Ireland vs Greece Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 13th October 2023

As the qualifying stage of the European Championship draws to a close, Ireland and Greece will be going head-to-head at Aviva Stadium this coming Friday. While the former are left out of the running to book a ticket, their visitors are still a strong contender for a place. Greece ended up winning 2-1 in the most recent meeting between these two rivals. Rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind at Aviva Stadium., when they once again face Ireland.

Going into the sixth round of this group, Ireland rank as number four with three points, whereas Greece won themselves nine points, placing them as number three. While Ireland join this game this coming Friday as number 55 in the FIFA world ranking, visitors Greece are number 51.

It has been a massively disappointing group stage for Ireland, who have been left stranded without any chance of going to Germany. Greece, on the other hand, are in a close battle with the Netherlands to claim second place, and they will be in a feisty mood in Dublin.

Ireland vs Greece Prediction

Ireland Form

In their last three matches, Ireland won 3-0 against Gibraltar, before losing 2-0 against France and 1-2 to Netherlands. Ireland managed to win two of their past six internationals. In the remaining four, they drew zero and lost four, as they scored eight and conceded nine goals.

Greece Form

Greece collected one win from their last three matches, as France won by 1-0. Netherlands were too strong as well, winning 3-0, before Greece won 5-0 against Gibraltar. Greece won three of a possible six internationals, as well as playing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored ten while also conceding five times.

You could argue a case on behalf of both teams, but form quite simply looks better, and the prices with the bookmakers for a home win are decent. Therefore, Ireland get the nod here against Greece.

Ireland vs Greece Team News

At the time of writing, Ireland have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Greece this coming Friday.

Ireland-players Dara O'Shea, John Egan, Enda Stevens and Will Keane won't be playing in the upcoming match against Greece at Aviva Stadium due to nursing various injuries.

Ireland vs Greece H2H

When the two countries last played each other in the European Championship, Greece bagged a 2-1 win. Greece won three of the previous four encounters, whereas Ireland claimed three points zero times in these four matches. The bookies have Greece to win this match at best price odds of 11/5.

Ireland vs Greece Results

In the last four matches between Ireland and Greece, both teams to score came up one time.

Ireland vs Greece Betting Tips

Look no further than Adam Idah, when searching for a marksman currently in good shape. He hit the target two times lately for Ireland in the European Championship, while Giorgos Masouras managed four goals in the last half dozen matches for Greece in this tournament. No doubt, both are looking to add to their total once again.

Ireland claimed all three points five times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing one along the way. They endured defeat in four of the games in this run. Greece won four of their last 10 games away, while drawing one and losing five in this series of matches. Ireland scored the opening goal six times of a possible 10 at Aviva Stadium, while Greece did likewise in five of their 10 most recent away games.

In the last four encounters between Ireland and Greece over 2.5 goals came out one time, as Ireland averaged 0.25 goals a game. Greece scored an average of one goal in these, while both teams scored one time. In the past ten matches for Ireland across all competitions, over 2.5 goals happened in seven times of them with an average of 1.4 goals goals scored by themselves. In the last ten games for Greece, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.6 times goals per game themselves.