UEFA Nations League · Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo · Matchday 2 · Sunday 27 September 2026, 19:45 kick-off (UK time)
Adrian Dane's bet builder for Norway v Portugal, with the combined price compared across the top bookmakers and the reasoning behind every leg.
This builder pays if both sides score, Norway win and there are 4 goals or more.
Norway’s last 9 produced this shape five times and Portugal’s last 10 never. Past shape, not a forecast.
The same bet builder priced at our top bookmakers, best price highlighted.
Odds correct at 13:24 on 24 Sep (UK time). Returns include the stake.
The whole builder needs both sides to score, Norway to win and four goals or more, and this first leg is the foundation at 8/15. Both teams have scored in eight of Norway’s nine counted matches, with a single clean sheet and no blank in that run, while Portugal have seen the same in five of their last ten. The case against sits on the Portuguese side: three clean sheets and three matches without a goal in ten, and Norway go in without striker Alexander Sørloth, ruled out of the September and October games with a muscle injury.
Norway to win at 13/8 is the hub’s selection on this fixture and the leg that turns the goals into a payout, and it needs the home side in front after 90 minutes. Norway are 8-1-1 across their last ten competitive matches, all competitions, and 4-0-1 in the five counted at home, a stronger record than Portugal’s 5-3-2 and a sharper attack at four goals a game against 2.3; the draw in that record is the England quarter-final, lost 2-1 after extra time back on 11 July, which the normal-time convention counts as level. The risk the price pays for is real: Portugal have lost only twice in ten and concede a goal a game, and with the top two in League A Group 4 going through to the quarter-finals and the holders defending the title they won in 2025, they will not give this up cheaply.
Four goals or more completes the scenario, and Norway’s matches have been going there: every one of their nine counted games cleared 2.5, seven of the nine cleared 3.5, and they score four a game while conceding 1.33. Norway have produced the exact combination this builder needs, a Norway win with both sides scoring and four goals or more, in five of those nine. The argument against is Portugal: only four of their last ten went over 3.5, they average 2.3 for and one against, and that combination has not gone against them in any of their ten, so 13/8 pays for a real chance this is a lower-scoring game.
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What is at stake
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Recent form comparison
Five recent-form signals, both sides, scaled to the same ring: attack and defence against three goals a game, so a side scoring more than that fills the ring. Defence is inverted, further out means fewer goals conceded. These are recent tendencies, not a rating, and the exact numbers live in the stat centre below.
Momentum, points collected, last 10
A form index, not a table: 3 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a defeat, added up oldest match first across every competition in the window. The two lines are each side’s own sequence, not matches played on the same dates. Hover or tap the lines for each result.
Recent form (last 10 competitive internationals)
The record
| Norway | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|
| Recent W-D-L | 8-1-1 | 5-3-2 |
| Norway home / Portugal away | 4-0-1 | 1-1-1 |
| Points per game | 2.50 | 1.80 |
Goals per game
Overall and venue split
| Norway | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|
| Scored / game (overall) | 4 | 2.3 |
| Scored / game (venue) | 4.8 | 1 |
| Conceded / game (overall) | 1.33 | 1 |
| Conceded / game (venue) | 1.6 | 1.33 |
| Clean sheets | 1 | 3 |
| Failed to score | 0 | 3 |
Venue row is Norway at home and Portugal away.
Goals-line hit rate
Overall and venue split
| Norway | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|
| Over 1.5 (overall) | 100% | 70% |
| Over 2.5 (overall) | 100% | 50% |
| Over 2.5 (venue) | 100% | 33% |
| Over 3.5 (overall) | 78% | 40% |
Share of recent matches that went over each line. Both sides above 60% on Over 2.5 is the market to watch.
Form signals (both sides blended)
Dials blend both sides’ recent rates. They read the form, not a bookmaker price.
Both teams to score
| Norway | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|
| BTTS % (overall) | 89% | 50% |
| BTTS % (venue) | 80% | 33% |
| Clean sheets | 1 | 3 |
| Failed to score | 0 | 3 |
Last 3 meetings (Norway’s view)
Head-to-head record
| Meetings | 3 |
| Norway wins / draws / Portugal wins | 1-0-2 |
| Goals (Norway / Portugal) | 1 / 4 |
| Avg goals per meeting | 1.7 |
| Both teams scored | 0% |
| Over 2.5 goals | 33% |
Full-time result. Best prices across the market.
Norway win: recent-form share against the market share
The market makes the Norway win a 36 per cent chance and the recent form reads it at 50 per cent. At 13/8 the win has to land more than 38 per cent of the time to pay. These are historical rates over each side’s window, not a forecast, so the gap is a lean rather than proof the price is wrong; the position is Norway’s, as in the bet builder higher up the page.
Everything behind the picks. Tap any section to expand.
| Norway (last 10) | Portugal (last 10) | |
|---|---|---|
| Recent form (W-D-L) | 8-1-1 | 5-3-2 |
| Home / away split | 4-0-1 | 1-1-1 |
| Goals scored per game | 4 | 2.3 |
| Goals conceded per game | 1.33 | 1 |
| BTTS % | 89% | 50% |
| Over 2.5 goals % | 100% | 50% |
| Clean sheets | 1 | 3 |
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