Norway U19 host Poland U18 in an International Friendly. Norway's recent results have been a genuinely mixed bag, roughly split between wins and losses, while Poland's sample shows an unbeaten run in their most recent outings.
The two sets of form come from quite different points in time, though. Norway's games stretch right up to the summer just gone, whereas Poland's most recent matches date back to last autumn.
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Two very different samples
Norway U19's log covers 20 matches across friendlies and UEFA U19 Championship qualifiers, running from September 2025 through to June 2026. They've won 9, drawn 2 and lost 9, scoring 40 and conceding 33 in the process — a record that points to goals at both ends rather than any settled defensive base.
Norway U19: 20 completed matches; Poland U18: 6 completed matches.
Norway U19
- Win
- 45% 9 / 20
- Draw
- 10% 2 / 20
- Loss
- 45% 9 / 20
- Scored
- 40
- Conceded
- 33
- Difference
- +7
Poland U18
- Win
- 66.7% 4 / 6
- Draw
- 33.3% 2 / 6
- Loss
- 0% 0 / 6
- Scored
- 12
- Conceded
- 5
- Difference
- +7
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendlies | Norway U19 | Wales U19 | 08.06.2026 | 3-1 |
| Friendlies | USA U18 | Norway U19 | 05.06.2026 | 0-2 |
| Friendlies | Norway U19 | Qatar U20 | 03.06.2026 | 6-2 |
| UEFA U19 Championship - Qualification | Switzerland U19 | Norway U19 | 31.03.2026 | 2-1 |
| UEFA U19 Championship - Qualification | Croatia U19 | Norway U19 | 28.03.2026 | 1-0 |
| UEFA U19 Championship - Qualification | Norway U19 | France U19 | 25.03.2026 | 2-2 |
| Friendlies | Spain U19 | Norway U19 | 19.02.2026 | 2-0 |
| Friendlies | Spain U19 | Norway U19 | 17.02.2026 | 4-1 |
| Friendlies | Norway U19 | Netherlands U18 | 17.11.2025 | 2-2 |
| Friendlies | Norway U19 | Denmark U18 | 13.11.2025 | 1-2 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendlies | Poland U18 | Denmark U18 | 16.11.2025 | 4-1 |
| Friendlies | Poland U18 | Norway U18 | 13.11.2025 | 1-1 |
| Friendlies | Netherlands U18 | Poland U18 | 13.10.2025 | 1-2 |
| Friendlies | Poland U18 | Ireland U18 | 11.10.2025 | 2-0 |
| Friendlies | Poland U18 | South Korea U18 | 09.09.2025 | 1-0 |
| Friendlies | Ukraine U17 | Poland U18 | 06.09.2025 | 2-2 |
Poland U18's evidence is a shorter and older sample: six friendlies between September and November 2025, with four wins, two draws and no defeats, scoring 12 and conceding just 5. That's a tidy return, but it's worth remembering those games sit almost a year before this fixture, and at U18 level squads can look quite different by the time October comes around.
Norway's numbers are the more recent and more even test of where either side stands right now.
Comparative Team Statistics: Norway U19 vs Poland U18


What kind of game this might be
Norway's recent matches have tended to be fairly open, with goals going in regularly for both sides across their 20-game sample. Poland's stretch, by contrast, was much tighter defensively, though it came from fewer games and a while back.
This is a friendly involving national youth sides, so there's no head-to-head history or team news to lean on here, and squads at this level can change quite a bit from one camp to the next. That leaves the shape of each side's recent matches as the main guide, with the timing gap between the two samples worth keeping in mind.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Hammer Kjelsen | Norway | 20 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| J. Gonstad | Norway | 20 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| J. Reitan-Sunde | Norway | 20 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| A. Heredia-Randen | Norway | 20 | Midfielder | 181 | n/a |
| J. El Abdellaoui | Norway | 20 | Attacker | 184 | 72 |
| D. Saetren | Norway | 20 | Goalkeeper | 182 cm | n/a |
| J. Norbye | Norway | 19 | Defender | 183 cm | 69 kg |
| M. Stær-Jensen | Norway | 20 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| M. Øren | Norway | 20 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| G. Nyheim | Norway | 20 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| T. Nyhammer | Norway | 20 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| F. Ardraa | Norway | 19 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| T. Engebakken | Norway | 19 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| L. Remmem | Norway | 20 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| S. Olderheim | Norway | 19 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| S. Jacobsen Prestmo | Norway | 19 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| L. Høyland | Norway | 20 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| N. Fuglestad | Norway | 20 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| K. Ekorness | Norway | 20 | Defender | 183 cm | n/a |
| Alexander Røssing-Lelesiit | Norway | 19 | Attacker | 173 | 65 |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
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There's no market currently attached to this one, and the evidence we do have pulls in different directions anyway. Norway's longer run is even but shows goals flying in at both ends, while Poland's unbeaten stretch is comfortably the older and shorter of the two samples.
With youth friendlies like this, squads often look different by kickoff, so we're passing rather than backing a line that isn't actually there to back.
