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Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland betting prediction


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This confrontation tends to be little busy, since it faces two teams of very low offensive performance and that are characterized by playing very closed, with tactical schemes focused on the pressing and few arrivals to the attack. Moreover, Ireland has not scored goals in 5 of the last 10 home games, while Northern Ireland has not scored goals in any of the last six away matches and five of those matches have finished with a maximum of 2 goals in the scoreboard. Given these factors, we believe in a low offensive game and few goals.
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Preview
Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland meet at Aviva Stadium, for a friendly match. This will be the 5th friendly match of the year for Republic of Ireland, after the ones against Poland, United States, France and Turkey. As for Northern Ireland, this is the 5th friendly match of the year, after havinf played friendly matches against Israel, Costa Rica, Panama and South Korea. There is no record of official head‑to‑heads between these two teams in the last 3 years. The last time they met, on 24‑05‑2011, the match ended with the final score: Republic of Ireland (5‑0) Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland registers significant differences between home and away results, so special attention is due to the home/away factor.

Analysis Ireland

This is the 5th friendly match of the year for the home team, after having registered the following final scores in the previous friendlies: Poland (1‑1) Republic of Ireland, Republic of Ireland (2‑1) United States, France (2‑0) Republic of Ireland and Turkey (1‑0) Republic of Ireland. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 14 goals scored and 21 conceded; against 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses at their stadium, with 17 goals scored and 15 conceded. They come to this match after a home loss against Wales by (0‑1). Republic of Ireland has won 3, tied 3 and lost 4 of the last 10 home matches. They haven't been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in all of the last 4 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 5 of the last 10 matches have ended with Under 1,5 goals and 7 out of 10 have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 7 times and have only turned the score around in 1. In the last 10 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 4 of their 11 goals between minutes (31'‑45').

Ireland is ranked 33rd in the FIFA rankings, failed to qualify for the last World Cup and has been presented a poor income in 2018 where it has won only 1 of the 7 matches and has not won for 4 games, having drawn 2 and lost 2. The big problem of the team is the offensive inefficiency, being a team with great difficulties in the creative sector, which finishes little and has only average quality athletes in the sector, who scored only 2 goals in the last 4 games and come from 2 matches without scoring goals. 
Considering the home matches, Ireland is often very irregular, alternating between good and bad results, however again the problem is the attack that did not score goals in 5 of the last 10 matches in this type of situation, but worth to point out that it conceded more than 1 goal in just 1 of the last 14 clashes. 
For the clash against Northern Ireland, coach Martin O'Neill should keep the team in the more defensive 3-5-2 where all the midfielders help in the pressing, being a tightly closed team that allows few chances to the opponents.

Confirmed Lineup: Darren Randolph, Séamus Coleman, John Egan, Shane Duffy, Darragh Lenihan, Robbie Brady, Jeff Hendrick, Glenn Whelan, Callum O'Dowda, James McClean, Callum Robinson.

Analysis N. Ireland

The away team plays its 5th friendly match of the year. In the previous friendly matches they registered the following final scores: Northern Ireland (3‑0) Israel, Costa Rica (3‑0) Northern Ireland, 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 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses in away matches, with 7 goals scored and 12 conceded; against 10 wins and 5 losses at their stadium, with 25 goals scored and 11 conceded. In their last match, for the UEFA Nations League, they got an away loss against Bosnia‑Herzegovina by (2‑0). In the last 8 away matches Northern Ireland has won 2, tied 2 and lost 4. In their away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 6 of the last 8 matches have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 8 times and have only turned the score around in 1.

Northern Ireland is 34th place in the FIFA rankings, only one place behind its next opponent, has been presenting poor performance in 2018, as counting friendly and the UEFA League of Nations matches it registered 4 losses, 1 draw and only 2 wins, being in a bad phase with 2 consecutive losses. The main problem of the team is its offensive sector that has found it difficult to score goals, so much so that it did not score goals in 4 of the 7 games it played this year, being a very tight team and trying to attack through the counterattack, lack quality and speed to be effective playing this way. 
Considering the away matches, Northern Ireland comes for 6 games without winning, counting all competitions, and did not score a single goal in these matches, again showing the weakness of its attack, in addition to it is important to note that 5 of these games ended up with at most 2 goals on the scoreboard, being matches, usually, little moved. 
For the game against Ireland, coach Michael O'Neill should keep the team in the rather closed 4-5-1, with the midfield heavily populated to prevent the Irish attacks.

Confirmed Lineup: Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Michael Smith, Craig Cathcart, Jonny Evans, Jamal Lewis, Steven Davis, Corry Evans, George Saville, Stuart Dallas, Liam Boyce, Gavin Whyte.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Ireland vs N. Ireland match, on 15 November 2018, of the preview written by the editors of Betting Academy UK, goes to: Under 2,5 goals ⇒ bet available on betfair.

The Ireland vs N. Ireland on 15 November 2018 will be played at Dublin, Aviva Stadium.

 

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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