On Wednesday night, at 21:45, England and Iceland duel in the 6th round of the A-2 group of the UEFA Nations League. Surprisingly, the two teams occupy the last two places in the group, and the Nordics can no longer avoid relegation to the second value echelon of the competition. It was a really bad year for Erik Hamren’s representative.
The game at Wembley promises to be a spectacular and open, as England can no longer reach the 1st place, and Iceland can no longer advance to the 3rd place. field will try to stand out through a good performance. Group A-2 is played by Belgium and Denmark, the two national teams that will face a direct match with the 1st place “on the table”. England scored just three goals in the first five games of the series, and Gareth Southgate will put more promising youngsters on the field on Tuesday night.
England comes after a disappointing 0-2 in Belgium, the second consecutive failure in the group, after 0-1 with Denmark, at home. Basically, it was the failure with the Nordics that decided the fate of the “lions”. Iceland, on the other hand, comes after four consecutive defeats, three of them with a difference of one goal: 1-2 with Denmark, 1-2 with Hungary, 1-2 with Belgium and 0-3 with Denmark. In fact, the Nordics did not win a match at the Euro dam with Romania, 2-1 at home. But the white-blues missed the qualification to the final tournament, after giving up in the last minute in Hungary, score 1-2.
England still has a personal rematch to take against the Icelanders, who managed to defeat the Albion national team at Euro 2016, score 2-1. After Rooney opened the scoring (‘4), Sigurdsson (‘ 6) and Sightorsson (’18) reversed the fate of the match and set the final score, in a game clearly dominated by the British. Only three direct matches were played between the two countries, and England won two of them, 6-1 and 1-0.
In the round, in the League of Nations, the “lions” won 1-0 in Reykjavik, after the penalty converted late by Raheem Sterling (’90 +1). It was a lucky result, because Iceland also benefited from a penalty (’90 +3), missed by Bjarnason. This time, the stakes no longer exist, so we expect a spectacular match in London. The individual quality of the English could also determine the fate of the three points.
In 4 of the last 5 matches of England, only one of the teams has scored;
England have recorded only one draw in the last 12 games played;
Iceland have conceded a goal in the last 7 consecutive games (friendly and official);
11 goals were scored in 3 direct duels between England and Iceland;
Iceland have lost 6 of their last 7 matches;
In the last 6 consecutive matches of Iceland, at least 3 goals have been scored;
PREDICTION: Over 2,5 goals @ 1,63
