Andreas Schjelderup continued his productive type by placing Norway forward towards England with a Thirty sixth-minute cross-shot of their World Cup 2026 quarter-final in Miami on Saturday – however Jude Bellingham scored his fifth objective of the finals to equalise throughout first-half added time.
Benfica winger Schjelderup, who was the one newcomer in his aspect’s beginning line-up, had arrange each of Erling Haaland’s targets in Norway’s 2-1 win over Brazil and seized upon slack defending as Stale Solbakken’s gamers briefly put themselves on the right track to fulfill Argentina or Switzerland within the closing 4.
“It seems like England went to sleep,” former Three Lions defender Lee Dixon informed ITV. “There’s no method he’s aiming prime bins there.
“Have a look at his physique form. What’s he attempting to do, wrap his foot round it? If he’s gone for the highest nook there, he’s the perfect participant on the earth.”
World Cup 2026: Bellingham ranges for England vs Norway
Bellingham collected Anthony Gordon’s incisive cross and located the far nook of the web from a decent angle contained in the field earlier than Harry Kane, who had taken to the turf in an unsuccessful enchantment for a foul in the course of the build-up to Norway’s objective, had a end dominated out for offside.
That ensured the scoreline was stage on the break between groups who’re but to enter further time on the match.
“They misplaced the momentum and now they’ve received it again,” former Eire captain Roy Keane stated of England. “Now they’ve acquired to complete the job.”
Norway knocked out file five-time champions the Selecao final Sunday, hours earlier than England ousted co-hosts Mexico.
World Cup 2026: England crew vs Norway
John Stones got here in at centre-back for England, with Ezri Konsa shifting to right-back rather than Jarell Quansah, who was banned for 2 matches.
Noni Madueke changed Bukayo Saka within the 1966 champions’ different change. Bellingham, Marc Guehi, Nico O’Reilly and Declan Rice should keep away from bookings or incur suspensions.
England beginning XI: Jordan Pickford, Ezri Konsa, Nico O’Reilly, John Stones, Marc Guehi, Declan Rice, Elliot Anderson, Jude Bellingham, Harry Kane, Anthony Gordon, Noni Madueke
England substitutes: Dean Henderson, James Trafford, Trevoh Chalobah, Dan Burn, Reece James, Djed Spence, Jordan Henderson, Kobbie Mainoo, Morgan Rogers, Eberechi Eze, Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford, Ollie Watkins, Ivan Toney
World Cup 2026: Norway full line up vs England
Schjelderup changed Antonio Nusa, who was a yellow card away from a ban.
Norway beginning XI: Orjan Nyland, Kristoffer Ajer, David Moller Wolfe, Torbjorn Heggem, Patrick Berg, Sander Berge, Martin Odegaard, Andreas Schjelderup, Alexander Sorloth, Erling Haaland, Julian Ryerson
Norway substitutes: Sander Tangvik, Egil Selvik, Leo Ostigard, Fredrik Andre Bjorkan, Marcus Holmgren Pedersen, Sondre Langas, Henrik Falchener, Morten Thorsby, Fredrik Aursnes, Kristian Thorstvedt, Thelo Aasgaard, Oscar Bobb, Jens Petter Hauge, Jorgen Strand Larsen, Antonio Nusa
The place to look at England vs Norway: TV channel, on-line stay stream
Kick-off on Saturday was at 22:00 BST (17:00 ET / 14:00 PT). Within the UK, stay TV protection is on ITV1.
Streaming is through ITV’s website and ITVX app, which is offered on an enormous number of units for viewing on the go.
World Cup 2026: England vs Norway stats
- These groups have met 12 occasions, final assembly in a 1-0 pleasant win for the Three Lions in September 2014. Norway have received two of these matches, failing to attain in any of their final 4
- Solely Brazil (14) and Germany (14) have certified for extra World Cup quarter-finals than England, with this their eleventh look at this stage
- England have progressed from three of their earlier 10 World Cup quarter-finals and have conceded a number of targets in seven of these ties
- Jordan Pickford surpassed Peter Shilton as England’s all-time main look maker on the World Cup with an 18th such outing
- Kane began one behind Haaland within the World Cup Golden Boot race, with six targets – a complete the captain additionally reached on the 2018 match
- The Bayern Munich striker surpassed Gary Lineker’s file for England on the 1986 finals
- Erling Haaland has scored in every of his final 14 aggressive outings for Norway (27 targets in whole), discovering the again of the web in all 4 of his appearances on the World Cup
- The final participant to attain in his first 5 matches on the match was James Rodriguez for Colombia in 2014, whereas the final European participant to take action was Gerd Muller for Germany in 1970
- 4 of Haaland’s targets have been match-winners; solely Poland’s Grzegorz Lato, in 1974, and Italy’s Salvatore Schillaci in 1990 have scored extra match-winning targets in a single marketing campaign within the competitors historical past (5 every)
- Norway have scored 12 targets and conceded 9; Germany in 1954 are the one instance of a aspect each scoring and conceding no less than 10 occasions on their approach to a semi-final
