Slovakia v Iceland, Group J of the European Championship qualifiers in Germany, scheduled for Thursday 16 November at 21:45 at the Tehelne Pole in Bratislava, will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 2 and Prima Sports 5 .

Slovakia enters the home match against Iceland as favourites, which could qualify it for Euro 2024 before the final stage. In Group J, apart from Slovakia (16 points) and Iceland (10 points), Portugal (24 points), Luxembourg (11 points), Bosnia and Herzegovina (nine points) and Liechtenstein (no points), each team played eight games each (the first two places advance to the final tournament).

Slovakia is in second place with 16 points, eight behind Portugal (mathematically qualified for the Euros from Germany), but five more than Luxembourg and six more than Iceland, the main contenders for the runner-up spot at Euro 2024.

Italy’s Francesco Calzona’s side need a draw against Iceland as a tie with Luxembourg in the qualifiers would give them head-to-head advantage (they still have an away game against Bosnia-Herzegovina).

The Slovaks practically won qualification in the previous stage when they won in Luxembourg with a score of 1-0, and in four matches at home they won two (2-0 against Bosnia and Herzegovina and 4-0 against Liechtenstein), a draw (0-0 with Luxembourg) and defeat (0-1 against Portugal).

Iceland, who are in 4th place with 10 points, have only a theoretical chance of qualifying for Euro 2024, having to win against Slovakia, as well as Portugal in their final group game, provided Luxembourg do not score more four points points in the last two matches.

In the three away games played so far, the team coached by Norwegian Åge Fritjof Hareide has won one (7-0 against Liechtenstein) and lost two (0-3 against Bosnia and 1-3 against Luxembourg), and in the last match in the group passed at home against Liechtenstein with a score of 4:0.

In the match of the tour, Slovakia won in Iceland with a score of 2:1 on June 17, 2023, the goals were scored by Kutzka (27) and Suslov (69), respectively, and Finnbogason (41p).

Probable teams

Slovakia: Dubravka – Pekaryk, Vavro, Shkrinyar, Hanchko – Duda, Lobotka, Kutska – Shrantz, Polievka, Suslov.

Iceland: Olafsson – Sampstead, Ingasson, Palsson, Finnsson – Willumsson, Trautasson, Sigurdsson – Haraldsson, Finnbogasson, Thorsteinsson.

Superbet offers odds of 1.20 on the 1X prediction: a win for the hosts or a draw in the match Slovakia – Iceland.

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