Northern Ireland vs Finland Prediction: Expect a goal exchange

Belfast's Windsor Park will host a European Football Championship qualifying match between the national teams of Northern Ireland and Finland on March 26, 2023.

Northern Ireland

The team of Northern Ireland in the qualifying tournament for Euro 2016 performed a miracle, qualifying for the final part of the continental championship for the first time in their history. Moreover, they did not stop there, reaching the round of 16, but were stopped from going any farther. Since then, their performance has slowed down, and they were content with only third place in the group to beat Italy and Switzerland in the qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 2022. Ireland started their campaign for Euro 2024 with a clash against San Marino and secured a pragmatic 2:0 win.

Finland

Finland is another team that has recently participated in the finals of the European Championship for the first time. This happened in 2021, the year of Euro 2020. Suomi did not make it beyond the group stage, but even that was a huge success for them. In the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, the Blues and Whites made a decent play, finishing third in their group, but the French and Ukrainians were ahead. Now the Finns will try to qualify for Euro 2024, but their first attempt was painful as they suffered a disappointing defeat in Copenhagen against Denmark 1:3, with the second and third goals conceded in the 82nd and 93rd minutes.

Expert Betting Tips

Northern Ireland and Finland certainly can't be called one of European football's most attacking and productive teams. Still, the moment they face each other a spectacular scoring extravaganza begins. In their last four head-to-head encounters, the opponents combined for 14 goals (3.50 per game on average). All this is why paying more attention to the bet on a total over 2.5 and the bet on Both teams to Score - Yes is possible.

The teams of Northern Ireland and Finland are opponents of a comparable level, who only a few years ago were first selected for the continental championships at the same time between them. The White-Green team has been stronger twice in the last four personal meetings, but the winner could not be determined. And now Michael O'Neill's charges are the favorites because the day before, they beat San Marino, and Suomi left a lot of energy and emotions in the battle with the Danes and lost. As a result, a bet on the victory of the Northern Ireland team is inevitable.

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