Iceland vs Slovakia predictions and betting tips on June 17, 2023

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Odds: 1.97

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On June 17, Laugardalsvöllur (Reykjavík) will host the match of the 3rd round of the Euro 2024 Qualification, in which Iceland will compete with Slovakia. The battle will start at 20:45 CET.

Iceland

The team became a universal sympathy in the second half of the previous decade. That happened, first, due to the Euro 2016, when the debutant, representing a remote island with a population of 300,000, eventually reached the quarter-finals. The higher mentioned success was followed by a voyage to the World Cup in two years, but it limited itself to only 1 draw in 3 matches of the group stage there. And then the results deteriorated noticeably – the team took 2 wins and 9 points in 10 matches of the previous qualification. Speaking about a new one, there happened a misfire – a 0-3 defeat made by Bosnia. It is reasonable to mention that there was a victory with a rare score of 7-0, but it was in the match against an outsider, Liechtenstein. Then, a new mentor, Åge Hareide, appeared. The Norwegian specialist is making his debut in a new position.

Slovakia

The national team made its way to two previous continental tournaments. First, having beaten the Russians, “the Repre” even reached the play-offs. The Euro 2020 also started with a victory, but then it was not enough. And speaking about the next cycle, everything came down not to the claims for a new ticket, but only for the 3rd place in the struggle with Slovenia. As a result, there is no surprise that a new coach, Calzona, appeared in the team a year ago. He, however, had to wait for the victory: being already under the rule of Francesco, the team played with a 1-2 score in the battle against Azerbaijan and reached a 1-1 draw in the confrontation with Belarus in the Nations League; there were the draws in November friendly matches with Montenegro and Chile. Even a March match, which was a starting round of the new qualification, brought the Slovaks a goalless draw in the struggle with Luxembourg. And only then the team suddenly achieved a 2-0 success in the match against Bosnia.

The statistics of head-to-head matches

The teams played three friendly matches in 2009-2015. First, Iceland won, which was followed by a draw and, finally, the Slovaks were stronger in the last battle.

Predictions

Bookmakers consider the opponents to be approximately equal. Still, Iceland is always stronger at the home arena, especially if we take into account that the way to it is always far. Thus, we bet on the victory of “the Icies” with “a 0 goal handicap” (odd: 1.97).

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