by Fredrik Sjövold57

58' - Substitution Odin Holmis substituted by Lasse Nordaas photo Daniel Karlsbakk

58' - Substitution Tobias Gulliksenis substituted by Daniel Karlsbakk58

62' - Substitution Aidomo Emakhuis substituted by Johnny Kenny

70' - Substitution Kian Leavyis substituted by Killian Phillips

71' - Yellow card Matthew Healy photo Sinclair Armstrong

71' - Yellow card Sinclair Armstrong

73' - Goal Kristian Arnstad73

77' - Goal Lasse Nordaas77

83' - Substitution Sean Roughanis substituted by Tayo Adaramola photo Ollie O'Neill

83' - Substitution Baba Adeekois substituted by Ollie O'Neill

90' - Yellow card Daniel Karlsbakk90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Norway U-21

3 - 2

Ireland U-21

Norway U-21 Ireland U-21

Team line-ups

Norway U-21

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Hansen-Aaröen

Isak Hansen-Aaröen

Norway

B.date22/08/2004

Age19 years

positionMidfield

17Gulliksen58

Tobias Gulliksen

Norway

B.date09/07/2003

Age20 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

6Zafeiris

Christos Zafeiris

Greece

B.date23/02/2003

Age20 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

8Arnstad73

Kristian Arnstad

Norway

B.date07/09/2003

Age20 years

H1m75

positionOffensive Midfielder

11Mvuka

Joel Mvuka

Norway

B.date12/11/2002

Age21 years

H1m78

positionWinger

15Holm58

Odin Holm

Norway

B.date18/01/2003

Age20 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

18Oppegaard

Fredrik Oppegaard

Norway

B.date07/08/2002

Age21 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

4Hjelde

Leo Fuhr Hjelde

Norway

B.date26/08/2003

Age20 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

3Opsahl20

Halvor Opsahl

Norway

B.date08/10/2002

Age21 years

positionMidfield

16Edh57

Eskil Edh

Norway

B.date04/08/2002

Age21 years

H1m81

positionMidfield

1Tangvik

Sander Tangvik

Norway

B.date29/11/2002

Age20 years

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sander Tangvik		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Leo Fuhr Hjelde		20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Fredrik Oppegaard		21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Eskil Edh	57	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Odin Holm	58	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Tobias Gulliksen	58	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Halvor Opsahl	20	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Christos Zafeiris		20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Isak Hansen-Aaröen		19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Kristian Arnstad	73	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Joel Mvuka		21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

20.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Ireland U-21

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

22Emakhu3762

Aidomo Emakhu

Republic of Ireland

B.date26/10/2003

Age20 years

positionMidfield

9Armstrong5371

Sinclair Armstrong

Republic of Ireland

B.date22/06/2003

Age20 years

H1m82

positionForward

10Leavy70

Kian Leavy

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/03/2002

Age21 years

positionCentre Midfield

8Healy71

Matthew Healy

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/04/2002

Age21 years

positionMidfield

13Adeeko83

Baba Adeeko

Republic of Ireland

B.date03/04/2003

Age20 years

positionCentre Midfield

14Roughan83

Sean Roughan

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/08/2003

Age20 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

12Curtis

Sam Curtis

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/12/2005

Age17 years

positionCentral defender

5MacNulty

Anselmo MacNulty

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/02/2003

Age20 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

19O’Riordan

Connor O’Riordan

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/10/2003

Age20 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

4Lawal

Bosun Lawal

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/05/2003

Age20 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

1Keeley

Josh Keeley

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/05/2003

Age20 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Josh Keeley		20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Sean Roughan	83	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Anselmo MacNulty		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Connor O’Riordan		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Sam Curtis		17	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Baba Adeeko	83	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Aidomo Emakhu	3762	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Kian Leavy	70	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Bosun Lawal		20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Matthew Healy	71	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Sinclair Armstrong	5371	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

19.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Magnus Sjöeng		21
5	D	Nikolai Hopland		19
13	D	Brage Skaret		21
2	M	Fredrik Sjövold	57	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Vetle Egeli		19
20	M	Elias Melkersen		20
22	F	Daniel Karlsbakk	5890	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Lasse Nordaas	7758	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Bryan Fiabema		20

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Tiernan Brooks		20
2	D	James Abankwah		19
3	D	Tayo Adaramola	83	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Ollie O'Neill	83	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Adam Murphy		18
6	F	Killian Phillips	70	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Johnny Kenny	62	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Tony Springett		21
15	F	Armstrong Oko-flex		21

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Fredrik Oppegaard

David Wolfe

OUT

Eskil Edh

Mathias Lövik

OUT

Sander Tangvik

Magnus Sjöeng

OUT

Odin Holm

Andreas Schjelderup

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kian Leavy

Andrew Moran

OUT

Aidomo Emakhu

Armstrong Oko-flex

OUT

Sean Roughan

Joe Hodge

OUT

Anselmo MacNulty

James Furlong

OUT

Baba Adeeko

Tony Springett

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jan Peter Jalland

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

67 %

Jalland vs Ireland U-21

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 17, 2023

Jalland vs Crawford

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 17, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Crawford

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Crawford vs Norway U-21

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 17, 2023

Crawford vs Jalland

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 17, 2023

Referee

Walter Altmann

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Norway U-211 match	General total	Ireland U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Norway U-211 match	Season total	Ireland U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 17, 2023					Latest figure on November 17, 2023

Assistant Referee

Robert Steinacher

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Norway U-211 match	General total	Ireland U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Norway U-211 match	Season total	Ireland U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 17, 2023					Latest figure on November 17, 2023

Assistant Referee

Roland Brandner

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Norway U-211 match	General total	Ireland U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Norway U-211 match	Season total	Ireland U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 17, 2023					Latest figure on November 17, 2023

4th official

Daniel Pfister

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Norway U-211 match	General total	Ireland U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Norway U-211 match	Season total	Ireland U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 17, 2023					Latest figure on November 17, 2023

Videos

September 05, 2024

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Kristian Arnstad scores 1 goal vs Ireland U-21 in his professional career

It's the first time Halvor Opsahl scores 1 goal in his professional career with Norway U-21

It's the first time Lasse Nordaas scores 1 goal vs Ireland U-21 in his professional career

Read the next 9 key stats

General ranking

	1	Italy U-21	10 pts	4 rd
+2	2	Norway U-21	9 pts	4 rd
-1	3	Ireland U-21	9 pts	4 rd
-1	4	Latvia U-21	7 pts	5 rd
	5	Turkey U-21	3 pts	4 rd

General ranking

	1	Italy U-21	10 pts	4 rd
+2	2	Norway U-21	9 pts	4 rd
-1	3	Ireland U-21	9 pts	4 rd
-1	4	Latvia U-21	7 pts	5 rd
	5	Turkey U-21	3 pts	4 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNorway 3-1 Austria U-2103/09/2021

VNorway 3-0 Estonia U-2112/10/2021

VNorway 3-1 Finland U-2112/11/2021

VNorway 3-2 Croatia U-2103/06/2022

VNorway 2-1 Azerbaijan U-2114/06/2022

VNorway 7-0 Latvia U-2112/09/2023

Overall

LNorway 0-1 France U-2125/06/2023

VItaly U-21 0-1 Norway28/06/2023

VSan Marino U-21 0-7 Norway07/09/2023

VNorway 7-0 Latvia U-2112/09/2023

VAustria U-21 1-2 Norway12/10/2023

LItaly U-21 2-0 Norway17/10/2023

Current form

Away

DLuxembourg U-21 1-1 Ireland07/09/2021

LMontenegro U-21 2-1 Ireland12/10/2021

VSweden U-21 0-2 Ireland29/03/2022

LItaly U-21 4-1 Ireland14/06/2022

DIsrael U-21 0-0 Ireland27/09/2022

VLatvia U-21 1-2 Ireland13/10/2023

Overall

LItaly U-21 4-1 Ireland14/06/2022

DIreland 1-1 Israel U-2123/09/2022

DIsrael U-21 0-0 Ireland27/09/2022

VIreland 3-2 Turkey U-2108/09/2023

VIreland 3-0 San Marino U-2112/09/2023

VLatvia U-21 1-2 Ireland13/10/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	7	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	7	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	10	7
Scoring streak	8	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	2
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	3
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

14	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
4.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.67
7	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
7-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (1 times)

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	5
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Andreas Schjelderup	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Armstrong Oko-flex
Kristian Arnstad	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Armstrong Oko-flex
Kristian Arnstad	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Zak Gilsenan
Kristian Arnstad	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Kristian Arnstad	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Tony Springett
Isak Hansen-Aaröen	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Tony Springett
Kristian Arnstad	3 goals, 2 assists during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Armstrong Oko-flex

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

2 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Total

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

6 gf

2 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

2 gf

6 ga

Total

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

2 gf

6 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	October 09, 2014
Home	4 - 1	October 09, 2014

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

November 14, 2017 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2019

Norway U-21

2 - 1

Ireland U-21 logo Ireland

October 05, 2017 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2019

Ireland U-21

0 - 0

Norway U-21 logo Norway

October 09, 2014 - Rencontres amicales Espoirs 2014

Norway U-21

4 - 1

Ireland U-21 logo Ireland

Best historical scorers against Ireland U-21

	Martin Ödegaard	1 goal	2017 - 2017
	Iver Fossum	1 goal	2017 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/11/2017. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Norway U-21

Jake Mulraney

1 goal

2017 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/11/2017. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ireland U-21

Henrik Björdal	2 matches	2017 - 2017
Morten Thorsby	2 matches	2017 - 2017
Birk Risa	2 matches	2017 - 2017
Julian Ryerson	2 matches	2017 - 2017
Ulrik Jenssen	2 matches	2017 - 2017
Martin Ödegaard	2 matches	2017 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/2017. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norway U-21

Kieran O'Hara	2 matches	2017 - 2017
Harry Charsley	2 matches	2017 - 2017
Corey Whelan	2 matches	2017 - 2017
Josh Cullen	2 matches	2017 - 2017
Connor Ronan	2 matches	2017 - 2017
Danny Kane	2 matches	2017 - 2017