Israel vs Faroe Islands Match Analysis and Prediction

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Israel will on Monday try their best to round off their World Cup 2022 qualification campaign on a positive note as they welcome Faroe Islands for their final Group F contest.

The hosts are on the third spot in the section, seven points behind Scotland who are in the second position, while Faroe Islands are fifth, three points clear of sixth-placed Moldova with a game at hand.

Israel have ever only qualified once for the World Cup finals while taking part in the 1970 edition of the tournament, and this time round they will have to wait until 2026 to come back into the laeding competition in international football.

They have won four, drawn one and lost four out of their nine matches collecting 13 points to sit in the third position on the table, seven points behind Scotland who are already guaranteed of a spot in the playoffs.

Willibald Ruttensteiner’s side have scored 20 goals in the section to become the second most behind Denmark who have scored 30, but they have not been able to keep them down the other end – shipping 19- just a goal fewer than Faroe Islands.

The Blues and Whites got a 2-1 victory over Moldova in their last home qualifier in October, but are coming into this game off a 4-2 defeat to Austria on Friday.

Meanwhile, Israel have won all of their last three matches against Faroe Islands, including the 4-0 victory in the reverse match in September, where Eran Zahavi scored a treble.

Faroe Islands have never qualified for the the World Cup finals and they were obviousely going to struggle to compete in this section with teams around them having good quality in their squads. Hakan Ericson’s side have lost three matches after 2-1 victory over Moldova in September.

Israel vs Faroe Island head to head

The pair have only had four head to head encounters, with The Blue and Whites dominating with victory. They only drew once in their first encounter then Israel took over with back-to-back wins, where Israel triumphantly took a 4-0 away victory in September in the World Cup Qualifiers.

Faroe Islands 1-1 Israel 05/08/92

Faroe Island 0-2 Israel 07/09/05

Israel 2-1 Faroe Islands 08/10/05

Faroe Islands 0-4 Israel 01/09/21

Israel latest home form

The Blue and Whites have really tried to improve their form at home recently, trumping Austria 5-2 and winning 2-1 against Moldova, both in the World Cup Qualifiers. This could be termed as good motivation for the teem to put foot forward ahead of the Monday clash against Faroe Island.

Israel 1-0 Scotland 18/11/20

Israel 0-2 Denmark 25/03/21

Israel 1-1 Scotland 28/03/21

Israel 5-2 Austria 04/09/21

Israel 2-1 Moldova 12/10/21

Israel latest away form

Israel seem to be overwhelmed on the road lately, with four defeats in their last five recent matches. They only managed one win of 4-0 against Faroe Islands away in the World Cup Qualifiers encounter. In their last five away matches, they have conceded 16 and scored 8 goals.

Portugal 4-0 Israel 09/06/21

Faroe Islands 0-4 Israel 01/09/21

Denmark 5-0 Israel 07/0921

Scotland 3-2 Israel 09/10/21

Austria 4-2 Israel 12/11/21

Faroe Island latest home form

All the last five recent matches of Faroe Island at home have been of the World Cup Qualifiers – and they only managed to retain home one win – losing the other four without scoring a single goal in the process, where they conceded a total of 9 goals in all the five games.

Faroe Islands 0-4 Israel 01/09/21

Faroe Islands 0-1 Denmark 04/09/21

Faroe Islands 2-1 Moldova 07/09/21

Faroe Islands 0-2 Austria 09/10/21

Faroe Islands 0-1 Scotland 12/10/21

Faroe Island latest away form

Faroe Islands away form of late has moved from bad to worse. After previously holding onto a 1-1 draw in their last six away matches, they came into a three back-to-back losing record on away soil, all the three games being in the World Cup Qualifiers, the last loss being to Denmark on Friday.

Malta 1-1 Faroe Islands 17/11/20

Moldova 1-1 Faroe Islands 25/03/21

Austria 3-1 Faroe Islands 28/03/21

Scotland 4-0 Faroe Islands 31/03/21

Denmark 3-1 Faroe Islands 12/11/21

Israel news

As Israel are keen to finish above Austria, the head coach Ruttensteiner is seemingly planing to stick with majority of the side that played against Austria. Manor Solomon and Munas Dabbur are expected to feature, while Nir Bitton could again line up in defence for the home team.

Faroe Islands news

Klaemint Olsen who came off the bench and scored in the clash with Denmark earned a role in the first XI, with Trondur Jensen and Heri Mohr pushing to come into the starting side when Ericsson will shuffle his pack. Hallur Hansson is expected to captain from the right of the midfield four.

Prediction and Odds

This is likely not going to be a high-scoring affair as Faroe Island might proof to be a hard team for Israel to go through to score. However, Israel have superior quality all over the pitch, and the home team should have more than enough end their Group F campaign with a win.

Odds: 1 1.30 X 1.70 2 2.50