Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iceland will kick off their Euro 2024 qualifying campaigns when they face off in Zenica on Thursday evening.

With Portugal favoured to top Group J – and Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Slovakia also in the group – Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iceland will both be eager to start qualification on a positive note.

Players to watch: All-time top Bosnian scorer Edin Džeko (G64) has managed just two club goals in 2023, but has netted three goals across his last three international matches.

Iceland will hope midfielder Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson can bring with him some of the creative prowess that has seen him register five club assists in 2023 for Burnley.

Hot stat: Four of Bosnia’s last five home matches finished by the same 1-0 scoreline (W3, L1).

Bosnia-Herzegovina form (all competitions):

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Iceland form (all competitions):

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Bosnia-Herzegovina possible starting lineup:

Vaslij; Dedic, Kovacevic, Hadzikadunic, Ahmedhodzic, Kolasinac; Krunic, Cimirot, Gojak; Dzeko, Demirovic

Iceland possible starting lineup:

Runarsson; Sampsted, Gunnarsson, Palsson, Olafsson; Magnusson; Sigurdsson, Gudmundsson, Traustason, Haraldsson; Finnbogason

Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0 Iceland

Led by the evergreen Edin Dzeko, we expect Bosnia-Herzegovina to kick-start the Faruk Hadzibegic era with a comfortable home victory over Iceland, whose struggles at both ends of the pitch look set to continue.