Kick-off in Foxborough is 20 minutes away.
Norway coach Stale Solbakken has selected his first-choice attack line – including the English Premier League’s top scorer, Erling Haaland – for the country’s first World Cup match since 1998 against Graham Arnold’s Iraq in Group I.
Arnold, the Qatar 2022 Socceroos coach who has now led Iraq to their first appearance in 40 years, has made several changes from the XI that lost 2-0 against Venezuela in their last warm-up match.
- Solbakken chose Alexander Sorloth and Antonio Nusa will play alongside Haaland up front
- Fredrik Aursnes gets the nod in midfield with winger Oscar Bobb on the bench
- Iraq’s attack will be led by veteran 30-year-old Aymen Hussein alongside Ali Al Hamadi and Ali Jassim
Iraq: Jalal Hassan; Hussein Ali, Zaid Tahseen, Akam Hashem, Merchas Doski; Amir Al Ammari, Zaid Ismail, Ibrahim Bayesh; Ali Jassim, Ali Al Hamadi, Aymen Hussein
Norway: Orjan Haskjold Nyland; Julian Ryerson, Kristoffer Ajer, Torbjorn Heggem, David Moller Wolfe; Martin Odegaard, Sander Berge, Fredrik Aursnes; Alexander Sorloth, Erling Haaland, Antonio Nusa
