Comments and predictions for Ukraine vs Iceland: Equal goals
The match between Ukraine vs Iceland in the World Cup qualifiers takes place at 0:00 on November 17. Nghe An Newspaper, Radio and Television analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Ukraine vs Iceland team information
Ukraine posed little attacking threat in Paris, largely due to the absence of Artem Dovbyk – who remains sidelined with a hip injury.
Arseniy Batahov – a regular in the U21 team – also cannot be called up to the national team this time due to muscle problems.
Ukraine may make some adjustments after Thursday's defeat, but the likes of Ilya Zabarnyi and Yehor Yarmoliuk should still keep their starting places.
Iceland just kept a solid clean sheet against Azerbaijan, so they are likely to continue using the central defender pair Daniel Gretarsson and Sverrir Ingi Ingason – who scored in the previous match.
Hakon Arnar Haraldsson – who was a star at Strakarnir okkar before Gudmundsson shone – is now deployed deep in midfield.
Latest expected lineup for Ukraine vs Iceland
Ukraine:
Trubin; Karavaev, Zabarnyi, Svatok, Mykhavko, Mykhaylychenko; Ocheretko, Yarmoliuk, Nazaryna; Hutsuliak, Yaremchuk
Iceland:
Olafsson; Palsson, Ingason, Gretarsson, Ellertsson; Haraldsson, Johanesson, J Gudmundsson, A Gudmundsson, Hlynsson; Gudjohnsen
Latest football commentary on Ukraine vs Iceland
Ukraine’s promising three-match unbeaten run in World Cup qualifying (W2 D1) came to an expected end at the Parc des Princes on Thursday night, as 2018 and 2022 World Cup runners-up France proved too strong, leaving the visitors’ hopes of progressing more fragile than ever.
The Blue and Yellows failed to get a shot on target against Mike Maignan and were completely outclassed in Paris. Kylian Mbappe scored twice to reach 400 career goals, before Liverpool's Hugo Ekitike scored his first international goal.
Despite losing just one of their five games to Didier Deschamps' side, Ukraine sit third in Group D with just one game remaining, and they know victory this weekend is a must to secure a play-off spot.
Sergiy Rebrov's men will be hoping for a repeat of the first leg in mid-October, when they scored five goals past Elias Olafsson to win 5-3, a result that kept alive their hopes of reaching the World Cup in North America.
Iceland – who shocked France by holding them to a draw last month – took another important step towards a top-two finish with a 2-0 win over Azerbaijan in Baku on Thursday night, ending the hosts' hopes.
Fiorentina's Albert Gudmundsson continued his explosive form, scoring one of Iceland's two goals. Veteran Sverrir Ingi Ingason also found the net.
The win, Iceland's first competitive away win since the 2024 Nations League B clash with Montenegro, puts them in good spirits ahead of a crucial clash in Poland where Arnar Gunnlaugsson's side only need to avoid defeat to secure a play-off spot.
With 13 goals in five games, Iceland are tied with France as the strongest attacking team in Group D, which shows how difficult Ukraine's task will be in the upcoming match.
Latest Ukraine vs Iceland score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Ukraine vs Icelandas follows:
- Sportsmole:Ukraine 2-1 Iceland
- WhoScore:Ukraine 1-1 Iceland
- We predict:Ukraine 1-1 Iceland
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