Iceland hosts Moldova in round 5 of Euro qualification. The match will be played on Saturday, September 7th at Laugardalsvöllur (Reykjavík)
The Iceland national team has made a very strong leap forward in recent years. For the first time in its history, it made its way to the last World Cup in Russia. And 2 years before that, the team debuted in major forums for the first time, taking part in the final stage of the last European Championship. Moreover, Iceland reached the quarterfinals, where it lost to the hosts of the tournament, the French. And now it is full of desire to repeat that success. And here is fate - they are in the same group as France again. And the Icelanders lost to it again. But there are no complaints about the Vikings. Moreover, they celebrated victory in the remaining 3 qualifying matches, including that over Turkey with which they share 2-3 places in the group having 9 points. Hosting this very Turkey in the last round at home, the Icelanders gave the initiative to the visitors and ended almost each of their counterattacks with a shot on goal. 2 of them turned into goals. And no matter how the Turks tried to break the defensive ranks of the Icelanders, they managed to do it only once. Iceland is very reliable in defense. If we discard 4 goals that the French scored it, it turns out that they conceded only 1 goal in the remaining 3 qualifying matches. That one was conceded from Turkey. Very experienced Arnason, who played in Malmo and Aberdeen, Hermannsson who plays for Brondby, Skulason from Oostende, and Rostov's defender Sigurdsson make the foundation of this defense.
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Moldova has never been strong, but in recent years, it has generally slipped into the basement of not even European but world football. The team takes 171st place in the FIFA ranking. But it was the 38th once. For comparison, Iceland is now at 35th place. In 4 rounds of qualification, the Moldavians managed to somehow beat the Andorra team at home (1-0) and lost the remaining matches. And they concede more than 1 goal in all those games.
The Moldavians will lose in Iceland either. No matter how strange (or rather unusual) it sounds, Iceland is a cut stronger, at least for now. It gained good experience over the past 4-6 years. And Moldova has turned into a supplier of points during this time. Moreover, given the lack of reliability in the defense of Moldavians, the hosts will probably score at least twice. Iceland sent 2 goals into the net of the Turks, and the Moldovan defense is far away from the Turkish one. It has already conceded 10 goals in 4 matches of the group stage.
Prediction for the match: Iceland to score over 1.5 goals
