Brazil vs Iceland Prediction & Betting Tips - Handball World Championship

Prediction published on 21/01/2023, 13:55  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 21/01/2023 at 14:56 in Handball World Championship Predictions

Iceland go into this final match  against Brazil in main round Group II with a chance of reaching the quarter finals. They are third in the group, a point behind Portugal who play leaders Sweden in their final match. Iceland beat Portugal in the preliminary round so a win over Brazil will see them in the last eight if Portugal fail to beat the European champions. The Icelandic team has won three of their five games in this 2023 Men's World Handball Championships. Two were won in the preliminary round and then they got a 40-30 win over Cape Verde in their opening main round game. That was followed by a 35-30 defeat by Sweden who clinched their place in the last eight. Iceland have Ellison in top form and he's scored 36 goals so far in this tournament. They last reached the last eight of this tournament 16 years ago.

Brazil still have a very outside chance of finishing in second. They'd have to win this match, see Portugal lose to Sweden and make up the gap of 24 goals, so they shouldn't be getting their hopes up. They have played well in this group though and held Portugal to a 28-28 draw and only lost to Hungary by three goals. The Brazilians are in the main round for the third time in a row but they have never progressed further. In this tournament they have won won two, drawn one and lost two. They will put up a good fight in this match and our recommended bet here is for over 57.5 goals to be scored in the match.