Belgium has been on an upward trajectory since they named Roberto Martinez as their manager, and it seems that it is only a matter of time before this Golden generation of players delivers a trophy to their nation.<\/p>\n
They have continued were they left off at the World Cup after winning third place.<\/p>\n
They have won two of their Euro Nations League games so far and their fans would be expecting them to win a third consecutive game at home here.<\/p>\n
They did draw with neighbors Netherlands, in a friendly in the last international window, but they should get maximum points in this game.<\/p>\n
Belgium defeated Iceland 3-0 away in the reverse fixture and their performance against a more organized Switzerland side also shows that they are set to get all the points in this match.<\/p>\n
Iceland have struggled to live up to the high expectations that their performances in recent years have placed on them.<\/p>\n
Being grouped together with Switzerland and Belgium, it was always going to be a major hurdle for them, and when they were beaten 6-0 by the Swiss in their first game, they had set the tone for a poor showing in this competition.<\/p>\n
They almost ran away with a win against France in their last Friendly game to show that they can still pull off a surprised win, however, we don’t expect them to start winning in this competition from this match as they have lost all their games so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Belgium has been on an upward trajectory since they named Roberto Martinez as their manager, and it seems that it is only a matter of time before this Golden generation of players delivers a trophy to their nation. They have continued were they left off at the World Cup after winning third place. They have won two of their Euro Nations League games so far and their fans would be expecting them to win a third consecutive game at home here. They did draw with neighbors Netherlands, in a friendly in the last international window, but they should get maximum points in this game. Belgium defeated Iceland 3-0 away in the reverse fixture and their performance against a more organized Switzerland side also shows that they are set to get all the points in this match. Iceland have struggled to live up to the high expectations that their performances in recent years have placed on them. Being grouped together with Switzerland and Belgium, it was always going to be a major hurdle for them, and when they were beaten 6-0 by the Swiss in their first game, they had set the tone for a poor showing in this competition. They almost ran away with a win against France in their last Friendly game to show that they can still pull off a surprised win, however, we don’t expect them to start winning in this competition from this match as they have lost all their games so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,171,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-international","category-match-preview"],"yoast_head":"\n