Iceland vs Portugal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 20th June 2023

We are now in the fourth round of the European Championship group stage qualification. Up next here is a game between Iceland and Portugal this coming Tuesday, to be held at Laugardalsvoellur. The match ended in a 1-1 draw in the previous outing between Iceland and Portugal and should we get another draw, the bookies best price are at 7/2.

After the first three matches of the group stage, Iceland are number five on three points, while Portugal have nine points as number one. Iceland head to their upcoming fixture against Portugal as number 64 in the FIFA world ranking. The latter rank as number nine according to Fifa.

Should Iceland progress beyond this group, we would be looking at quite a surprising event, as nobody expects them to make it beyond the qualifying phase. The bookmakers are strongly backing Portugal to come out on top of their group. It would certainly be unexpected should they fail to meet expectations and comfortably finish as group winner.

Iceland vs Portugal Prediction

Iceland Form

Iceland lost two of their last three matches, as they went down 3-0 in a meeting with Bosnia-Herzegovina. They replied by beating Liechtenstein 0-7, before losing again, this time 2-1 against Slovakia. Iceland claimed a modest two wins in their past six internationals. They also drew one and lost three, scored 19 goals and conceded 16.

Portugal Form

In their last three matches, Portugal first beat Liechtenstein 4-0, then Luxembourg by 0-6 and finally Bosnia-Herzegovina by 3-0. Portugal claimed a remarkable four wins from six internationals in which they drew zero and lost two. They also banged in 20 goals, whilst conceding five.

Iceland and Portugal are firing on all cylinders, when it comes to goals currently, and we could be in for a very entertaining match this coming Tuesday.

Portugal will be looking to extend their remarkable streak of three wins on the bounce when they take to the field for their next game.

Iceland vs Portugal Team News

Iceland have an almost full squad available against Portugal at Laugardalsvoellur with only one player possibly missing.

Iceland are unable to field Alfred Finnbogason on Tuesday against Portugal, as he is sidelined with an injury.

Portugal face a list of four absentees from the squad ahead of their next match this coming Tuesday against Iceland.

Names like Ruben Dias, Renato Sanches, Diogo Jota and Pepe most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Iceland.

Iceland vs Portugal H2H

The last time the two nations squared up against each other, on 14 June 2016, both came away unscathed following a 1-1 draw. Iceland claimed zero wins, while Portugal picked up two wins in the previous three matches, while the rest had no winner. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 7/2.

Iceland vs Portugal Results

In three of the previous three matches between Iceland and Portugal both teams scored.

Iceland vs Portugal Betting Tips

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Cristiano Ronaldo has been hitting the net regularly and now has four goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up on Tuesday, 20 at 20:45 at Laugardalsvoellur, it is because Portugal bank on him to build on these numbers against Iceland. The latter relies on Aron Gunnarsson, who found the target three times in six games.

While Iceland collected five wins from a possible 10 European Championship matches, Portugal won six of their last 10.

In the past three encounters between Iceland and Portugal over 2.5 goals came out two times, with Iceland scoring an average of 1.66 goals per game. Portugal averaged three goals, while both teams scored three times. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Iceland’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in seven of Portugal's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.9 goals in these matches.