Argentina v Iceland Preview and Prediction

Date/Time: 16th June 2018 2 PM

On Saturday afternoon, Argentina and Iceland go head-to-head at Group D of the World Cup at the Spartak Moscow Stadium.

Argentina endured a difficult qualification campaign, only booking their place at Russia 2018 in the final game. La Albiceleste have an abundance of attacking talent including Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain, Sergio Aguero and Paolo Dybala. However, the South American giants can never seem to get it together.

Argentina made it to the final four years ago suffering a 1-0 defeat against Germany in extra-time. It will be difficult for Jorge Sampaoli’s side to go one better this summer.

The South American giants have endured mixed results of late, winning two and losing two of their last four outings. A 6-1 defeat against Spain was a particularly worrying result.

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Iceland have enjoyed an impressive few years in the international game. The Nordic nation made it to the quarter-finals of Euro 2016, then topped their World Cup qualifier group ahead of the highly-rated Croatia.

Despite a major recent improvement, Heimar Halgrimsson’s side has failed to win in their last four international games. A 2-2 draw against Ghana last time out ended a three-game losing run.

The Nordic nation’s main problem of late has been conceding goals, as they have now conceded at least two goals in their last four outings.

Prediction

Argentina win and/or over 2.5 goals