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The tension is out, for both teams there is only one annoying compulsory exercise on Wednesday: When England receives at Wembley Island at 19:45 p.m., nothing is at stake for either team
The Icelanders are beaten last and have already been relegated, the English can no longer win Group 2 of the UEFA Nations League A.
The reason for this was the bankruptcy at the weekend in Belgium. Here the Three Lions lost the decisive duel for the top of the table against the Red Devils. For both national teams, it is at most a matter of making amends after an overall disappointing campaign in the second edition of the Nations League.
In view of Iceland’s previous performances including the five bankruptcies in five games, it is not surprising that when you look at the bookmakers in the last group game England vs. Iceland’s odds are clearly in favor of the home side and they are the big favorites to win.
England :
The English go into their last Nations League game against Iceland disappointed, after all, this is no longer about anything. Coach Gareth Southgate’s team can no longer win the group, and they can’t be relegated anyway.
The last group duel has no sporting relevance anymore, the fault is the bankruptcy in Belgium on matchday five. In the 2-0 draw in Leuven, England was not necessarily worse than Belgium, but conceded two early goals and ran after this deficit for the entire game without success.
The Three Lions could not create any really compelling chances to score against a by no means convincing Belgium, so that it is now between Belgium and Denmark in the final group game to win the group, while in England their heads are hanging.
Against Iceland, at least at the end, there should be a success that would soothe the discontented spirits on the island a little bit. There is dissatisfaction with the performance in the group, but also with the performance shown in the games.
Because before this second Nations League campaign, England, mainly playing 4-3-3, scored 37 goals in eight European Championship qualifiers – most of all teams in qualifying. Stormy England impressed, for example, with a 3-2 away win against Spain in the first edition of the Nations League a little more than two years ago.
But now nothing was seen of it. Now Southgate – also due to many injuries and absences – switched to 3-4-3, and England only scored three goals in five games. Including a deflected shot from Mason Mount and two penalties. Suddenly it no longer works with the goal hazard.
England went without a hit in three of the five games, most recently with two straight defeats. This is another reason why England want to turn the mood around with a few goals against Iceland on Wednesday.
Iceland:
Not only has England struggled with scoring goals recently, Iceland have also scored just three goals in their five games so far. After all: In six of their eight games in the 2020 calendar year, the Icelanders scored a goal – but only once more than one goal, in the 2-1 in the semi-finals of the European Championship qualifying playoffs against Romanians.
Because one can also expect that England will rotate a lot, given that it is no longer about anything for them and the top players like Harry Kane and Co. therefore prefer to be spared.
But how much will Iceland be involved? After all, a few days ago there was a bitter disappointment in the final for the European Championship, when Iceland led 1-0 in Hungary for a long time and seemed to have the ticket for the European Championship, but lost 2-1 with two very late goals.
So now you miss the EM in the summer. As is well known, the Icelanders caused a sensation at the last, playing their way into the hearts of neutral football fans and right up to the quarter-finals – including a historic 2-1 win against England.
But the Icelanders are currently far from this form: In five Nations League games, not a single point was won, so Iceland deserves to be relegated to League B. There should be at least one counter on the last day of the match at Wembley, so that you can at least save face a little and not go down entirely without points.
England vs Iceland head to head matches
05.09.20 UNL Iceland England 0 : 1
27.06.16 EUR England Iceland 1 : 2
05.06.04 FI England Iceland 6 : 1
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| Prediction: | Over 2,5 goals |
| Selection odds: | 1,63 |
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