Ukraine vs Iceland Prediction & Betting Tips (16 November)

2nd and virtual barrage before challenging France last Thursday at the Parc des Princes, Ukraine, soundly beaten 4-0, was relegated to 3rd place by its opponent of the day. It comes down to goal difference. Ukraine is therefore obliged to win this Sunday to be in the play-offs, having not played in a World Cup since the 2006 edition. Zbirna won at the end of a spectacular match in the first phase against Iceland 3-5 and followed up with a new victory, ahead of Azerbaijan 2-1, to end the October break with maximum success. Iceland can pride itself on having relaunched itself in the race for qualification.

After frustrating the French team 2-2 at the end of the last break, this selection began the last meeting of the year with a victory on Thursday in Azerbaijan 0-2 and seized second place in the ranking. A draw in this last match would therefore be enough for them to go to the play-offs. Arnar Gunnlaugsson's players have scored in every game this campaign and see an opportunity to finally look forward, something they are no longer used to. Their relegation to League C of the Nations League at the start of the year confirms this. 

The Ukrainian coach is now without goalkeeper Lunin (Real Madrid, 16 caps) whom he started at the start of the year and has not called up Matvienko (Shakhtar Donetsk, 81 caps) nor the former Marseillais Malinovskyi (Genoa, 10 goals in 68 caps) compared to the last gathering. Parisian defender Zabarnyi (54 sels) is in the game, which will not be the case for the experienced Zinchenko (Nottingham Forest, 75 sels) and the injured striker Dovbyk (AS Roma, 40 caps, 11 goals). Offensive stars Yaremchuk (Olympiakos, 17 goals in 63 seasons) and Tsygankov (Girona, 62 caps, 13 goals) are looking for their first goal in these qualifiers. Iceland is led by its flagship striker A. Gudmundsson (Fiorentina, 45 sel), who scored a 14th national goal on Thursday, his 4th in this campaign.

Lille's Haraldsson (27 caps), captain of the national team, has not yet been decisive in front of the opposing goal after 5 days but remains a serious asset in the organization of offensive movements. Helgason (Lecce, 20 sel) and S.A. Magnusson (Brann, 9 sel) are the only ones not to have been renewed in relation to the October truce.