Our prediction for this Euro 2024 match:
Iceland
Match Time & Date:
11/09/2023
01:45 PM
Prediction: 0-1
Bosnia Herzegovina
Iceland and Bosnia & Herzegovina face each other at Laugardalsvollur in what is expected to be one of the most exciting games of Monday’s program. Iceland are eager to put an end to their three-game losing run and they are likely to fight tooth and nail against the Dragons. Willum Thor Willumsson is back from suspension, but Hordur Magnusson serves a one-game ban against Bosnia.
The visitors, on the other hand, defeated Liechtenstein 2-1 on Friday to keep their qualification hopes alive. Bosnia did well to put an end to their three-game losing run in Group J but they face yet another must-win situation against Iceland. As Meho Kodro can count on key players for Monday’s clash, we are tempted to put our money on the visiting side. Earlier in the process Bosnia outplayed Iceland 3-0, which is yet another reason why away win should be considered.
Highlighted Player (Rade Krunic):
Rade Krunic is a product of Sutjeska Foca youth football school. The Bosnia international was born in Foca on October 7, 1993 and 19 years later he made his senior debut with his hometown club Sutjeska.
After scoring three goals in 15 appearances for the Bosnian club, the Bosnian midfielder moved to Serbian side Donji Srem in 2013. In 2014 he signed a contract with Italian side Hellas Verona, but he was immediately loaned back to Donji Srem. In 2015 Rade Krunic made 13 appearances for Serbian side Borac Cacak before joining yet another Italian team Empoli.
He has been playing for the Azzurri ever since and it has to be noted that he scored his first goal for the Serie A side in a 2-0 win over Genoa in October, 2015. Speaking of his international career, Krunic made his Bosnia and Herzegovina debut in a friendly against Denmark on June 3, 2016. He has 8 caps for Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 team as well.
Highlighted Team (Iceland):
Iceland had little to no success during the first 60 years of entering the FIFA competitions, failing to qualify to a single major tournament in that period, but the team then went on to make tremendous progress at the start of the 21st century.
The Nordic side narrowly missed out on a place at the 2014 World Cup, losing in the play-off to Croatia, but they then enjoyed a thoroughly impressive qualifying campaign to reach the Euro 2016, taking 20 points from 10 matches to leave Turkey and Netherlands trailing in their wake.
As a result, the generation featuring players like Gylfi Sigurdsson, Aron Gunnarsson, Kolbeinn Sigthorsson and Emil Hallfredsson will go down as one of the most successful in the national team history and it could be quite some time before another team repeat their success. Even if he was only used as a bit-part player during the Euro 2016 qualifiers, Eidur Gudjohnsen has got to be mentioned as the first Icelandic footballer to have played for top European sides.
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