Matchday

World Cup Qualification, UEFA 2026 · 16 Nov 2025

Ukraine 2–0 Iceland

Expected and what happened

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

Expected xG
3.2 – 2.1
Actual xG
–
Goals
2 – 0

Footybot made Ukraine favourites at 60%.

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

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Albert Guðmundsson, 88.7 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Albert Guðmundsson +30.0, Andri Guðjohnsen +18.4, Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson +17.2.

Well below it: Yehor Yarmoliuk −17.7, Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson −17.6, Jón Dagur Þórsteinsson −8.9.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Ukraine

13 Nov 2025L 0–4at France World Cup Qualification UEFA
13 Oct 2025W 2–1v Azerbaijan World Cup Qualification UEFA
10 Oct 2025W 5–3at Iceland World Cup Qualification UEFA
9 Sep 2025D 1–1at Azerbaijan World Cup Qualification UEFA
5 Sep 2025L 0–2v France World Cup Qualification UEFA

Iceland

13 Nov 2025W 2–0at Azerbaijan World Cup Qualification UEFA
13 Oct 2025D 2–2v France World Cup Qualification UEFA
10 Oct 2025L 3–5v Ukraine World Cup Qualification UEFA
9 Sep 2025L 1–2at France World Cup Qualification UEFA
5 Sep 2025W 5–0v Azerbaijan World Cup Qualification UEFA

Head to head

10 Oct 2025Iceland 3–5 Ukraine World Cup Qualification UEFA

Ukraine

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Yehor Nazaryna Midfielder900–61.0–
Mykola Matvienko Defender9000–60.4+11.5
Anatoliy Trubin Goalkeeper9000–57.2+8.5
Ilya Zabarnyi Defender9000–53.2−0.9
Viktor Tsygankov Midfielder8700–49.8−4.1
Mykola Shaparenko Midfielder2100–49.5–
Vladyslav Vanat Forward6900–49.5+0.9
Yukhym Konoplya Defender9000–48.4+3.6
Ruslan Malinovskyi Midfielder7700–47.0−6.8
Oleksandr Zubkov Midfielder8710–43.1−6.9
Roman Yaremchuk Forward2100–43.0–
Vitaliy Mykolenko Defender9000–40.6−4.7
Yehor Yarmoliuk Midfielder6900–34.8−17.7
Oleksandr Svatok Defender900–31.9–

Iceland

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Albert Guðmundsson Forward9000–88.7+30.0
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson Midfielder9000–68.2+17.2
Andri Guðjohnsen Forward9000–65.0+18.4
Sverrir Ingason Defender9000–57.5−0.2
Mikael Ellertsson Midfielder8600–53.2+7.0
Hörður Magnússon Defender9000–50.5–
Elías Ólafsson Goalkeeper9000–50.4−0.5
Daníel Tristan Guðjohnsen Forward1000–49.1–
Hakon Arnar Haraldsson Midfielder9000–48.8−4.7
Jón Dagur Þórsteinsson Forward8600–43.8−8.9
Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson Forward6500–39.4−17.6
Logi Tomasson Defender1000–25.2–