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Turkey national A-team takes on the visitors Iceland national A-team at “Yeni Eskisehir Stadyumu” in the round nine of the Europe’s Qualifiers Group stage for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. The match will be played in Eskisehir on Friday, October 6th.
During this qualification campaign the Turks have managed to replace the head-coach, lose all chances for promotion from Group I and get back into the chase for the Mundial’s final stage. In September “Ay-Yıldızlılar” were beaten 0:2 by Ukraine on the road and broke Croatia in face of their supporters with 1:0 scoreline. As a result, Mircea Lucescu’s side is currently sitting on the third position in the Group standings with 14 points earned and 12-8 goal difference keeping good chances for winning the Group. The Turks conducted four clashes at the home ground, having gained 10 points with seven goals for and two goals against in them.
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The Icelanders also went through exciting September, having lost to Finland 0:1 on the road and defeated 2:0 Ukraine at the home field. With two gameweeks left till the end of the Europe’s Qualification, “The Northerners” settle on the second place in the table with 16 points taken and 11-7 goal difference having opportunities like for the direct promotion to the World Cup’s final round, like occupy the fourth position in the Group I after 10 encounters. Iceland participated in four matches on the road in this cycle, having showed weak results: just four points gained with three goals for and five goals against in them.
The forthcoming battle will be the 10th one in the rivals’ head-to-head history. At the moment, the Icelanders have advantage as they recorded five victories alongside with two draws and two losses. In the first lap “The Northerners” got 2:0 triumph at the home pitch. In the upcoming fight the both teams will eager to win meaning that there will be scored goals for sure as none of the sides will be satisfied with a draw.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.0 scored goals.
