Betting tips for Nigeria vs Iceland 22.06.2018

After falling to Croatia, the Nigeria face Iceland on the second day of the disputed Group D. Nigeria will have very little pressure in this group in which they match Argentina, Croatia and Iceland, undoubtedly one of the most important groups. attractive and open World Cup. The Super Eagles fell in the final of the African Nations Cup against Morocco (4-0), after suffering on the way to that final, eliminating Angola in the quarterfinals and Sudan (0-1) in extra time. semifinals

The team coached by veteran Gernot Rohr, a former Bayern Munich defender who won all three European Cups in a row, was the first African team to enter the World Cup after beating Zambia 1-0 in the qualifiers. October 2017

Once past the African Cup of Nations last February, Nigeria has played three friendlies, defeating Poland (0-1), losing in Serbia (2-1) and drawing with Congo (1-1).

In the debut, Nigeria fell to Croatia 2-0, receiving two goals on set pieces.


Island was the great revelation of the last European Championship in France in 2016, falling precisely before the host team in the quarterfinals (5-2). Heimir Hallgrimsson takes charge of the national team alone, in which the vast majority of his players have come out revalued the French event, the first in its history in a major international tournament. His debut, with the tie at 1 against the later champion of the tournament, Portugal, was a sample of the competitive level of the team, which had almost 15% of its population displaced to French territory (almost 40,000 of the 300,000 inhabitants).

The island team played until the last day the leadership of group A qualifying for the European Championship against the Czech Republic, being ahead of Turkey and the Netherlands, the great harmed by the great role of the Icelanders. Undoubtedly, the turning point for the team that leads from the bench the pair that still formed Lars Lagerbackand and Hallgrimsson was the 2-0 win against the Netherlands, with both goals scored by his best player, Swansea midfielder, Sigurdsson. Iceland  had a run of 10 games without knowing the victory against the Dutch, and that victory was the second as visitors in their first three matches of the group, something unprecedented when the team had not won away in their previous 9 games, staying without scoring goal eight times. The change of competitive mentality and the enormous illusion to get into their first major international tournament made them overcome and now, after drawing against Portugal, dream of taking another step and get into the second round.

For strength, Iceland is better than a Nigeria that has sinned inexperienced against the Croats. Being the strongest of the Vikings set the game, I see a victory for the Icelanders in this game key to the fate of the group.