Iceland put up a spirited fight especially in the last 40 minutes of the game after going down to ten men courtesy of Olafur Skulason. In the end, they earned a well deserved 0–0 stalemate, giving themselves a fighting chance.

The two teams had previously met only two occasions prior to the first leg. They met in the world cup qualifier for the 2006 finals. Croatia won with a 7 – 1 score over two legs. They thrashed Iceland 4 – 0 in the home leg. Croatia’s home form in the recent qualifiers has been just above average, they have won 3 and lost 2 in their last 5 games. Iceland’s away form has been quite good, they have won 2, drawn 2 and lost 1 in their last 5 games.

Iceland are looking to make history by being the country with the least population to ever qualify for the world cup finals. They have also proved that they are not intimidated to take the game to the opposition even on away games (they rallied back to draw 4 – 4 against Switzerland). However on paper, Croatia is the favorite of this match with their home advantage.

Croatia: Pletikosa, Pranjic, Corluka, Simunic, Srna, Modric, Rakitic, Ilicevic, Eduardo, Perisic, Mandzukic

Iceland: Halldórsson, Skúlason, Sigurdsson, Arnason, Jónsson, Gunnarsson, Sigurdsson, Bjarnason, Gudjohnsen, Gudmundsson, Finnbogaso

Croatia-Iceland Prediction

Croatia 1.36 @Bet365

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