This will be the fifth meeting between Brazil and Norway in all competitions, and second at the FIFA World Cup, after a 2-1 Norway win in 1998. Indeed, the Vikings are unbeaten in all four previous games between the sides (W2 D2).

Since beating Germany in the 2002 final, Brazil have been eliminated from/lost each of their six FIFA World Cup knockout ties against European opponents, going down to France (2006 quarter-finals), Netherlands (2010 quarter-finals), Germany (2014 semi-finals), Netherlands (2014 third-place play-off), Belgium (2018 quarter-finals), and Croatia (2022 quarter-finals).