Northern Ireland vs Cyprus prediction for Sunday’s UEFA Nations League clash at Windsor Park in Belfast. In round four of League C Group two of the UEFA Nations League, Northern Ireland host Cyprus. Follow on for our free prediction betting tips and preview on this page.
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Bookmaker Ratings prediction one: Northern Ireland to win – 1.61
Bookmaker Ratings prediction two: Under 2.5/3 goals – 1.43
Bookmaker Ratings prediction three: Correct score 1-0 – 6.00
Northern Ireland to Win
Although a slight advantage, still, Northern Ireland have a 20% chance of winning this match according to the stats, 10% more than Cyprus. In addition, Cyprus lost ten and drew one of their last 11 away games.
Under 2.5/3 Goals
Examining Northern Ireland’s previous ten home fixtures, we can see that they produced fewer than three goals. Likewise, Cyprus’ last six games in all competitions saw the same number of goals.
Correct Score 1-0
This is the score with the best lowest odds in the correct score market. To justify, the last home win by the Irish was over Lithuania by a 1–0 result.
Only one point from three matches is what Northern Ireland could manage in the current nations League. However, a positive for the Green and White Army is that they managed to score twice in their last match against Kosovo despite losing 3-2.
In fact, that was the first time for Ian Baraclough’s man to strike two goals in eight competitive matches. After being relegated from League B last season, the Irish team will be poised not to repeat that feat and hence need to win this match to secure their stance in League C.
Cyprus meanwhile are going through a very rough patch in recent years as they dropped to 105th on the FIFA rankings after reaching their best-ever 43 in 2010. Moreover, Cyprus have one point from three matches in the Nations League so far and are threatened with relegation to League D.
In their last match, the Cypriots were no match to Greece and lost 3-0. To point out, coach Kostakis Artymatas’ team had just two shots on target and are still looking for their first goal in the Nations League.
This is very important match for both teams as they aim to remain in League C. With the bookies favoring Northern Ireland and the stats also slightly in their favor, we will back the Green and White Army to win.
The last ten matches of Northern Ireland saw goals from both teams in just three of them. In Cyprus’ same number of games on the other side, the same trend happened in two games. Hence, with odds of 1.61 at Sportsbet.io, we will back both teams not to score in this match.
Paddy McNair missed the last match in Kosovo for N. Ireland and he is questionable for Sunday’s game. Coach Ian Barraclough who won three of his 19 matches so far blamed the inexperience of his squad for the team’s weak results.
As for Cyprus, there are no reported injuries as coach Artymatas will hope to strengthen his defense and get back at least with a point from Belfast.
Northern Ireland: Peacock-Farrell, Ballard, Evans, Brown, Spencer, McCann, Davies, Saville, McMenamin, Lavery, Lafferty.
Cyprus: Michail, Katelaris, Gogic, Korrea, Panagiotou, Kyriakou, Artymatas, Pittas, Spoljaric, Loizou, Sotiriou.
Who won the last meeting between these teams?
Northern Ireland and Cyprus drew 0-0 on 05/06/22 in Larnaca.
Where will this match be played?
Sunday’s match will be played at Windsor Park in Belfast.
Which bookmaker has the best odds for this fixture?
We recommend checking out the odds at Sportsbet.io for this match.