FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)---Azerbaijan VS Iceland Prediction

Azerbaijan VS Iceland    Livescore / H2H stats and Live Streaming
Time:14-11-2025 01:00 Friday
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Milli suffered consecutive defeats during October's international window, with losses to France (3-0) and Ukraine (2-1) extending their winless run in all international fixtures to a staggering 13 matches, dating all the way back to a friendly success over Kazakhstan in June 2024.

As a result, it is hardly surprising that Azerbaijan find themselves rooted to the very bottom of the Group D standings ahead of this week's hosting of North American hopefuls Iceland, with only victory in this match enough to keep the World Cup hopes of head coach Aykhan Abbasov alive.

A major reason for Milli's struggles over the course of the qualification campaign to date, Thursday's hosts have managed just two goals across four matches, with one coming via an own goal, whilst the other was a penalty kick from Emin Makhmudov during the draw with Ukraine.

Azerbaijan have enjoyed victory in just three matches since November 2023, and all of those triumphs arrived on home soil across various competitions, with their most recent win coming last summer, when Mahir Emreli and Tural Bayramov were on the scoresheet.

Following an inconsistent start to World Cup qualifying, Iceland proved that they are still capable of fighting for a two-spot placement in Group D, with Thursday night's visitors to Baku picking up an eye-catching point against European giants France on October 13.

In arguably their best performance since the 1-0 friendly win at Wembley over Gareth Southgate's England during the summer of 2024, Strakarnir okkar forced the two-time world champions to a share of the honours last time out, with Victor Palsson and Kristian Hlynsson finding the net either side of the half-time interval.

After collecting a respectable point from a home battle with Les Bleus last month, Iceland are currently occupying third spot in the Group D rankings with two matches remaining, six points behind Didier Deschamps's section leaders and just three points back from second-placed Ukraine.

Match Prediction: Azerbaijan 0-2 Iceland
After forcing France to a draw last time out, Iceland should be supremely confident of picking up maximum points against strugglers Azerbaijan. Milli have shown little signs of promise during this World Cup qualification campaign, and their faint World Cup hopes are set to be extinguished in Baku on Thursday night.