🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire vs Norway 🇳🇴 — Prediction
World Cup 2026 · Round of 32 · Tue, 30 Jun 2026, 19:00 CEST · AT&T Stadium, Dallas
Our AI call, published before kickoff
1–1
Tipped scorers: Pepe (Côte d'Ivoire) · Haaland (Norway)
Missed ✗
Final result: 1–2 · Tipped scorers hit: 1/2
Goals: Antonio Nusa (Norway, 39') · Amad Diallo (Côte d'Ivoire, 74') · Erling Haaland (Norway, 86')
Why we called it
Previews call this one of the toughest ties of the round to call — exactly the profile that burned the favourites yesterday (Germany and Netherlands held to 1-1 and out on penalties). Norway have the tournament's hottest player — Haaland, 4 goals in 2 games — but a fragile defence, swept aside 4-1 by France. Côte d'Ivoire are superbly organised under Emerse Fae, control midfield (Kessié-Sangaré) and beat France 2-1 in a pre-World Cup friendly; the doubt over Singo on the right is where Norway can push with Nusa. Everything points to a tight game: 1-1 after 120', decided on penalties.
Prediction history
- 1–2 · 2026-06-29 — Initial prediction
- 1–2 · 2026-06-29 — Scorers corrected: likely starters instead of benched / out-of-squad players
- 1–1 · 2026-06-30 — Recalibrated: tighter scoreline, penalty-shootout risk weighted (after the 29 Jun results)