Iceland vs Croatia Predictions, Betting Tips and Preview

Iceland vs Croatia predictions and betting tips for the World Cup 2018 Group D fixture on Tuesday 26th June at 7pm. Will Croatia take their foot off the pedal in this final Group D encounter, with Iceland still looking to book a prestigious slot among the latter stages of the tournament? 

Fixture: Iceland vs Croatia

UK Kick-off time: Tuesday 26th June at 7pm

Stadium: Rostov Arena

Competition: 2018 World Cup – Group D

 

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Croatia haven’t exactly set the 2018 World Cup alight this summer by any relevant stretch of the imagination, yet on the back of their hard-working endeavour and undoubted talent inside the final third of the pitch, they have successfully claimed a place among the knock-out stages of the competition, and for this they deserve great credit and acclaim.

Iceland can consider themselves somewhat unfortunate to be approaching this final Group D battle with a mountain still yet to climb. Their failure to produce the goods against Nigeria could cost this team dearly when all is said and done, but that should not stop Heimir Hallgrimsson’s side in their tracks with an illustrious place among the round of sixteen still viably up for grabs.

 

Iceland vs Croatia Predictions

Gylfi Sigurdsson’s poor penalty miss last time out against Nigeria was a moment in which the current Everton midfielder will surely long to forget. Now however, with Croatia fast approaching on the horizon, the 28-year-old play-maker is faced with little option but to cast his former misfortunes aside in order to help Iceland progress towards the latter rounds of the tournament.

Sigurdsson is nonetheless capable of stepping up right when his nation requires him to do so. He obviously remains a quality player with bags of ability on the international scene, and via his quick thinking in and around the opposition’s half, we expect the Icelandic international to represent a possible anytime scorer in line with our latest Iceland vs Croatia predictions at the World Cup.

That said, Croatia possess more than enough defensive know-how to frustrate their upcoming Group D opposition. The likes of Dejan Lovren and Domagoj Vida have excelled at the back thus far for Croatia, failing to concede a single goal against both Nigeria and Argentina respectively. Which ever way you happen to look at it, that is a pretty impressive achievement in itself.

Although Iceland could theoretically break through the heart of the Croatian back-line next time out in Russia, we expect Croatia’s defensive dominance to continue in a similar vein, with masses of World Cup betting tips predicting great things for Zlatko Dalic’s side throughout the remainder of the tournament. Are we already looking at one of the clear dark horses to make it all the way to the final here?

In line with such reasoning, it appears as if this particular fixture could well culminate in a rather anti-entertaining affair. Croatia already have the bulk of the job done as far as Zlatko Dalic’s side are rightly concerned, with Iceland’s somewhat immobile forward line seemingly destined to struggle with the odds stacked well and truly against them.

An inconclusive 0-0 scoreline could therefore be produced as a result of both sides not wanting to concede defeat in the face of their upcoming opposition. Iceland will try with all of their might to get the task completed in Group D this summer, but whether or not Heimir Hallgrimsson’s team will eventually manage such a feat remains an entirely different matter altogether. Have a small punt on a 0-0 scoreline for our Iceland vs Croatia predictions today.

 

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