San Marino vs Northern Ireland Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd March 2023
San Marino come up against Northern Ireland in a this coming Thursday match at Stadio Olimpico San Marino. This is their first game in the competition, which is part of the European Championship qualifying stage. Northern Ireland won 3-0 in september 2017 and 4-0 in oktober 2016 in the last two matches against San Marino.
Group H consists of six nations with Denmark, Finland, Kazakhstan, Northern Ireland, San Marino, Slovenia battling it out for a spot at the European Championship. San Marino head to their upcoming match as number 211 in the FIFA world ranking. Meanwhile, there is a pretty big gap to upcoming opponents Northern Ireland. They enter the game ranked number 59 in the world.
Northern Ireland should have little trouble getting off to a good start, as San Marino are not expected to cause too many problems. Surely, the visitors will go home again with all three points.
It is possible, however unlikely, San Marino could steal a few points if everything goes perfectly. However, the more probable outcome is for them to finish bottom of the group. Northern Ireland arrive at the European Championship with mischief on their mind, but seeing them get beyond the group would indeed raise some eyebrows.
San Marino vs Northern Ireland Prediction
San Marino Form
A draw is the best San Marino can show from their last three games, where they came up short in a 1-0 defeat against Malta. A0-0 draw with Seychelles followed before they were defeated 0-4 by Estonia. San Marino didn't manage a single win in any of their previous six internationals. They have a record of one draws and five defeats, in which they conceded 11 and scored one goals.
Northern Ireland Form
Northern Ireland were able to add four points to their account from their last three matches. They first shared the points in a 2-2 draw with Cyprus, before claiming three points in a 2-1 win against Kosovo. Unfortunately for them, this was followed by a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Greece. Northern Ireland managed to win just once in their past six internationals. They also drew one and lost four, while scoring 11 time and letting in seven.
San Marino are currently without a win in their last 100 matches on the bounce.
In Northern Ireland's previous four matches, both teams scored.
San Marino vs Northern Ireland Stats
- San Marino have not won the last 100 matches in a row
- San Marino have not won the last 50 home matches in a row
- San Marino have lost 29 of the last 31 home matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- San Marino have lost 29 of the last 31 home matches
- San Marino have lost 20 of the last 22 matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In the last 4 matches in a row Northern Ireland played, both teams scored
- In the last 4 Northern Ireland matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 4 of the last 5 away matches Northern Ireland played, both teams scored
- Northern Ireland have not won 6 of the last 7 matches
- Northern Ireland have conceded in 7 of the last 8 matches
San Marino vs Northern Ireland Team News
Northern Ireland seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to Stadio Olimpico San Marino to face San Marino.
Jonny Evans is too injured to face Northern Ireland.
San Marino vs Northern Ireland H2H
The last time the two nations squared up against each other, Northern Ireland ran away with a 3-0 victory. Northern Ireland won four of the previous four matches, with San Marino claiming zero wins in these four encounters. The bookies have Northern Ireland to win this match at best price odds of 1/22.
San Marino vs Northern Ireland Results
San Marino vs Northern Ireland Betting Tips
It is the beginning of a new European Championship campaign, and both San Marino and Northern Ireland will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.
San Marino didn't win a single one of their previous 10 games Stadio Olimpico San Marino across all tournaments, but did at least manage to draw one along the way. They endured nine defeats in this run. Northern Ireland won four of their last 10 league games away, as well as drawing one and losing five. San Marino conceded at least one goal in nine of their last 10 matches on home soil, whereas Northern Ireland kept three clean sheets in their previous 10 away games.
Over 2.5 goals happened in two of San Marino’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Northern Ireland, who managed to score 1.1 times in those matches.
