Azerbaijan takes on the visitors Northern Ireland at ”Tofiq Bahramov Stadium” in the matchday six of the of the Europe’s Qualifiers Group stage for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. The game will be played in Baku on Saturday, June 10th.
In 2017 Azerbaijan conducted two encounters resulting in 2:1 triumph over Qatar and 1:4 loss to Germany. In regard to the Qualifiers stage for the World Cup, after five rounds Azerbaijan occupies the fourth position in the Group C with seven points taken and 3-8 goal difference fighting for the promotion to the Mundial’s final stage. Robert Prosinecki’s side is just three points below the second place. The Caucasians played two clashes at their own turf in the current Group stage recording 1:0 victory over Norway and 1:4 defeat to Germany.
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Northern Ireland won both matches without conceded goals in 2017: vs. Norway 2:0 and vs. New Zealand 1:0. Michael O'Neill’s team enjoyed its performing at the major tournaments and it wouldn’t mind to follow the UEFA EURO 2016 with the participation in the 2018 FIFA World Cup final stage. After the first lap the Irish occupy the second place in the Group C with 10 points earned and 10-2 goal difference. However, it should be noted that Northern Ireland demonstrates mediocre results on the road: it got 0:0 draw against Czech Republic and 0:2 loss vs. Germany.
Azerbaijan and Northern Ireland met five times in their history recording one triumph in favour of the Caucasians, two draws and two wins of the Irish including 4:0 victory in the reverse fixture of the current Qualifiers Group stage. I believe that a numerous goals will not be scored in the forthcoming battle. The Azerbaijani have learnt their lesson from the away defeat, while, the Irish show not such convincing football at away grounds as at the home field.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
