Our prediction for this Euro 2020 match:
Moldova
Match Time & Date:
17/11/2019
02:45 PM
Prediction: 1-2
Iceland
Stadionul Zimbru will host Sunday’s football game between Moldova and Iceland, the two teams who have nothing to play for in their last group game in the Euro 2020 qualifiers. The Moldovans are having the campaign to forget, with the team collecting only three points from possible 27. Seeing that the former Soviet republic suffered a loss in each of their previous six group games, it is no wonder they are considered underdogs in Sunday’s clash against Iceland.
The Turks ruined the Icelanders’ qualifying hopes as the two teams played out a goalless draw at Turk Telekom Stadyumu. Iceland are anyhow more of a team than Moldova, and we predict that they are going to finish their qualifying campaign in style. As always, a man to keep an eye on in the away team will be Premier League ace Gylfi Sigurdsson.
Highlighted Player (Veaceslav Posmac):
Veaceslav Posmac is a Moldavian footballer who was born in Chisinau on November 7, 1990. The right-footed defender currently plays for Sheriff Tiraspol as a centre-back, but he started his senior career at Stantul Gheorghe. It has to be noted that he played for his home-town club Dacia Chisinau from 2012 to 2017.
Veaceslav Posmac made his Sheriff debut on July 9, 2017 in a 5-0 win over Zaria and he did remarkably well to score on his debut. The 188-cm tall defender plays for Moldova as well and he made his debut for the national team in a 2-1 win over Kyrgyzstan on June 14, 2013.
Veaceslav Posmac scored his first ever goal for Moldova on January 15, 2014in a 2-1 loss to Norway. The Moldavian defender is very good in the air and despite the fact that his main position is centre-back he often scores goals after set-pieces. Veaceslav Posmac wears No. 90 on his shirt.
Highlighted Team (Iceland):
Iceland had little to no success during the first 60 years of entering the FIFA competitions, failing to qualify to a single major tournament in that period, but the team then went on to make tremendous progress at the start of the 21st century.
The Nordic side narrowly missed out on a place at the 2014 World Cup, losing in the play-off to Croatia, but they then enjoyed a thoroughly impressive qualifying campaign to reach the Euro 2016, taking 20 points from 10 matches to leave Turkey and Netherlands trailing in their wake.
As a result, the generation featuring players like Gylfi Sigurdsson, Aron Gunnarsson, Kolbeinn Sigthorsson and Emil Hallfredsson will go down as one of the most successful in the national team history and it could be quite some time before another team repeat their success. Even if he was only used as a bit-part player during the Euro 2016 qualifiers, Eidur Gudjohnsen has got to be mentioned as the first Icelandic footballer to have played for top European sides.
