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Iceland v Ukraine Best Bet Preview

Iceland v Ukraine Best Bet Preview

Thursday 9 October, 20252 min read
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Ramis Ibrahim

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Iceland welcome Ukraine having thrashed Azerbaijan 5-0 in their opening home game of qualifying. They put up a valiant effort against France on the road last time out but ultimately failed to live with the quality of the French side.

Ukraine are still looking for their first win of the qualifying campaign having lost to France and drawn against Azerbaijan. This game is very important for Ukraine seeing as Iceland already have a two point lead on the away side in the qualifying group.

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Iceland v Ukraine Best Bet

Fixtures for: Friday 10th October

Iceland v Ukraine

World Cup Qualifiers

19:45

Both Teams to Score

Ukraine and Iceland are basically in a straight shootout for second place in Group D. France have already beaten both sides and you would expect Didier Deschamps’ team to top the group comfortably from this point. Azerbaijan are also pretty distant challengers to these two, having already been thumped 5-0 by Iceland, so these two sides will see this as a unique opportunity to reach the next round of qualifying.

Finishing second in the group doesn’t automatically qualify you for the World Cup, but it does keep your chances alive by putting you in another stage of qualification. Iceland managed to score against France in their most recent qualifying game as they lost 2-1, while Ukraine saw BTTS in their most recent qualifying match, a 1-1 draw against Azerbaijan.

I’d expect quite an adventurous approach from Ukraine in particular in this game, seeing as they could get cut adrift from Iceland and France if they were to lose this game with Iceland already having a two point buffer on the Ukrainians. Ukraine have proved resilient in these situations over recent seasons and I think they’ll be able to cause Iceland problems here, but not without the home side offering an attacking threat themselves.

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Iceland will feel as though they have a real chance of finishing second in this group and can take a big step towards that with all three points here. They beat Azerbaijan 5-0 in their first home qualifying match, but will expect a sterner test here from Ukraine, who risk getting cut adrift of Iceland and France without a positive result here.

Ukraine will have been disappointed with their 1-1 draw against Azerbaijan last time out. Azerbaijan are comfortably the weakest team in the group and you have to ensure that you collect maximum points against them to remain competitive in qualifying. As Ukraine have failed to do that, there is real pressure on them to get a result in this game, against a much tougher opponent. 

These sides faced off last year as part of a playoff for the European Championship, so they will be familiar with each other. Ukraine ran out 2-1 winners on that occasion.


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