Ivory Coast and Norway have confirmed their starting teams for their meeting in the World Cup round of 32 in Dallas on Tuesday.
The Elephants finished second in Group E courtesy of a 1-0 win over Ecuador and 2-0 victory against Curacao either side of a 2-1 defeat to Germany.
Stale Solbakken’s side beat Iraq 4-1 and Senegal 3-2 before resting 10 players for their 4-1 defeat to France.
The winners of this tie will meet record five-time champions Brazil in the last 16 in New Jersey on Sunday (21:00 BST).
World Cup 2026: Ivory Coast confirmed team vs Norway
Ivory Coast make three changes from that win over Curacao.
Ivory Coast starting XI: Yahia Fofana, Ghislain Konan, Odilon Kossounou, Guela Doue, Emmanuel Agbadou, Franck Kessie, Ibrahim Sangare, Christ Inao Oulai, Ange-Yoan Bonny, Yan Diomande, Nicolas Pepe,
Ivory Coast substitutes: To follow
World Cup 2026: Norway full line up vs Ivory Coast
Norway make 10 alterations from their defeat to France, with Patrick Berg the only player to retain his place.
Norway starting XI: Orjan Nyland, Kristoffer Ajer, David Moller Wolfe, Marcus Holmgren Pedersen, Torbjorn Heggem, Patrick Berg, Sander Berge, Martin Odegaard, Alexander Sorloth, Erling Haaland, Antonio Nusa
Norway substitutes:
Where to watch Ivory Coast vs Norway: TV channel, live online stream
Kick-off on Tuesday is at 18:00 BST (13:00 ET / 10:00 PT). In the UK, live TV coverage is on BBC One.
Streaming on a vast range of devices is available through the BBC iPlayer app and BBC Sport website.
World Cup 2026: Ivory Coast vs Norway stats
- Ivory Coast have won multiple games at a World Cup for the first time and scored the opening goal in all three group games
- They have won one of their five World Cup matches against European opposition (D1 L3), includng their last two such games
- Against Curacao, Nicolas Pepe became the second Ivorian to score twice in a match at the finals, 20 years after Aruna Dindane did so against Serbia
- At 31 years and 27 days of age, Pepe was the second-oldest African to score twice in a World Cup match, after Roger Milla for Cameroon against Colombia in 1990 (38 years, 34 days)
- Yan Diomande is the second African player to complete at least 10 dribbles (10) and create at least 10 chances (10) in a single World Cup group stage, after South Africa’s Quinton Fortune in 2002
- Norway have lost two of their 19 contests with African nations in all competitions (W9 D8), suffering defeats in friendlies against Senegal (in 2006) and South Africa (2009)
- Their two World Cup meetings with African opponents have produced that 3-2 victory over Senegal on Matchday 2 and a 2-2 draw with Morocco in 1998
- This is Norway’s third ever knockout match at the finals, previously losing against Italy in 1938 (2-1) and 1998 (1-0)
- Solbakken’s side have not lost successive matches since September 2022, against Slovenia and Serbia in the Nations League
- Erling Haaland could become the first player since Hungary’s Sandor Kocsis in 1954 to score in each of first his three World Cup appearances
