The Norwegian team continues to fight hard for first place, having scored the same number of points with Austria – 10 each, but second only on goal difference. Norway outclasses their opponents in all aspects. The team does not play positional soccer: their ball possession is only 51%. Their style is quick and sharp transitions into attack, which has led to an average of two goals per match. But their defense is also good: out of five games, they have played two of them to nil.
Stanislav Cherchesov has been in charge of Kazakhstan’s national team for three and a half months, and the results are not impressive at all: four defeats in the last five Nations League games, with two defeats – 0:3 from Slovenia and 0:4 from Austria. The absolutely deserved last place with a goal difference of 0:10 puts a big question on the continuation of Cherchesov’s career as head coach.