Iceland vs Bulgaria Prediction & Betting Tips

Form check: neither side flying

Iceland have won just one of their last seven matches, drawing two and losing four, with only six goals scored across that run. That's a side short on confidence in front of goal right now.

Iceland: 8 completed matches; Bulgaria: 7 completed matches.

Iceland

8 matches

Win

12.5% 1 / 8

Draw

37.5% 3 / 8

Loss

50% 4 / 8

Scored

7

Conceded

14

Difference

-7

Bulgaria

7 matches

Win

28.6% 2 / 7

Draw

28.6% 2 / 7

Loss

42.8% 3 / 7

Scored

16

Conceded

13

Difference

+3

Bulgaria's record reads two wins, two draws and two losses from six games, but the numbers either side of that are wild: a 4-0 away win at Greece sits alongside a heavy 10-2 defeat elsewhere. It's tough to get a clean read on where they really stand.

Both sides have shown they can leak goals, which is worth bearing in mind if this one opens up.

Comparative Team Statistics: Iceland vs Bulgaria

Cards already stacking up

A few players already carry three yellow cards each from their recent appearances - Iceland's J. Þorsteinsson and L. Tómasson, and Bulgaria's F. Nürnberger. It's not proof either will start here, but it's a reminder that discipline could be worth keeping an eye on.

Bulgaria:

Best scorers:

A. Chandarov - 1

What kind of game might we get?

Put Iceland's goal-shy recent form next to Bulgaria's habit of shipping goals in bursts, and you get a fixture that's hard to pin down. Iceland haven't been finding the net often, but Bulgaria haven't always kept things tidy at the back either.

With both teams inconsistent and no long head-to-head sample to lean on here, recent patterns only tell part of the story.