1. National teams
  2. UEFA Nations League
Sun 27 Sep 2026

Norway v Portugal

42%Norway
30%Draw
28%Portugal

Norway, just.

Tested

Norway win about 42 times in 100. The other 58: a draw (30) or a Portugal win (28).

Forecast by Vesta, published Sunday 27 September 2026, 13:36 CEST on our social channels, before kickoff.

Final score 1–2: Vesta gave this result 28%. Not the favourite: a probability says how often, not which one.
3 or more goals41%
Both teams score48%
Expected goals1.3 v 1.0
Most likely score1-114% chance

Goals in the match

Tested
1 or more goals90%
2 or more goals68%
3 or more goals41%
4 or more goals21%
5 or more goals9%

Exactly

0 goals10%
1 goal21%
2 goals27%
3 goals20%
4 goals12%
5 goals6%
6 or more goals3%

Goals by team

Tested
Norway: 1 or more73%
Norway: 2 or more37%
Norway: 3 or more14%
Portugal: 1 or more64%
Portugal: 2 or more28%
Portugal: 3 or more9%
Both teams score48%
At least one team does not score52%

Winning margin

Tested
Norway by 3 or more7%
Norway by 212%
Norway by 122%
Draw30%
Portugal by 118%
Portugal by 28%
Portugal by 3 or more3%

Result combinations

Tested
Norway win or draw71%
Either team wins (no draw)70%
Portugal win or draw58%

Clean sheets

Tested
Norway keep a clean sheet36%
Portugal keep a clean sheet27%
Norway win without conceding25%
Portugal win without conceding17%
No goals at all10%

The first goal

Model estimate
Norway score first50%
Portugal score first39%
No goals10%

When it comes

Minutes 1-1528%
Minutes 16-3021%
Minutes 31-45+16%
Minutes 46-6011%
Minutes 61-758%
Minutes 76-90+6%

Every score

Tested

Chance of each score in percent: Norway goals down, Portugal goals across. The outlined one happened.

Chance of each exact score
Home goals down, away goals across012345
010.49.45.01.70.40.1
112.013.96.62.30.60.1
28.18.44.61.50.40.1
33.53.71.90.70.2·
41.21.20.60.20.1·
50.30.30.20.1··

Halves

Model estimate
A goal in the first half65%
A goal in the second half72%
Norway ahead at half-time31%
Level at half-time46%
Portugal ahead at half-time23%
Norway win the second half34%
Second half level41%
Portugal win the second half25%
More goals in the first half30%
More goals in the second half41%
Same goals in both halves29%

Half-time and full-time

Model estimate
Norway ahead at half-time, Norway win25%
Level at half-time, Norway win16%
Portugal ahead at half-time, Norway win2%
Norway ahead at half-time, draw5%
Level at half-time, draw19%
Portugal ahead at half-time, draw5%
Norway ahead at half-time, Portugal win2%
Level at half-time, Portugal win11%
Portugal ahead at half-time, Portugal win16%

When the goals come

Model estimate

Expected goals in each 15 minutes.

1-15'
16-30'
31-45+'
46-60'
61-75'
76-90+'
NorwayPortugal

Tested: checked on past matches at this level of detail. Tested in aggregate: checked on a coarser measure. Model estimate: not checked on real data yet. How Vesta works