Our prediction for this Nations League match:
Iceland
Match Time & Date:
23/03/2025
18:00
Prediction: 1-1
Kosovo
Iceland will look to overcome a one-goal deficit in the Nations League relegation tie with Kosovo when the two teams face each other at Estadio Enrique Roca (Murcia, neutral location) on Sunday. Iceland had their chances to grab a positive result in the first leg, but the lack of cutting edge in the final third eventually proved costly for Arnar Gunnlaugsson’s troops. The 52-year-old tactician has no fresh injury worries ahead of the second leg.
The Kosovars, on the other hand, are likely to adopt a defence-minded approach in the second leg. Midfielder Muharrem Jashari is back from suspension, but Kosovo boss Franco Foda is unlikely to make changes to the team that won the first leg. As the visitors are likely to rely on their defence in Sunday’s clash, there is a big value in betting on under 2.5 goals.
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.
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