Iceland vs France Match Preview

Iceland saw their hopes for qualifying almost drift away after they suffered a 4-2 defeat on the road against Albania. Now they are ranked at the third place with 12 points and come after three wins and two loses over the last five games. One of the loses came against France and it was a pretty one way game with France winning 4-0. Of course Iceland plays at home now and should perform better considering they are unbeaten here so far winning three out of three there, but we are talking about France now, the current World Champions. Surely enough conceding four goals against Albania means a team like France can get through them in defense.

France, on the other side, are ranked at the second spot with15 points. They are still chasing that loss against Turkey, but they are keeping up while waiting for the next h2h match. Since that loss, they won three in a row, where they scored 11 goals and conceded just one. I fancy France to finish at the top in this group and considering they face Turkey at home in the game after this they will be highly motivated not to make any mistakes and leave points despite being on the road. Mbappe is still absent, but they have more than enough quality up front, with players like Giroud, Griezmann or Coman.

In conclusion, I think France should be able to win this match and claim the three points. They need to do this in order to wait for the direct game against Turkey and they find an Iceland who is not the team they used to be a couple of years ago.