FIFA Women's World Cup: How to watch France vs Norway live on June 12, 2019

Topics: TV Schedules, France, Norway, 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

After crushing South Korea 4-0, hosts France will take on Norway on matchday two. Live Soccer TV's match preview provides match facts, team news, and global broadcast listings for France vs. Norway.

Current form: France vs Norway

Hosts France kicked off their World Cup in stunning fashion, as Les Bleues cruised to a very comfortable 4-0 victory over South Korea. Overall, Corrine Diacre's ladies have won their last six games, and the only blemish on a very strong 2019 was a narrow 1-0 defeat to Germany.

Meanwhile, Norway also come into this contest in good form. The Grasshoppers easily brushed aside Nigeria 3-0 to go joint-top of their quartet alongside France, and although they slipped up following their Algarve Cup victory by losing 1-0 to New Zealand, they recovered to power past South Africa 7-2 in their last pre-World Cup friendly match.

Despite missing two key attackers, both France and Norway will be naturally quite pleased with the starts they have had at this tournament. Diacre opted to leave out the top goal-scorer in Division 1 Féminine, Marie-Antoinette Katoko due to attitude problems, while her tactical counterpart Martin Sjögren will be without the services of inaugural women's Ballon d'Or winner Ada Hegerberg after the Lyon star decided to skip out on featuring in this competition.

Not surprisingly, France and Norway are very familiar to each other. The two European sides have faced of ten times in the past, but although Norway enjoyed the upper hand at the start of this century, the tides have since changed. France now have won three times, matching the feat Norway had accomplished between 2001 and 2003, and the fact that Les Bleues have not lost to the Grasshoppers since 2003 (they have earned four draws and three wins) shows that indeed things have started to move in favor of France as of late.

Team news: France vs Norway

France: No injuries or anyone in danger of suspension for matchday three, so Diacre will be able to pick her strongest team.

Norway: Likewise, Norway doesn't have anyone walking a suspension tightrope or any injuries to worry about.

Match facts and stats: France vs Norway

This will be the 11th meeting between France and Norway
Both Les Bleues and the Grasshoppers have won three times (four draws)
However, Norway haven't beaten France since winning three times in a row between 2001 and 2003
The most recent match between the two sides ended as a 1-1 draw