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Turkey vs Iceland Prediction & Betting tips
In the qualifying group I of the World Cup in Russia, four teams have the chance to qualify. With sixteen points, Croatia and Iceland are currently at the Tabellenspitze. But with just two points behind each other, Turkey and Ukraine are on their way. It is a really tight race in this group. As a result, the last two games are certainly going to be high. On Friday, Turkey and Iceland will meet first. The third of the table requests the table widths. The signs for the Turks are clear. Losing prohibited!
Turkey :
At the Atatürk stadium in Eskisehir on Friday evening, an immensely important qualifying match for Turkey will be held. To get a chance to participate in the World Cup, the game against the Icelanders has to be won. The previous home record of the Turks in the World Cup qualifier can really be seen. To the start, it was only a 2-2 win against Ukraine, but after 30 minutes they were already 2-0 behind, proving morality and still winning at least one point. The following three home games against Kosovo (2-0), Finland (2-0) and Croatia (1-0) were all won without a goal. Currently, Turkey is in third place in the table. With a victory over Iceland you would pass in the table at the opponent. This would be an important step to create the minimum goal place two and thus the achievement of the playoffs. Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu will be missing the suspended players Ismail Köybasi, Kaan Ayhan and Hakan Calhanoglu. Top goalkeeper of the Turks is Cenk Tosun of Besiktas Istanbul with three goals. He also succeeded in beating the Croatians.
Iceland:
The Icelanders have all been surprised and impressed at the EM 2016 in France. Probably few have expected that they would be able to advance to the quarter-finals. In the round of the last eight remaining teams, Iceland lost 2: 5 to host France. Due to the success, the islander has now climbed 22nd place in the FIFA World Cup. The Icelanders are also impressive in the qualifying for the World Cup in Russia. At the moment, they are ranked second in the table with sixteen points. Iceland are thus equal with the Croatians and is two points ahead of the opponent Turkey. The first leg against the Turks could be won 2-0. Because of the narrow table situation in this group, where everything is possible between place one and place four, the Icelanders will be careful not to lose the game at least. Then, in the final group game against Kosovo, it would be in hand to reach at least two places. In the previous away games of the qualifying round they have beaten rather average. In Kosovo they won 2: 1 and from the Ukraine Iceland with a 1: 1 at least a point with. In Croatia the nation lost 2-0 and lastly they lost 1-0 in Finland. According to the current situation, Heimir Hallgrimsson are available to all players. The best door gun is the Augsburger Alfred Finnbogason.
Turkey vs Iceland head to head matches
09.10.16 WC Iceland Turkey 2 : 0
13.10.15 EUR Turkey Iceland 1 : 0
09.09.14 EUR Iceland Turkey 3 : 0
11.10.95 EUR Iceland Turkey 0 : 0
12.10.94 EUR Turkey Iceland 5 : 0