France and Iceland meet in the second round of the Preliminary H Group for the European Championship in 2020. The match will be played on Monday at 19:45 on Stade de France.
The last direct duel was played in 2018, a friendly game played on the Stade du Roudourou (Guingamp) and ended with a surprising score, 2-2. The guests led 2-0 to 86 minutes when “Les Bleus” managed to equalize Holm Orn Eyjolfsson’s autogol and Kylian Mbappe’s penalty in the 90th minute. It was the first time Iceland go unbeaten from Hexagon, the previous seven duels being won by the hosts.
Didier Deschamps’s team began with the right European Championship qualifying campaign in 2020, with a 4-1 victory in Moldova, with four of them being scored by Antoine Griezmann (24 ‘), Raphael Varane (27’), , Olivier Giroud (36 ‘) and Kylian Mbappe (87’).
On the other side, Iceland did not impress on the move from Andorra, but even so, they managed to achieve a non-emotional success, score 2-0, the game in which they control all aspects of the game, except the corners. That was only the first success of Icelanders in the last 16, official and unofficial parties.
On its own, the Galician Cocos national is a real force. In the 8 straight duels in Hexagon, the hosts were forced 7 times, in 7 games scored at least 3 goals. Considering the host offensive quality, we anticipate a duel that will score at least 3 goals, with France having the necessary strength to score only one at least 3 times.
PREDICTION: Over 2,5 goals @ 1,57
