Ireland v Iceland Betting Preview – International Friendly 28th March
Ireland earned themselves a good, if unspectacular point at home against Wales in World Cup qualifying over the weekend, which leaves the men in green in a decent position to push forward Russia next summer. The Welsh, well not so much. Ireland play host to the underdog heroes of Euro 2016, Iceland on Tuesday night to round out the international break with. The Irish are a tough side to knock down at home, but Iceland themselves are going well enough at the moment on their quest to make it to the World Cup that they will likely keep themselves in this for a long period.
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Ireland v Iceland Betting Tips
The Irish battled their way to a good home point against Wales in the World Cup 2018 qualifiers over the weekend. It wasn’t a game which had a great deal of quality in it, truth be told, but from Ireland’s perspective it was a good point. They are now sat in second place in their group, level with leaders Serbia and behind them, they have a four point cushion still over Wales, so things are looking positive for the men in green. Ireland have yet to taste defeat in the World Cup 2018 qualifiers and they have only been beaten once in their last eight international friendly matches. So they aren’t likely going to take a hit on home soil in this one and it’s most likely going to end up being a low-scoring affair. Under 2.5 goals at Bet365 returns a price of 1/2 for Ireland v Iceland betting. This season Ireland are W4 D2 in their six games and they have picked up a clean sheet in four of those six matches played. They haven’t conceded in any of their last three home games and Ireland to win to nil at Bet365 will return you a price of 9/4. There’s not a tremendous amount of appeal in the anytime goalscorer market, but Shane Long and Kevin Doyle are 2/1 joint favourites at Bet365.
Ireland have great resilience about them and they have lost just two of their last ten matches overall and those were against France and Belgium at Euro 2016. In many ways, Iceland were the stars of Euro 2016 with their underdog heroics catching attention everywhere. They landed a win against Kosovo on the weekend in the World Cup 2018 qualifiers and they are sat second in their qualification group behind Croatia, so we could be seeing them next summer in Russia. Iceland have gone W5 D1 L2 in their last eight games played so they are in decent form. Each of Iceland’s last five games (this one on Tuesday being the sixth) have all been away from home, so they have been travelling a lot. The Icelandic team have conceded in just two of their last six games played, so again, an indicator that this will probably be a low scoring friendly. Vidar Orn Kjartansson is 5/2 and Jon Dadi Bodvarsson 11/2 Bet365 anytime goalscorer options for them. They are pretty much as solid as Ireland are and in the Bet365 correct score market a 1-1 draw is a price of 9/2 with the 0-0 draw just a little longer priced at 11/2.
Ireland v Iceland Betting Odds
Ireland 5/4, Draw 2/1, Iceland 13/5
Ireland v Iceland Predictions
Draw: This is a midweek friendly between two battling sides and as the stakes on this one are non-existent, this will probably rapidly fade away into a dull non-contest. Ireland are hard to beat on home soil and are going along well at the moment, but Iceland are no pushovers and they can arrive in Dublin and earn a draw.
