Kick-off: 1700, 10/07/2022
Stadium: Manchester City Academy Stadium
TV: BBC
Belgium and Iceland are the underdogs in Euro 2022 Group D behind France and Italy and a tight tussle is expected when they meet in Manchester.
They are evenly matched judged on the latest FIFA rankings, at 19 and 17 respectively, and past meetings have tended to be close encounters.
We feel both sides may settle for a steady stalemate on Sunday and 3.3 for a draw is our first Belgium Women vs Iceland Women prediction.
Belgium Women Odds
Belgium have reached their second European Championship, having beaten Norway in between losses to Denmark and Netherlands five years ago.
This time, they qualified in fine style by topping a pool which also featured Switzerland, crushing the Swiss 4-0 in the closing game to make it seven wins out of eight.
Hoffenheim forward Tine De Caigny bagged a brace in that match to take her tally to 12 on the road to England.
The Red Flames have other prolific front players in ex-Manchester City striker Tessa Wullaert and Janice Cayman, who have 114 international goals between them.
However, with former defensive midfielder Ives Serneels in charge, we believe Belgium will still adopt a safety-first approach to this opening game.
Looking at the Belgium Women vs Iceland Women odds, under 2.5 total goals can be backed at 1.8.
Iceland Women Odds
Iceland will be appearing at their fourth straight Euros and have won only one of 10 previous fixtures, which helped them make the quarter-finals in 2013.
Five years ago, they were beaten by France, Switzerland and Austria, with just one goal scored in those games.
This time, Our Girls qualified as one of the best runners-up behind Sweden, who they held to a draw on home turf.
Juventus midfielder Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir is Iceland’s key player and has 139 caps to her credit.
Dagny Brynjarsdottir of West Ham, Hallbera Guony Gisladottir and Bayern Munich’s Glodis Perla Viggosdottir are other centurions.
Up front, there are high hopes for 21-year-old Wolfsburg winger Sveindis Jane Jonsdottir and there does seem a desire to be more attacking.
However, in three previous tussles with Iceland, there has been a goalless stalemate and a narrow win for either team, so this is still more likely to be a cagey contest.
Let’s add 6.5 for a 1-1 draw to our Belgium Women vs Iceland Women betting tips.
Additional stats
Last result:
BELGIUM 6-1 Luxembourg – Vanmechelen (3), Tysiak (2), Blom
Poland 1-3 ICELAND – Porvaldsdottir, Jonsdottir, Albertsdottir
Head-to-head: Iceland 2-1 Belgium, Belgium 1-0 Iceland, Iceland 0-0 Belgium
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