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Costa Rica Northern Ireland betting prediction


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The '' over 1.5 goals '' is the market we suggest for this match. We believe that Costa Rica will dominate much of the match and enjoy the best chances of goals, however, the quick transitions of Northern Ireland can create difficulties for the Costa Rican team. So, it’s foreseeable a very open match and with several goals opportunities, making a bet in favor of goals to be full of value.
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Preview
Costa Rica and Northern Ireland meet at Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, for a friendly match. This will be the 3rd friendly match of the year for Costa Rica, after the ones against Tunisia and Scotland. As for Northern Ireland, this is the 3rd friendly match of the year, after havinf played friendly matches against Panama and South Korea. These two teams have never met before, so this will be the first head‑to‑head between them. In this match the home advantage may play an important role, since Northern Ireland presents significant differences between home and away performances.

Analysis Costa Rica

This is the 3rd friendly match of the year for the home team, after having registered the following final scores in the previous friendlies: Tunisia (1‑0) Costa Rica and Scotland (0‑1) Costa Rica. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 17 goals scored and 17 conceded; against 7 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss at their stadium, with 21 goals scored and 8 conceded. In the last 10 home matches Costa Rica has won 3, tied 6 and lost 1. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 7 times and have never been able to turn the score around. In the last 13 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 8 of their 16 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

Tunisia comes for this match after a defeat against Tunisia, in March this year, by 1-0, thus adding the fourth defeat in the last five matches in several competitions. We remember that the Costa Ricans fell in the group of Brazil, Serbia and Switzerland. Looking back over the last 10 matches, it’s possible to note that the Costa Rica players have an attack and a defense with several flaws: they scored an average of 0.7 goals and conceded an average of 1.3 goals in the last 10 matches. On an individual level, we highlight midfielder Bryan Ruiz, who is the owner of great technique and vision of the match. Óscar Ramírez should play in 4-3-3, aligned, possibly, with his best players.

Confirmed Lineup: Keylor Navas, Cristian Gamboa, Óscar Duarte, Bryan Oviedo, Giancarlo González, Jhonny Acosta, David Guzmán, Celso Borges, Johan Venegas, Daniel Colindres, Joel Campbell.

Analysis N. Ireland

The away team plays its 3rd friendly match of the year. In the previous friendly matches they registered the following final scores: Panama (0‑0) Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland (2‑1) South Korea. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses in away matches, with 11 goals scored and 9 conceded; against 10 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses at their stadium, with 25 goals scored and 11 conceded. In the last 10 away matches Northern Ireland has won 3, tied 3 and lost 4. In their away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 10 of the last 11 matches have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 6 times and have only turned the score around in 1. In the last 11 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 3 of their 6 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

The Northern Ireland squad comes for this match after a draw against Panama, adding in this way the third followed match without losing in several competitions. Contrary to the adversary, the Irishmen won’t be present at the 2018 World Cup. The team led by Michael O'Neill exhibit a very competent defensive sector, and in addition, very strong at positional level: they suffered on average 0, 6 goals per match, this in the last 10 played matches. Stuart Dallas is the great highlight of this national team, being this owner of great technical quality and vision of match. It seems that the coach can count on his usual pieces.

Confirmed Lineup: Trevor Carson, Aaron Hughes, Gareth McAuley, Jonny Evans, Lee Hodson, Craig Cathcart, Corry Evans, Paddy McNair, Stuart Dallas, Liam Boyce, Josh Magennis.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Costa Rica vs N. Ireland match, on 3 June 2018, of the preview written by the editors of Betting Academy UK, goes to: Over 1,5 goals ⇒ bet available on betfair.

The Costa Rica vs N. Ireland on 3 June 2018 will be played at San José, Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica.

 

Friendlies - 2018

  • 94% 390 / 414 Games

  • Home team wins 44.87%
  • Draws 28.72%
  • Away team wins 26.41%
  • Over 1.5 65.64%
  • Over 2.5 41.28%
  • Over 3.5 23.85%
  • Goals 918
  • Goals /match 2.35
  • Goals /match home 1.4
  • Goals /match away 0.96
  • Both teams score 39.23%
  • Goals after 80' 11.98%
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