Matchday

World Cup Qualification, UEFA 2026 · 10 Oct 2025

Iceland 3–5 Ukraine

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Sep 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
2.9 – 0.7
Actual xG
–
Goals
3 – 5

Footybot made Iceland favourites at 81%.

No xG was recorded for this match, so only the result can be read.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Sverrir Ingason, 88.9 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Sverrir Ingason +37.1, Vitaliy Mykolenko +19.4, Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson +14.7.

Well below it: Elías Ólafsson −38.3, Anatoliy Trubin −16.1, Ruslan Malinovskyi −13.2.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Iceland

9 Sep 2025L 1–2at France World Cup Qualification UEFA
5 Sep 2025W 5–0v Azerbaijan World Cup Qualification UEFA

Ukraine

9 Sep 2025D 1–1at Azerbaijan World Cup Qualification UEFA
5 Sep 2025L 0–2v France World Cup Qualification UEFA

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Iceland

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Logi Tomasson Defender2100–100.0–
Sverrir Ingason Defender9000–88.9+37.1
Daníel Grétarsson Defender9000–69.0–
Mikael Anderson Midfielder1000–65.5–
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson Midfielder8601–62.2+14.7
Hakon Arnar Haraldsson Midfielder9001–55.9−3.2
Andri Guðjohnsen Forward8601–52.9+9.7
Kristian Hlynsson Midfielder2100–51.9–
Albert Guðmundsson Forward9020–49.9−3.0
Jón Dagur Þórsteinsson Forward6900–48.5–
Sævar Atli Magnússon Forward6900–47.6−3.1
Mikael Ellertsson Midfielder8610–46.1−1.7
Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson Forward1000–36.2–
Gisli Thordarson Midfielder1000–33.0–
Elías Ólafsson Goalkeeper9000–17.5−38.3

Ukraine

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Artem Bondarenko Midfielder901–100.0–
Nazar Voloshyn Midfielder5101–73.2–
Vitaliy Mykolenko Defender9001–64.4+19.4
Oleh Ocheretko Midfielder2010–59.2–
Artem Dovbyk Forward2000–56.6–
Ilya Zabarnyi Defender9000–55.6+7.6
Mykola Shaparenko Midfielder7000–50.4–
Mykola Matvienko Defender9000–49.2+1.1
Vladyslav Vanat Forward7000–46.2−4.5
Yukhym Konoplya Defender9000–43.8−4.3
Ruslan Malinovskyi Midfielder8720–41.5−13.2
Vladyslav Veleten Midfielder900–38.9–
Georgiy Sudakov Midfielder3900–34.6–
Anatoliy Trubin Goalkeeper9000–33.8−16.1