Andreas Schjelderup continued his productive form by putting Norway ahead against England with a 36th-minute cross-shot in their World Cup 2026 quarter-final in Miami on Saturday – but Jude Bellingham scored his fifth goal of the finals to equalise during first-half added time.
Benfica winger Schjelderup, who was the one newcomer in his side’s starting line-up, had set up both of Erling Haaland’s goals in Norway’s 2-1 win over Brazil and seized upon slack defending as Stale Solbakken’s players briefly put themselves on course to meet Argentina or Switzerland in the final four.
“It looks like England went to sleep,” former Three Lions defender Lee Dixon told ITV. “There’s no way he’s aiming top bins there.
“Look at his body shape. What is he trying to do, wrap his foot around it? If he’s gone for the top corner there, he’s the best player in the world.”
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World Cup 2026: Bellingham levels for England vs Norway
Bellingham collected Anthony Gordon’s incisive pass and found the far corner of the net from a tight angle inside the box before Harry Kane, who had taken to the turf in an unsuccessful appeal for a foul during the build-up to Norway’s goal, had a finish ruled out for offside.
That ensured the scoreline was level at the break between teams who are yet to enter extra time at the tournament.
“They lost the momentum and now they’ve won it back,” former Ireland captain Roy Keane said of England. “Now they’ve got to finish the job.”
Norway knocked out record five-time champions the Selecao last Sunday, hours before England ousted co-hosts Mexico.
World Cup 2026: England team vs Norway
John Stones came in at centre-back for England, with Ezri Konsa moving to right-back in place of Jarell Quansah, who was banned for two matches.
Noni Madueke replaced Bukayo Saka in the 1966 champions’ other change. Bellingham, Marc Guehi, Nico O’Reilly and Declan Rice must avoid bookings or incur suspensions.
England starting XI: Jordan Pickford, Ezri Konsa, Nico O’Reilly, John Stones, Marc Guehi, Declan Rice, Elliot Anderson, Jude Bellingham, Harry Kane, Anthony Gordon, Noni Madueke
England 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 full line up vs England
Schjelderup replaced Antonio Nusa, who was a yellow card away from a ban.
Norway starting XI: Orjan Nyland, Kristoffer Ajer, David Moller Wolfe, Torbjorn Heggem, Patrick Berg, Sander Berge, Martin Odegaard, Andreas Schjelderup, Alexander Sorloth, Erling Haaland, Julian Ryerson
Norway substitutes: Sander Tangvik, Egil Selvik, Leo Ostigard, Fredrik Andre Bjorkan, Marcus Holmgren Pedersen, Sondre Langas, Henrik Falchener, Morten Thorsby, Fredrik Aursnes, Kristian Thorstvedt, Thelo Aasgaard, Oscar Bobb, Jens Petter Hauge, Jorgen Strand Larsen, Antonio Nusa
Where to watch England vs Norway: TV channel, online live stream
Kick-off on Saturday was at 22:00 BST (17:00 ET / 14:00 PT). In the UK, live TV coverage is on ITV1.
Streaming is via ITV’s website and ITVX app, which is available on a vast variety of devices for viewing on the go.
World Cup 2026: England vs Norway stats
- These teams have met 12 times, last meeting in a 1-0 friendly win for the Three Lions in September 2014. Norway have won two of those matches, failing to score in any of their last four
- Only Brazil (14) and Germany (14) have qualified for more World Cup quarter-finals than England, with this their 11th appearance at this stage
- England have progressed from three of their previous 10 World Cup quarter-finals and have conceded multiple goals in seven of those ties
- Jordan Pickford surpassed Peter Shilton as England’s all-time leading appearance maker at the World Cup with an 18th such outing
- Kane started one behind Haaland in the World Cup Golden Boot race, with six goals – a total the captain also reached at the 2018 tournament
- The Bayern Munich striker surpassed Gary Lineker’s record for England at the 1986 finals
- Erling Haaland has scored in each of his last 14 competitive outings for Norway (27 goals in total), finding the back of the net in all four of his appearances at the World Cup
- The last player to score in his first five matches at the tournament was James Rodriguez for Colombia in 2014, while the last European player to do so was Gerd Muller for Germany in 1970
- Four of Haaland’s goals have been match-winners; only Poland’s Grzegorz Lato, in 1974, and Italy’s Salvatore Schillaci in 1990 have scored more match-winning goals in a single campaign in the competition history (five each)
- Norway have scored 12 goals and conceded nine; Germany in 1954 are the only example of a side both scoring and conceding at least 10 times on their way to a semi-final
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