Northern Ireland vs Slovenia Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th October 2023
Northern Ireland go up against Slovenia this coming Tuesday in a game played out at Windsor Park. A few teams are still looking for a ticket to the knockout phase, as we have reached the back end of the European Championship group phase. Northern Ireland claimed a 1-0 win, while Slovenia answered back with a 4-2 win in their two most recent meetings.
We have arrived at the last round of the group stage qualifying with Northern Ireland having earned six points along the way. This places them as number five, while Slovenia rank as number one on 16. Northern Ireland arrive at this match placed as number 74 in the FIFA world ranking, while Slovenia lack behind as number 59 in the world.
Northern Ireland won't make it out of this group, as they have only managed to beat San Marino which everyone does. Slovenia top the group and could book their ticket to Euro 2024 with a win in Belfast. They won't be short on motivation.
Northern Ireland vs Slovenia Prediction
Northern Ireland Form
Northern Ireland suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches, as they were run over by Slovenia in a 4-2 defeat. Kazakhstan also proved too hard to handle, as they won 1-0, before Northern Ireland were able to strike back last time out in a 3-0 win against San Marino. Northern Ireland only managed one meagre win from a possible six internationals. They also drew zero and lost five of these six encounters, in which they scored five and conceded eight goals.
Slovenia Form
Slovenia are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Northern Ireland got left behind in a 4-2 win, before San Marino got hammered in a 0-4 victory. Finland was the most recent victim in a 3-0 win for Slovenia. Slovenia claimed a remarkable four wins from six internationals in which they drew one and lost one. They also banged in 14 goals, whilst conceding five.
On the back of their recent run of results, we expect Slovenia to claim another win, when they travel to face Northern Ireland.
Slovenia head into their upcoming game having won an impressive three consecutive matches.
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Northern Ireland vs Slovenia Stats
- In 23 of the last 25 Northern Ireland home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Northern Ireland home matches the sum of goals was under 1.5
- Northern Ireland have not won 15 of the last 17 home matches
- Northern Ireland have lost 4 of the last 5 matches without scoring a goal
- Northern Ireland have lost 4 of the last 5 matches and the sum of goals was under 1.5
- Slovenia have not lost 11 of the last 12 matches
- Slovenia have scored in 10 of the last 11 matches
- Slovenia have not lost 9 of the last 11 away matches
- In 8 of the last 10 Slovenia matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Slovenia have won 6 of the last 8 matches
Northern Ireland vs Slovenia Team News
Northern Ireland have an almost full squad available against Slovenia at Windsor Park with only one player possibly missing.
Alistair McCann sit this one out for Northern Ireland due to an injury.
Northern Ireland vs Slovenia H2H
In the previous meeting between the two nations, Slovenia ran away winners with a 4-2 scoreline. Looking back over their last six encounters serves to emphasize how equally paired the two teams usually are. Visitors Slovenia claimed a win in two of the previous six matches. Hosting side Northern Ireland won three of these, as the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 23/10.
Northern Ireland vs Slovenia Results
In the previous six matches between Northern Ireland and Slovenia, both teams found the back of the net once.
Northern Ireland vs Slovenia Betting Tips
Jonny Evans has found the back of the net one times in his previous six European Championship games for Northern Ireland; who won't mind him striking again on Tuesday? Punters will also be looking for Benjamin Sesko to keep up his current streak for Slovenia, having scored four in his last six European Championship games.
Northern Ireland claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in three of the games, whilst losing four. Slovenia won three of their last 10 games away, drew five and lost two of the games in this run. Both teams to score happened only three times in the last 10 league matches at Windsor Park for Northern Ireland. It also paid out in four of the previous 10 away games away for Slovenia.
Over 2.5 goals came out one time in the last six encounters between these two teams. Northern Ireland managed an average of 0.84 goals, with Slovenia averaging one goal in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet one time in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Northern Ireland’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They scored an average of 1.2 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Slovenia's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of two goals in these matches.