Iceland Interceptions Stats 2026

Iceland Interceptions Stats 2026

Iceland have recorded 33 interceptions across 4 UEFA Nations League games in 2026, averaging 8.3 per match. Í. Jóhannesson leads the squad with 6 interceptions - 1.5 per game. D. Grétarsson is next with 5.

Iceland Interceptions: Form & Insights

Over their last 10 games, Iceland are averaging 8.3 interceptions per match - Í. Jóhannesson leads that period with 6. Use the match-by-match table above to compare interceptions game by game, with home and away filters ahead of Iceland vs Bulgaria on 13.11.2026.

Iceland Interceptions Questions

How many interceptions do Iceland average per game?

Iceland average 8.3 interceptions per UEFA Nations League game in 2026, based on 4 matches. Over their last 10 games that figure is 8.3 per match.

Who leads Iceland for interceptions?

Í. Jóhannesson leads Iceland for interceptions in 2026 with 6 in UEFA Nations League - an average of 1.5 per game. D. Grétarsson is second with 5.

How do Iceland's interceptions break down home vs away?

Use the Home / Away filter above the data table to compare Iceland's interceptions totals and per-game averages split by venue across 2026.

Iceland player interceptions rates

Player	Position	Apps	Interceptions	Per game	1+ hit rate
Mikael Egill Ellertsson	midfielder	7	7	1	71%
Ísak Jóhannesson	midfielder	7	7	1	71%
Logi Tómasson	defender	5	7	1.4	80%
Hörður Magnússon	defender	7	6	0.86	57%
Daníel Leó Grétarsson	defender	6	5	0.83	50%
Hákon Arnar Haraldsson	midfielder	7	4	0.57	57%
Stefán Teitur Thórdarson	midfielder	6	4	0.67	50%
Victor Pálsson	defender	7	3	0.43	29%
Andri Fannar Baldursson	midfielder	4	3	0.75	75%
Albert Gudmundsson	attacker	3	3	1	67%
Johann Berg Guðmunds­son	attacker	2	3	1.5	100%
Sverrir Ingi Ingason	defender	2	3	1.5	50%
Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson	attacker	5	2	0.4	20%
Aron Gunnarsson	midfielder	3	2	0.67	67%
Gudmundur Thórarinsson	defender	1	2	2	100%
Orri Óskarsson	attacker	6	1	0.17	17%
Andri Gudjohnsen	attacker	5	1	0.2	20%
Mikael Anderson	midfielder	3	1	0.33	33%
Arnór Sigurdsson	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
K. Ingason	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Höskuldur Gunnlaugsson	midfielder	1	1	1	100%
Damir Muminovic	defender	1	1	1	100%
Karl Fridleifur Gunnarsson	defender	1	1	1	100%
Hákon Valdimarsson	goalkeeper	6	0	0	0%
Gylfi Sigurdsson	midfielder	5	0	0	0%

Iceland interceptions match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team interceptions	Opposition interceptions	Match total	Top player
6 Oct 2026	UEFA Nations League	Estonia	Away	0-0	10
3 Oct 2026	UEFA Nations League	Bulgaria	Home	3-0	9
29 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Luxembourg	Away	0-3	8
26 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Estonia	Home	1-1	6
10 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Argentina	Away	3-0	6
31 May 2026	Friendly International	Japan	Away	1-0	2
31 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Haiti	Away	1-1	0
28 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Canada	Away	2-2	12
26 Feb 2026	Friendly International	Mexico	Away	4-0	7
16 Nov 2025	WC Qualification Europe	Ukraine	Away	2-0	9

Iceland interceptions 2026: last 10 games

Interceptions for per game

7.44

Interceptions against per game

8.56

Match total interceptions per game

16

Games

9

League rank for match interceptions

40 of 53

Iceland Interceptions for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %
Home	2	6	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Away	7	7.86	86%	71%	57%	43%	43%
Overall	9	7.44	89%	56%	44%	33%	33%

Iceland Interceptions against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %
Home	2	9	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%
Away	7	8.43	86%	86%	86%	57%	14%
Overall	9	8.56	78%	78%	78%	56%	22%

Iceland Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 12.5 %	Over 14.5 %	Over 16.5 %	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %
Home	2	15	50%	50%	50%	50%	0%
Away	7	16.29	86%	86%	43%	43%	14%
Overall	9	16	78%	78%	44%	44%	11%

Iceland Team interceptions 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team interceptions	Overall	Home	Away
Interceptions / match	7.44	6	7.86
Interceptions over 5.5	89%	100%	86%
Interceptions over 6.5	56%	0%	71%
Interceptions over 7.5	44%	0%	57%
Interceptions over 8.5	33%	0%	43%
Interceptions over 9.5	33%	0%	43%

Iceland Interceptions against 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Interceptions against	Overall	Home	Away
Interceptions against / match	8.56	9	8.43
Interceptions against over 5.5	78%	50%	86%
Interceptions against over 6.5	78%	50%	86%
Interceptions against over 7.5	78%	50%	86%
Interceptions against over 8.5	56%	50%	57%
Interceptions against over 9.5	22%	50%	14%

Iceland Match interceptions 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match interceptions	Overall	Home	Away
Match interceptions / match	16	15	16.29
Match interceptions over 12.5	78%	50%	86%
Match interceptions over 14.5	78%	50%	86%
Match interceptions over 16.5	44%	50%	43%
Match interceptions over 18.5	44%	50%	43%
Match interceptions over 20.5	11%	0%	14%

Iceland interceptions match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Interceptions for	Interceptions against	Match total	1st-half total
6 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Estonia (A)	0-0	10	11	21	-
3 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Bulgaria (H)	3-0	6	14	20	-
29 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Luxembourg (A)	0-3	8	8	16	-
26 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Estonia (H)	1-1	6	4	10	-
10 Jun	Friendly International	Argentina (A)	3-0	6	9	15	-
31 May	Friendly International	Japan (A)	1-0	2	5	7	-
28 Mar	Friendly International	Canada (A)	2-2	12	8	20	-
26 Feb	Friendly International	Mexico (A)	4-0	7	9	16	-
16 Nov	WC Qualification Europe	Ukraine (A)	2-0	10	9	19	-

UEFA Nations League interceptions table 2026: every team's interceptions per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 16.5 %
1	San Marino	4	9	12.25	21.25	100%
2	Romania	6	11	10	21	67%
3	Lithuania	3	9.67	11	20.67	67%
4	Azerbaijan	3	8.67	11.67	20.33	67%
5	Gibraltar	4	11.25	8.75	20	25%
6	North Macedonia	7	10.14	9.86	20	57%
7	Albania	6	9.33	10.67	20	83%
8	France	16	9.56	10.13	19.69	50%
9	Wales	8	7.75	11.63	19.38	63%
10	Bulgaria	4	10.5	8.5	19	50%
11	Poland	6	11.17	7.5	18.67	50%
12	Denmark	7	8.57	9.86	18.43	57%
13	Italy	8	9.25	9.13	18.38	38%
14	Belgium	14	9.14	9.14	18.29	43%
15	Belarus	4	11.75	6.5	18.25	75%
16	Kazakhstan	5	9.6	8.6	18.2	40%
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	9.2	8.9	18.1	40%
18	Kosovo	6	9.17	8.83	18	50%
19	Spain	16	7.5	10.5	18	38%
20	Switzerland	14	8.29	9.36	17.64	29%
21	Israel	5	9	8.6	17.6	40%
22	Turkey	11	8.64	8.82	17.45	18%
23	Latvia	6	8.17	9	17.17	17%
24	Germany	12	5.83	11.25	17.08	17%
25	Northern Ireland	8	8.88	8.13	17	50%
26	Slovakia	5	8.2	8.6	16.8	40%
27	Finland	8	7.5	9.25	16.75	25%
28	Republic of Ireland	9	7.78	8.56	16.33	22%
29	Austria	11	8	8.27	16.27	27%
30	Moldova	4	8.5	7.75	16.25	50%
31	Norway	14	7.93	8.29	16.21	29%
32	Malta	5	8	8.2	16.2	20%
33	Hungary	8	9	7	16	25%
34	Slovenia	6	8.33	7.67	16	33%
35	Estonia	4	7.75	8.25	16	25%
36	Armenia	4	7.25	8.75	16	25%
37	Netherlands	12	7.67	8.08	15.75	25%
38	Serbia	7	9.71	6	15.71	14%
39	Luxembourg	7	7.14	8.57	15.71	14%
40	Iceland	8	7.13	8.5	15.63	38%
41	Portugal	13	8.08	7.38	15.46	23%
42	Croatia	12	8.92	6.42	15.33	17%
43	Andorra	3	8	7.33	15.33	0%
44	Czech Republic	9	7.11	8.11	15.22	11%
45	Ukraine	5	7.2	8	15.2	20%
46	Scotland	11	7.09	8	15.09	18%
47	Montenegro	4	7.75	7.25	15	25%
48	Cyprus	4	7.75	7.25	15	25%
49	England	16	6.75	8.13	14.88	31%
50	Sweden	12	7.42	7.42	14.83	17%
51	Greece	7	7	7.14	14.14	29%
52	Georgia	4	5.75	8	13.75	0%
53	Faroe Islands	4	6.75	5.75	12.5	0%

Iceland interceptions against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 16.5 %
Vs top six	12	7.08	8.92	16	33%
Vs top half	12	7.08	8.92	16	33%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

Iceland interceptions per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 16.5 %
UEFA Nations League	2026/2027	4	7.5	9.25	16.75	50%
WC Qualification Europe	2026	6	9.17	7.83	17	50%
Friendly International	2026	4	6.75	7.75	14.5	25%
Friendly International	2025	2	10	9	19	50%

Iceland next three opponents: interceptions per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their interceptions for	Their interceptions against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Fri 13 Nov 19:45	Bulgaria (away)	19	10.5	8.5	19.5	9.5	10
Mon 16 Nov 17:00	Luxembourg (home)	17.25	8.75	8.5	18	9.5	8.5

Iceland players with the most games of 1+ interceptions 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Ísak Jóhannesson	midfielder	5	7	71%
2	Logi Tómasson	defender	4	7	57%
3	Mikael Egill Ellertsson	midfielder	4	7	57%
4	Andri Fannar Baldursson	midfielder	3	5	60%
5	Daníel Leó Grétarsson	defender	3	6	50%

Bulgaria interceptions match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Interceptions for	Interceptions against	Match total	1st-half total
6 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Luxembourg (A)	0-2	9	8	17	-
3 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Iceland (A)	3-0	14	6	20	-
29 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Estonia (H)	0-0	11	7	18	-
26 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Luxembourg (H)	1-2	8	13	21	-
18 Nov	WC Qualification Europe	Georgia (H)	2-1	7	12	19	-
15 Nov	WC Qualification Europe	Turkey (A)	2-0	14	8	22	-

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