Israel and Iceland will battle it out for a potential place in Group E of Euro 2024 and the winner from here will face either Bosnia & Herzegovina or Ukraine. Despite being drawn as hosts, Israel will not be able to use this advantage because of the recent conflict with Hamas. Thus, the game with Iceland will now take place in a neutral country – Hungary.
Israel Team News
Israel was close to qualifying for Euro 2024 through their group, but ultimately fell short and finished third with Romania and Switzerland claiming the first and second spots respectively. But the team can say that they are experienced when it comes to playoffs, as Israel was eliminated by Scotland at the same stage as now during the Euro 2020 qualification playoffs. Recent form for the team has been hit or miss. In their last 6 games, Israel can claim to have a pair of everything – 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. The good news is that they scored in all but one of those games, but managed to keep a clean sheet in 2 of them.
Iceland Team News
Iceland might not be coming to Hungary in the best of spirits, despite winning the 2 recent friendly games they played. The reason is that before them, the team lost the last 2 competitive games it played. Away games for Iceland also proved to be challenging as they managed to secure just 1 win and lost the other 4 games. Probably a silver lining could be that they at least managed to score in 3 of those 5 away group games, but the fact remains that Iceland does experience troubles when playing away from home. And the game against Israel, despite being played in a neutral location, is still away as far as Åge Hareide’s men are concerned.
Head-to-Head-Games
Israel and Iceland recently met in the Nations League B Group 2. Both games were quite interesting and ended in 2-2 draws. Before that, these teams previously met in 2010 for a friendly game. Quite a bit of goals were scored there as well, but Israel ultimately claimed the victory with 3-2.
Israel – Iceland Betting Prediction
Recent games in the Nations League between Israel and Iceland featured quite a bit of goals and saw both teams scoring. They were not played that long ago, but the stakes now are higher. Iceland has shown in their qualifying group games that they have issues with their away fixtures, but fortunately for them, Israel is hosts only by name. The neutral location negates the biggest advantage that they might have had here. Yet despite that, Israel has shown the ability to score regardless of whether they play at home or as guests. Iceland also seems capable of scoring and is surely susceptible to conceding. I expect that we will see a continuation of the trend when games between these two teams are played – for both to score. Hence why my pick here is for both teams to score.
Betting Tip: Both Teams To Score: Yes
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Odds: 1.89
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