Northern Ireland hosts Switzerland in round 6 of the World Cup qualification. The match will be played on Wednesday, September 8th at Windsor Park (Belfast)
Northern Ireland is in great shape. In the last five matches, the team lost only once (0-1 in a friendly game against Ukraine). In the fall, the Green and White Army played two matches and gained two victories – 4-1 against Lithuania in the qualification and 1-0 in the friendly match against Estonia. The team's defense is good. On average, Northern Ireland conceded 0.4 goals per game in the last five matches. In four of the last five matches involving the Irish, at least one side didn’t score.
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Switzerland resumed its performances after Euro 2020 with a victory over Greece in a friendly match (2-1) and a goalless draw against Italy in the 5th round of the qualification for the 2022 World Cup. Interestingly, only one side scored in four of the last five qualifying matches with the participation of the Red Crosses. Bookmakers give a 1.64 coefficient on "Both teams to score — no". The Swiss have conceded 0.2 goals on average in the last five qualifying matches. The team also scores a little — an average of one goal per game. Interestingly, Switzerland scored four out of five goals in the first half of the last five matches.
In the last three head-to-head matches, the teams demonstrated very closed football (one goal for two). Northern Ireland has not been impressive in recent World Cup qualifiers at home. The Green and White Army scored only one goal in three matches. In addition, the Irish have managed to score more than one goal in only two of the last ten matches in all tournaments. But they played against Malta (3-0) and Lithuania (4-1). Switzerland conceded more than one goal in only two of the last ten games (3-3 against France and 3-2 against Finland). Everything indicates that it will be extremely difficult for the hosts to score even one goal. Taking into account the statistics of head-to-head matches, it is hardly worth expecting more than two goals from Switzerland either.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.0 goals scored
