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Argentina vs Iceland Prediction & Betting tips
At the opening match of the World Cup Group D on Saturday afternoon, the national team of Argentina against the Icelandic selection in the clear favorites role. The Icelanders, however, have often shown that they are difficult to play. Argentina narrowly qualified for the World Cup in Russia and may not be one of the favorites to win the title. Betting, Argentina will have a hard time against defensive Icelanders? The venue of the game is the Otkrytije Arena in Moscow.
Argentina:
With a total of two world titles, Argentina is one of the most successful national football teams worldwide. At the last World Cup 2014 in Brazil, the South Americans came to the final, in which they lost to Germany in extra time 0: 1. In the upcoming World Cup group with Croatia, Iceland and Nigeria, the team of coach Jorge Sampaoli is the favorite to move into the knockout phase and to the first place in the table.
In the South American qualifiers Argentina had to shiver until the last match day to reach the finals of the World Cup. Thanks go to “La Albiceleste” in Brazil, who defeated Argentina’s rivals Chile 3-0 on the final day. The Argentine selection reached a record of seven wins, seven draws and four defeats in qualifying. Argentina had the second best defensive of all nations there, but the offensive was unusually harmless with only 19 goals in 18 games. In 12 of their 18 games fell less than three hits. As part of the preparation for the World Cup, the South Americans completed a few test matches. They had to accept, among other things, a significant 1-6 loss to Spain. Are not lucrative bets on the match in the match Argentina – Iceland at the 2018 World Cup?
While Argentina are in an excellent position on offense, coach Jorge Sampaoli has a problem especially on goalkeeping. The original goalkeeper Sergio Romero will miss the finals of the World Cup due to a knee injury. His replacement Willy Caballero got in the last season hardly match practice and completed so far only three games for the national team.
Iceland:
With Iceland and Panama there are two world championship debutants at the big tournament in Russia. The Icelanders want to continue their fairytale, which began two years ago at the European Championships in France. There, “Strakarnir okkar” came to the quarter-finals, where they then had to give up 2-5 against hosts France. In terms of population, Iceland is the smallest World Cup participant of all time. Argentina, on the other hand, is the big favorite in Group D. According to various betting operators, Croatia has the greatest chance of surviving the group stage alongside Argentina. But on good days, Iceland definitely has the potential to keep up with Croatia and Nigeria.
Qualifying for the World Cup closed Iceland ahead of Croatia, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland and Kosovo. Seven of the ten group matches were won, and the strong defensive suffered only seven goals. In a total of seven of their ten games fell a maximum of two goals. The test matches of the Icelandic selection this year were less successful. In addition to two wins against Indonesia lost the team coach Heimir Hallgrimsson against Mexico, Peru and Norway. Against Ghana, there was a 2: 2 draw a week ago.
The number of professional Iceland players is quite manageable and so the tribe of the team has not changed much compared to the European Championship 2016. Gylfi Sigurdsson from Everton FC is the star of the team. Other interesting players are center-back Ragnar Sigurdsson, captain Aron Gunnarsson and the two attackers Johann Berg Gudmundsson and Alfred Finnbogason.