N. Ireland vs Belarus Prediction & Betting Tips - International Friendlies

Prediction published on 24/05/2016, 17:45  by | Modified on 28/05/2016 at 02:45 in Football Predictions

Northern Ireland are usually playing friendlies against sides who have qualified for the upcoming major tournament while they prepare for a lazy summer. Not so this year with Northern Ireland qualifying in style for the upcoming European Championships. They were unbeaten in their home games during qualifying. At present they are on a ten game unbeaten run since losing a friendly away to Scotland over a year ago and haven't lost at home since a defeat by Portugal three years ago. Not that many goals being scored though with the last four games all having under 2.5 goals scored. Those looking for a goalfest are best advised to stay away from games involving Belarus. Their 10 Euro 16 qualifiers saw just 18 goals scored and 11 of those came in just three games. Belarus only managed eight goals in their 10 qualifiers. The last three Belarus games have all ended in goalless draws with just one goal scored in the last four. Six of their last seven internationals have had over 2.5 goals scored in them so you can guess which way this preview is going. Northern Ireland will most likely win this game, I don't see them losing but with lots of substitutions likely I'd prefer to bet on under 2.5 goals being scored.