Costa Rica takes on the visitors Northern Ireland at “Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica” in a friendly tackle. The game will be played in San Jose on Sunday, June 3rd.
Having replaced the head-coach, Costa Rica didn’t change its defensive football philosophy which is not surprising as the squad remains the same and only enriches its experience. “La Tricolor” conducted 40 clashes under the rule of Oscar Ramirez, having scored 47 goals for and 36 goals against in them which makes up on average 2.07 goals combined per fight. Besides, 27 out of 40 (or 67.5%) those encounters were finished with under 2.5 scored goals. In the recent battles Costa Rica have lost to Tunisia 0:1, beat Scotland 1:0 and failed 0:1 against Hungary.
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Just like its forthcoming opponent, Northern Ireland prefers extremely defensive football scheme with five backs. And that tactic can be easily explained as the team’s defenders represent mainly English Premier League while there are no really strong strikers in its roster. It should be noted that “Green and White Army” conceded only six goals in 10 clashes conducted within the Europe’s Qualifiers Group stage for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. Since 2011 the side has played 54 games under the rule of Michael O'Neill, having scored 56 goals for and 57 goals against, thus, 38 those encounters or 70% of them ended with less than 2.5 goals combined.
Taking into consideration that is going to be a meeting of two low-scoring teams which totally focus on defense, spectators shouldn’t count for a cracker on Sunday evening.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
