England and Norway have announced their starting line-ups ahead of the quarter-finals of the 2026 World Cup in Miami on Saturday night.
The Three Lions shattered Mexico’s perfect record in the round of eight, where Jude Bellingham scored two goals in Mexico City. Norway knocked out reigning champions Brazil – with five World Cups – earlier the same day, with two goals from Premier League top scorer Erling Braut Haaland.
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The winner of this clash will face the winner of Argentina-Switzerland in the semi-finals in Atlanta on Wednesday night.
World Cup 2026: England’s confirmed team against Norway
England’s starting eleven: Jordan Pickford – Ezri Konsa, Nico O’Reilly, John Stones, Marc Guéhi – Declan Rice, Elliot Anderson – Noni Madueke, Jude Bellingham, Anthony Gordon – Harry Kane.
Substitutes: Dean Henderson, James Trafford, Trevoh Chalobah, Dan Burn, Reece James, Djed Spence, Jordan Henderson, Kobbie Mainoo, Morgan Rogers, Eberechi Eze, Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford, Ollie Watkins, Ivan Toney.
World Cup 2026: Norway’s full line-up against England
Norway’s starting eleven: Ørjan Nyland – Julian Ryerson, Kristoffer Ajer, Torbjørn Heggem, David Møller Wolfe – Patrick Berg, Sander Berge, Martin Ødegaard – Andreas Schjelderup, Alexander Sørloth, Erling Braut Haaland.
Substitutes: Sander Tangvik, Egil Selvik, Leo Østigård, Fredrik André Bjørkan, Marcus Holmgren Pedersen, Sondre Langås, Henrik Falchener, Morten Thorsby, Fredrik Aursnes, Kristian Thorstvedt, Thelo Aasgaard, Oscar Bobb, Jens Petter Hauge, Jørgen Strand Larsen, Antonio Nusa.
World Cup 2026: England–Norway – key figures
- The teams have met 12 times. Most recently in a friendly in September 2014, which England won 1-0. Norway has won two of the games, but has not scored in any of the last four meetings.
- Only Brazil (14) and Germany (14) have more World Cup quarter-finals than England (11).
- England have progressed from three of their ten previous World Cup quarter-finals – conceding more than one goal in seven of them.
- Jordan Pickford could equal Peter Shilton’s record as England’s most used World Cup goalkeeper with his 18th World Cup appearance.
- Harry Kane has six goals in the World Cup – one behind Haaland in the gold medal match. Kane also scored six goals in the 2018 World Cup. Only Gary Lineker (1986) has scored as many for England in a World Cup.
- Erling Braut Haaland has scored in his last 14 international matches for Norway (a total of 27 goals) – and in all four World Cup matches so far.
- The last time a player scored in his first five World Cup games was James Rodríguez for Colombia in 2014. The last time a European did so was Gerd Müller for Germany in 1970.
- Four of Haaland’s goals have been match-winners. Only Poland’s Grzegorz Lato (1974) and Italy’s Salvatore Schillaci (1990) have more match-winning goals in a World Cup (five each).
- Norway has scored 12 goals and conceded 9. Germany in 1954 is the only team to have both scored and conceded at least 10 goals on their way to a semi-final. Now Norway can come second.
Andreas Schjelderup in the starting eleven for Norway after a double assist against Brazil
