Ivory Coast vs Norway Prediction, 6/30/2026 World Cup Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 6/29/2026

Game: Ivory Coast vs Norway

Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Location: AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX

TV: FOX

The Norwegians (2-0-1) are traveling to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX on Tuesday where they will try to defeat the Ivory Coast (2-0-1). The moneyline on this World Cup game has the Ivory Coast at +260 while Norway is at +117. The over/under comes in at 2.5. The men protecting the net are Yahia Fofana for the Ivory Coast and Orjan Nyland for Norway.

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The Ivory Coast has 2 wins and a loss so far in the World Cup. Most recently they beat Curacao 2-0 after lost 2-1 to Germany. In their opener, they beat Ecuador 1-0. Nicolas Pepe has 2 goals in the tournament so far for Ivory Coast, and Franck Kessie and Amad Diallo have contributed 1 goal apiece. Yahia Fofana has been solid in goal for the Ivory Coast, saving 8 out of 10 shots in 3 games.

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Norway also has 2 wins and a loss in the World Cup to this point. They opened the tournament with a 4-1 win over Iraq followed by a 3-2 win over Senegal. In their last outing they fell to France by a score of 4-1. Erling Haaland leads the Norwegians with 4 goals. Leo Ostigard, Thelo Aasgaard, and Marcus Pedersen have also scored 1 goal apiece. Orjan Nyland and Egil Selvik have split the time in goal, with Nyland surrendering 3 goals on 5 shots, and Selvik surrendering 4 goals on 9 shots.

The guy defending the goal for Ivory Coast is Yahia Fofana. Fofana has been on the pitch for a total of 12,693 minutes and has accumulated 483 stops during his career. Fofana (54-34-53 mark in his career) has recorded 42 clean sheets, which gives him a 29.8%% shutout rate. The keeper hailing from Ivory Coast has seen 653 shots tried at him in 141 career starts. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.31 (185 goals given up) and he has earned a save % of 74.0%.

Orjan Nyland will be looking after the net for Norway. During his career, Nyland has allowed 272 goals and has totaled 549 saves in 208 starting assignments. He has a save % of 67.9% and his clean sheet rate is 25.4%%. He has allowed 1.30 goals per 90 while holding a record of 78-64-65. Nyland has accumulated 53 clean sheets while defending 809 shots tried against him in 18,778 career minutes.

Amad Diallo is a footballer who has a chance to score for Ivory Coast. Diallo has been a starter in 83 games so far in his pro soccer career and scores 0.32 goals per 90 mins. The forward born in Ivory Coast has recorded 28 goals in 7,772 professional minutes played. He has totaled 14 assists while earning 70 points so far in his career.

Norway features Erling Haaland, who opposing coaches will have to gameplan for in this fixture. He is averaging 0.95 goals per 90 and has been a starter in 218 matches in his career. The forward hailing from Norway has been on the pitch for 19,443 mins and has scored 205 goals. He has earned 459 pts thus far in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 49 times.

Who will win tonight's World Cup game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Norway (+117)

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