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Wednesday, October 15, 2014
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The Czech Republic's home record against Iceland is good, but the Scandinavian side have started UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group A in blistering form.
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The Czech Republic have won all of their previous home fixtures against Iceland, but as the sides meet again in Group A, the visitors will be full of confidence.
Match background
• The Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia's eight previous games against Iceland ended W6 D1 L1 (W2 D0 L1 as the Czech Republic).
• Atli Edvaldsson's Iceland produced a major upset by winning the sides' last meeting, beating Jozef Chovanec's Czech Republic team 3-1 in a FIFA World Cup qualifier on 1 September 2001. Eyjólfur Sverrisson (45 and 77) and Andri Sigthórsson (66) scored for Iceland, before Marek Jankulovski (88) replied for the Czechs.
• The Czechs have won all four of their previous home fixtures against Iceland, with the biggest margin of victory a 6-1 in the nations' first encounter – a May 1981 World Cup qualifier.
• The Czech Republic's record in eight UEFA age-group tournament matches against Iceland is W7 D1 L0.
• Czech clubs' record in ten UEFA encounters with Icelandic counterparts is W8 D2 L0.