The opponents of the national team of Ukraine in the qualifying group will also hold their matches.
Iceland - Croatia Sunday, 21:45, Laugardalsvelur, Reykjavik Approximate compositions:.
Iceland: Haldorsson - Saevarsson, R. Sigurdsson, Arnason, Skulasson-Gudmundson, G. Sigurdsson, Gunnarson, Bjarnasson - Finnbogasson, Bjodvarsson.
Croatia: Subashic - Yedvay, Lovren, Vida, Pivaric - Kovacic, Badel, Modric - Brozovic, Andjukic, Perisic.
Will not play: Sigtorsson - Rakitic, Corluka, Vrsalco.
Icelanders and Croats are the leaders of our group. The first match between these teams ended in favor of Croats who, with 13 points at the moment, are the first, three points ahead of Iceland.
The islanders will miss the main striker of the team Colbane Sigtorson, whose place is likely to take either Bjodvarsson or Sigurdarson. Also not in optimal condition can be Bjarnason, who missed the end of the season in Aston Villa due to injury.
Croats have more problems with the composition. Will not play Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic, who has problems with his stomach, and for a long time dropped out Vedran Corluka. But Dejan Lovren returned to the team, who practically did not play for the Cells since 2015 due to poor relations with the leadership of the federation. Another return - Ivan Perisic - transfer goal Manchester United returned after disqualification.
Interesting Facts:.
- Croatia has not missed in the last four matches of the selection;.
- Croatia won both the first half and the entire match in the last four matches at the 2018 World Cup;.
- Croatia did not miss the last three matches against Iceland in all competitions;.
- In the last three games with the participation of Croatia were scored less than three goals;.
- Croatia did not lose to the Icelanders in the last 5 games.
Forecast 1: 1 Kosovo - Turkey Sunday, 21:45, Loro Borici, Shkoder (Albania) Turkey only due to the difference in goals concedes one position of the Ukrainian team and most likely will not know the problems with the national team of Kosovo. Debutants for the World Cup are one of the worst teams in Europe. On their account, one point earned in the first round against Finland. After that there were only defeats and just one goal scored.
Wards Fatih Terim while defeating only the outsiders of the group and do not intend to miss such important three points. The Turks have the opportunity after this tour to take immediately the second place in the group.
The first match in this qualifying tournament in Turkey ended with a victory of the hosts with a score of 2: 0. Earlier the teams met once and then the Kosovars missed as many as six unanswered goals.
Interesting Facts:.
- Kosovo lost the last 4 matches at the World Cup;.
- Seven of the last 8 matches of the Turkish national team in the World Cup qualifiers were scored less than three goals;.
- Kosovo has ceded at least 2 goals in the last 4 games.
Forecast 0: 3.