Thursday , 2 July 2026

France vs Iceland, European Championship 2016 QUARTER FINALS

European Championship · 2016
France
5 – 2
Full Time
Iceland
Sun 3 Jul 2016 · 19:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 58' Birkir Bjarnason
Samuel Umtiti 75' Y

Overview

Match Preview

France vs Iceland — European Championship .

  • France 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)
  • Iceland 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)

Match Details

  • Referee Milorad Mazic
  • Referee Bjorn Kuipers
  • Referee Sander van Roekel
  • Referee Erwin Zeinstra
  • Referee Pol van Boekel
  • Referee Richard Liesveld

Head-to-Head

1
France 1 games · Avg 7.0 goals Iceland
Last 5 meetings
2016-07-03 France 5–2 Iceland

Recent Form

France
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Jul Iceland H 5–2 W
26 Jun Republic of Ireland H 2–1 W
19 Jun Switzerland A 0–0 D
15 Jun Albania H 2–0 W
10 Jun Romania H 2–1 W
08 May FC Red Bull Salzburg A 2–0 W
Iceland
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Jul France A 2–5 L
27 Jun England A 2–1 W
22 Jun Austria H 2–1 W
18 Jun Hungary H 1–1 D
14 Jun Portugal A 1–1 D

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
France this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

France
0-15
1/–
16-30
–/2
31-45
–/–
46-60
1/–
61-75
–/–
76+
–/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to that hosts another battle between France and Iceland.
  • 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Iceland needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 10' France seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 12' GOAL! Olivier Giroud scores on 12. Assisted by Blaise Matuidi
  • 17' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 19' What a strike from Paul Pogba! The score is 2-0.
  • 24' The travelling Iceland supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 29' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 29 minutes.
  • 34' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering France that had 171 games and scored 77 goals.
  • 39' France is showing some good football. However, France are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 42' What a strike from Dimitri Payet! The score is 3-0.
  • 45' Goal! Antoine Griezmann scores his 136 goal in 523 matches.
  • 46' Alfred Finnbogason has so much to prove this time. He replaces Jon Dadi Bodvarsson on 46 minute.
  • 51' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 56' Goal! Kolbeinn Sigthorsson scores his 5 goal in 101 matches.
  • 58' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Birkir Bjarnason.
  • 59' Olivier Giroud with the second goal in the match!
  • 60' Andre-Pierre Gignac has so much to prove this time. He replaces Olivier Giroud on 60 minute.
  • 65' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Laurent Koscielny suffering a number of foals already.
  • 70' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 72' Eliaquim Mangala has so much to prove this time. He replaces Laurent Koscielny on 72 minute.
  • 75' Samuel Umtiti was booked on 75.
  • 80' The whistle greets Dimitri Payet as he departs to be replaced by Kingsley Coman.
  • 83' The whistle greets Kolbeinn Sigthorsson as he departs to be replaced by Eidur Gudjohnsen.
  • 84' What a strike from Birkir Bjarnason! The score is 5-2.
  • 89' Moussa Sissoko needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for France players.

Lineups

France Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Didier Deschamps

Iceland Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Lars Lagerback

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.55 France xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.39 Iceland xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 74% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct
France60% Draw20% Iceland20%
Actual: France win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes69% 0% No31%
Avg goals/match: 3.94
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 90%
10%
± 2.5 74%
26%
± 3.5 54%
46%
± 4.5 36%
64%

Double Chance

France or Draw
80%
Draw or Iceland
40%
France or Iceland
80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
France46% Draw36% Iceland18%
Actual: France win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 5–2 not predicted
5 – 2
Actual
2 – 1
8.6%
1 – 1
7.7%
3 – 1
7.2%
2 – 0
6.4%
2 – 2
5.9%
3 – 0
5.3%
3 – 2
5%
1 – 2
4.7%
1 – 0
4.7%
4 – 1
4.6%
4 – 0
3.4%
4 – 2
3.2%

Asian Handicap — France

Handicap France covers Push Iceland covers
-2.5 23% — 77%
-2 23% 18% 59%
-1.5 41% — 59%
-1 41% 20% 39%
-0.5 61% — 39%
+0.5 81% — 19%
+1 81% 11% 8%
+1.5 92% — 8%
+2 92% 5% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

France keeps clean sheet
26% ✓
Iceland keeps clean sheet
9% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.