On Saturday night, Iceland and Slovakia go head-to-head in what could be a vital game in Group J of qualifying for Euro 2024.
The Nordic nation has made a mixed start to their qualifying for the European Championships, winning one and losing one of their games in Group J.
First training session of the week ahead of our upcoming @EURO2024 qualifiers vs Slovakia and Portugal. Our boys are raring to go. 👊⚽️🇮🇸 pic.twitter.com/P65RwmmzIC— Knattspyrnusambandið (@footballiceland) June 12, 2023
First training session of the week ahead of our upcoming @EURO2024 qualifiers vs Slovakia and Portugal. Our boys are raring to go. 👊⚽️🇮🇸 pic.twitter.com/P65RwmmzIC
Iceland’s recent international form has been that great either, as a 7-0 away win in Liechtenstein last time out ended a short three-game winless run in the international game.
The game continued a high-scoring trend of late for Iceland, as their previous three games have all produced over 2.5 goals.
Their recent record in European Championship qualifiers is a mixed one, although they have won four of their previous seven games in qualifying.
They also have a strong qualifying record on home soil, as they have won five of their last six home qualifiers, having also scored at least two goals in four of their previous five home matches in qualifying.
The visitors have found victories hard to come by of late, as a 2-0 home win over Bosnia and Herzegovina last time out ended a six-game winless run.
Conversely, Slovakia are also unbeaten in their last five international matches. Slovakia has also been strong in defence lately, as they have kept three straight clean sheets.
Slovakia have been difficult to beat in European Championship qualifiers of late, as they are five games unbeaten in the competition while conceding just one goal in their previous five qualifiers.
The visitors have a mixed recent away record in qualifying, although they have suffered just one defeat in their last four outings while claiming two wins in normal time and one in extra time.
Forebet predicts that these two teams will cancel each other out and that this game will produce a goalless draw.