Ukraine vs Iceland Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th November 2025

Ukraine enjoy home advantage, when visitors Iceland swing by on Sunday for a clash in the World Cup Qualification. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count. Ukraine had a good reading on Iceland in their last two meetings, which they won by 2-1 and 5-3, respectively.

Ukraine are number 3 in the table on seven points after five matches. Iceland rank as number 2 with seven points after five matches played.

Ukraine step into their next home match on Sunday having scored a nice average of 1.6 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 16 goals, while also allowing 15 goals against. That is an average of 1.5 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet one times in those matches.

When it comes to goal-scoring Iceland are not the most prolific side. They scored a sustainable 19 times in their previous ten matches, making it 1.9 goals per game. They conceded 17 goals for an average of 1.7 a game, achieving a clean sheet in four of these matches.

Ukraine vs Iceland Prediction

Ukraine Form

Ukraine are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Iceland by 3-5, before beating Azerbaijan by 2-1. The winning streak came to an end against France, who ran out 4-0 winners. Ukraine claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the World Cup Qualification, which also saw them drawing four and losing one matches, in which they scored six and conceded seven goals.

Iceland Form

In their past three matches, Iceland lost 3-5 against Ukraine, drew 2-2 with France and won 0-2 against Azerbaijan. Iceland won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the World Cup Qualification. The scoreline from these matches says eight goals conceded and eight scored.

Going forward, Ukraine and Iceland are both in decent form, while at the same time being generous in defence. We are confident, both teams will find the back of the net this coming Sunday.

Ukraine vs Iceland Team News

At the time of writing, Iceland just have two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Sunday. Mikael Anderson is ineligible for selection in the Iceland squad, as he is suspended.

Sverrir Ingi Ingason won't be travelling with Iceland this time, as he nurses an injury.

Ukraine vs Iceland H2H

Ukraine won the last two meetings against Iceland, as they followed up a 2-1 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 5-3 score. Ukraine have a 50% win rate against Iceland, who won one of these matches. The total record reads 2-1-1, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Ukraine vs Iceland Results

In the last four matches between Ukraine and Iceland, both teams to score came up three times.

Ukraine vs Iceland Betting Tips

When looking for in-form players to find the target, there are some interesting names popping up in both teams. Ruslan Malinovsky brings great form to the table, as he is now on three goals in six games. Surely, Ukraine will start him against Iceland, who also have some appealing names to consider. Not least Albert Gudmundsson, who notched up four goals in his past six international games across tournaments.

Ukraine won five of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing three and losing two as well. Iceland won four from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew zero and lost six in this run. Should Ukraine pull off a home win on Sunday, it could be an entertaining affair, since they only won two games to nil in their last 10 attempts.

Over 2.5 goals came out two times in the last four encounters between these two teams. Ukraine managed an average of two goals, with Iceland averaging 1.75 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet three times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Ukraine, who scored an average of 1.7 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of the last ten games for Iceland, who managed to hit the net 1.9 times on average in these games.