Slovakia vs Iceland Prediction & Betting Tips (16 November)

Slovakia and Iceland meet on Thursday, November 16th, at 7:45 pm, at Tehelné pole Stadium, in Bratislava, in the ninth round of group J, qualifying for the 2024 European Championship, in Germany . After eight rounds, the Portuguese team leads Group J, with 24 points, having only won victories, ahead of Slovakia and Luxembourg, with 16 and 11 points respectively. Iceland is fourth, with ten points, Bosnia and Herzegovina is fifth with nine, and finally Liechtenstein with zero points. The first two places in the group give direct access to the final phase of the European Championship, which will take place next year in Germany. Portugal has already secured its presence in Germany, with a place still open in this group. Slovakia lost in round seven to Portugal 3-2, and won at Luxembourg in round eight 0-1. In eight games, they have five wins, one draw and two defeats, and a balance of 11 goals scored and five conceded. As a visitor, in four games they have two wins, one draw and one defeat, and a balance of five goals scored and one conceded.

In the last ten games on Slovak soil, they have won only three of them, four draws, three defeats. Iceland, on the other hand, is coming off a 1-1 draw against Luxembourg, and a 4-0 home win against Liechtenstein. In three away matches, they lost two of them and won only one - against Liechtenstein, by 0-7. And in the last ten away games, they only won two of them four defeats, four draws. In the history of clashes, in the only official match between the two, Slovakia won at Iceland, by 1-2. In the other three, of a friendly nature, a victory for each team and a draw.

Slovakia have played four matches since securing their place in the Euro 2024, with no fewer than three of these encounters producing a clean sheet at one end of the pitch. This has also been the case in seven of the previous nine top-flight fixtures involving Iceland, so any deviation from this script would come as a bit of a surprise.