Iceland vs Slovakia Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th June 2023

At Laugardalsvoellur, Iceland and Slovakia will face each other this coming Saturday. It is the third round of the qualifying stage for the European Championship with both anxious to earn more points. Slovakia ended up winning 3-1 in the most recent meeting between these two rivals. Rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind at Laugardalsvoellur.

After the second round of matches in this group J Iceland are number four on three, while Slovakia have four as number two. Iceland go into their game on Saturday as number 64 in the FIFA world ranking, and Slovakia enter the match as number 51.

Iceland go into their third European Championship group match on three points, and will be keen on getting through this round without defeat. Losing home matches is never ideal when trying to qualify for a Championship.

It would be a surprising outcome if Iceland were able to advance beyond the qualification stage, as they are not viewed as frontrunners in the group. It may be unreasonable to hope for Slovakia to finish first in their group, but it would be surprising if they fail to qualify for the upcoming tournament from the group.

Iceland vs Slovakia Prediction

Iceland Form

In their last three games, Iceland lost 2-1 against Sweden, got defeated 3-0 by Bosnia-Herzegovina before winning 0-7 against Liechtenstein. Iceland won half of their previous six internationals, while also drawing one. They lost two, while they scored 24 and conceded 19 goals.

Slovakia Form

In their last three matches, Slovakia drew 0-0 with Chile, 0-0 with Luxembourg and beat Bosnia-Herzegovina by 2-0. Only once did Slovakia celebrate a win in their last six internationals, in which they also drew four and lost one. They were outscored by five goals to six.

You don't look for Iceland or Slovakia, to provide with a lot of entertainment currently, as both are playing mostly tight matches with few goals. The value-bet lies with under 2.5 goals this coming Saturday.

Slovakia's last five matches had under 1.5 goals.

Iceland vs Slovakia Team News

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

Alfred Finnbogason sit this one out for Iceland due to an injury.

Slovakia seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to Laugardalsvoellur to face Iceland.

Juraj Kucka won't be travelling with Slovakia this time, as he nurses an injury.

Iceland vs Slovakia H2H

When these two nations last faced off against each other, Slovakia ended up taking the glory in a 3-1 win 17 November 2015. Iceland enter the match against Slovakia with a 1-1-1 record in their previous three encounters. A win rate of 33%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Iceland vs Slovakia Results

Both teams found the back of the net three times in the last three matches between Iceland and Slovakia.

Iceland vs Slovakia Betting Tips

As the new European Championship campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Iceland and Slovakia this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.

Laugardalsvoellur witnessed Iceland winning two times in their last 10 matches here, whilst drawing six and losing two as well. Slovakia claimed four wins, three draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. In their previous 10 matches away from home, Slovakia claimed four wins to nil.

Over 2.5 goals came out two times in the last three encounters between these two teams. Iceland managed an average of 1.33 goals, with Slovakia averaging 1.66 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet three times in this run of matches. Iceland saw over 2.5 goals in three of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Slovakia's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.9 goals in these matches.