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Sunday 4 October 2026, 20:45 CEST

Portugal v Norway

62%Portugal
24%Draw
14%Norway

Portugal ahead.

Tested

Portugal win about 62 times in 100. The other 38: a draw (24) or a Norway win (14).

Forecast by Vesta, published Saturday 3 October 2026, 12:54 CEST, before kickoff.

3 or more goals47%
Both teams score45%
Expected goals1.8 v 0.7
Most likely score1-013% chance

Goals in the match

Tested
1 or more goals92%
2 or more goals73%
3 or more goals47%
4 or more goals26%
5 or more goals12%

Exactly

0 goals8%
1 goal19%
2 goals26%
3 goals21%
4 goals14%
5 goals7%
6 or more goals5%

Goals by team

Tested
Portugal: 1 or more84%
Portugal: 2 or more54%
Portugal: 3 or more27%
Norway: 1 or more53%
Norway: 2 or more17%
Norway: 3 or more4%
Both teams score45%
At least one team does not score55%

Winning margin

Tested
Portugal by 3 or more17%
Portugal by 219%
Portugal by 125%
Draw24%
Norway by 110%
Norway by 23%
Norway by 3 or more1%

Result combinations

Tested
Portugal win or draw86%
Either team wins (no draw)76%
Norway win or draw38%

Clean sheets

Tested
Portugal keep a clean sheet47%
Norway keep a clean sheet16%
Portugal win without conceding39%
Norway win without conceding8%
No goals at all8%

The first goal

Model estimate
Portugal score first65%
Norway score first27%
No goals8%

When it comes

Minutes 1-1530%
Minutes 16-3022%
Minutes 31-45+16%
Minutes 46-6011%
Minutes 61-757%
Minutes 76-90+6%

Every score

Tested

Chance of each score in percent: Portugal goals down, Norway goals across.

Chance of each exact score
Home goals down, away goals across012345
08.35.42.10.50.1·
113.511.23.81.00.2·
212.69.43.70.90.2·
37.65.72.10.60.1·
43.52.61.00.2··
51.30.90.40.1··

Halves

Model estimate
A goal in the first half68%
A goal in the second half75%
Portugal ahead at half-time45%
Level at half-time41%
Norway ahead at half-time14%
Portugal win the second half49%
Second half level36%
Norway win the second half15%
More goals in the first half31%
More goals in the second half42%
Same goals in both halves27%

Half-time and full-time

Model estimate
Portugal ahead at half-time, Portugal win40%
Level at half-time, Portugal win20%
Norway ahead at half-time, Portugal win2%
Portugal ahead at half-time, draw4%
Level at half-time, draw15%
Norway ahead at half-time, draw4%
Portugal ahead at half-time, Norway win1%
Level at half-time, Norway win6%
Norway ahead at half-time, Norway win7%

When the goals come

Model estimate

Expected goals in each 15 minutes.

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

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