Turkey vs Iceland Prediction & Betting Tips (9 September)

Leader of its group D during the qualifiers with 17 points ahead of Croatia, Turkey delivered a very high quality Euro 2024. In a group F in which it shared the bill with Czechia, Georgia and Portugal from CR7, Arda Güler's band collected 6 points to take 2nd place. Qualified for the 1/8 finals, Turkey stunned Austria with a score of 2 goals to 1. In the 1/4 finals, after opening the scoring in the first half, Turkey thought it would achieve the feat, but it was without taking into account the return of the Batavians in the 2nd act 1-2 and the Turkish clumsiness in the last gesture. Turkey faced Wales last Friday for their entry into the upcoming Nations League. On the other hand, Iceland also experienced thrills during the European Championships.

In this case for the Icelandic people it was in 2016, a Euro in France during which the team from Northern Europe won England in the round of 16 1-0 and lost to the Icelandic team. France,/a>in the quarter-finals. Present in Group J of qualifying for Euro 2024 alongside Portugal, 30 points, full score, leader, Iceland was well ahead of Luxembourg 3rd, 17 points, proof once again of the decline of this selection. Last Friday, Iceland hosted Montenegro in a match within their reach to start this upcoming Nations League. 

In this Turkish squad, injuries and unavailability are numerous. Indeed, probably the best Turk during the last Euro, Kadioglu (Brighton) is injured, the same for Kaplan (present at the Euro, Ajax, not a selection), Özcakar (Valladolid) and Akgün (Galatasaray). Enes Unal (Bournemouth), Ünder (ex-OM, now Fenerbahce) and defenders Kabak (Hoffenheim), and Yilmaz (Rangers) are also injured. By decision of the coach, the attackers Tosun (Fenerbahce, 21 goals in 53 selections), Yacizi (without club, ex-Lille), Yildirim (Getafe, 2 goals in 3 appearances for selection) were not called up for this first meeting after the Euro. The crack Arda Güler (Real Madrid, 2 goals in 12 seasons), the nugget Yildiz (Juventus), from Akturkoglu who joined Benfica this summer, the captain Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter, 90 seasons), Köckü (Benfica, 32 caps) or even Salih Özcan (Wolfsburg, 22 appearances for the selection) responded. Injured with Fiorentina since the start of the season, the new headliner of the Icelandic selection Albert Gudmundsson is out.

Magnusson (53 salt, Pana) is in exactly the same situation, the other element of the central hinge with his club friend Ingason (51 salt, vice-captain). The very promising Karlsson (1 salt, 20 years old) is also injured. The Icelandic legend Eiour Guojohnsen (ex-Chelsea, Barcelona) can see his son Andri (24 salts, 6 goals) evolve, on the front of the attack now . Gylfi Sigurosson (34 years old, 80 years old, 27 goals) now plays for Valur Reykjavik, the capital's flagship club.