Norway and Slovenia will both want to maintain their unbeaten starts to the 2024-25 UEFA Nations League when they face off in Oslo on Saturday.

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Norway are competing in League B for the third consecutive edition of the Nations League after missing out on promotion in 2022-23.

They won three, drawn one and lost two of their six matches in 2022-23 as they fell three points short of group winners Serbia.

Stale Solbakken's side began their current campaign with a frustrating goalless draw in Kazakhstan, before they returned home to claim a narrow 2-1 victory over Austria.

Manchester City's Erling Haaland scored his 32nd international goal to clinch maximum points after Felix Myhre saw his opener cancelled out by Marcel Sabitzer.

After claiming maximum points in their last outing, Norway will now look to record back-to-back victories for the first time since September/October 2023.

The hosts boast an encouraging record in Nations League home fixtures, having won seven of their 10 home matches in the competition (D1, L2).

Slovenia are competing in League B for the second straight campaign after finishing in third place in their group in the 2022-23 Nations League.

They won one, drew three and lost two of their six matches to finish two points above the relegation place and seven points adrift of promotion.

Having taken four points from their first two games of the current Nations League, Matjaz Kek's side are already just two points away from equalling their six-point tally from the 2023-24 edition.

They kicked off their campaign with a 1-1 draw against Austria, before they cruised to a 3-0 win over Kazakhstan thanks to a Benjamin Sesko hat-trick.

Having competed in back-to-back home games, Slovenia will now head on their travels with hopes of ending a four-game winless away run in the Nations League (D3, L1).

The visitors will draw inspiration from the fact they are unbeaten in their last three meetings with Norway, including a 2-1 win in their most recent meeting in the Nations League in September 2022.

Norway possible starting lineup:

Nyland; Ryerson, Ostigard, Hanche-Olsen, Wolfe; Myhre, Berg, Berge; Sorloth, Nusa, Haaland

Slovenia possible starting lineup:

Oblak; Stojanovic, Drkusic, Bijol, Janza; Ilicic, Gnezda Cerin, Elsnik, Mlakar; Sesko, Sporar