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Northern Ireland vs Norway Prediction & Betting tips
When Jogi Löw was publicly excited about the tightly timed calendar of the international match year 2020 after his team’s 1-1 draw against Spain on Thursday evening, he should have enjoyed the full approval of his colleagues in particular. The DFB-Elf have to play six competitive games by mid-November. There are also two further test matches with a view to the EM 2021.
Meanwhile, it gets even more blatant for nations that are also fighting for the last remaining tickets for the European Championship next year in October. To what extent these teams will take the often controversial second edition of the European tournament seriously remains to be seen. Two of these selection teams will meet in a direct duel on Monday evening. Northern Ireland receives Norway and is considered a slight underdog according to the odds of the best bookmakers.
However, we consider it very daring to identify the guests from the far north as favorites, especially since Erling Haaland and Co. lost 2-1 at home against Austria on Friday and have been waiting for a success against a reasonably significant competitor since 2018.
The hosts also missed a three at the start of the new Nations League season, but after the interim 0: 1 deficit in Romania they still earned a point (1: 1). Since the Green & White Army has been confronting European heavyweights such as the Germans or the Dutch in their own stadium in the recent past, we dare to predict the home win between Northern Ireland and Norway, which is appropriately quoted.
Northern Ireland:
Can the Northern Irish national football team make history again in early October? Four years after the green-whites were allowed to take part in a European Championship for the first time, the successful qualification for the pan-European finals next year beckons. Strictly speaking, the British only have to survive 180 minutes.
What sounds relatively easy in theory, turns out to be all the more difficult in practice, as the Northern Irish would first have to eliminate Bosnia in the playoffs in the semi-finals and have the upper hand in a potential final against Ireland or Slovakia. The undertaking is by no means hopeless, but it is always complicated.
In view of the great opportunity that the Green & White Army wants to use, the Nations League matches in September have more of a test character. The results are rather secondary; it is much more about finding a suitable formation, developing automatisms and leaving with a good feeling. The team of the new coach Ian Baraclough already got one on Friday evening, when they made up a 0: 1 deficit despite being under 50 minutes and scored a considerable point (1: 1) in Romania.
Thanks to this enormously strong mental performance and the fact that the world number 36. Losing only one home game in the entire international match year 2019 (0-2 against Germany) it seems logical in our eyes that the tip on the home side is a lucrative option between Northern Ireland and Norway. In terms of quality, the green-whites, especially defensively appearing very stable, hardly need to hide across Europe. So why shouldn’t a win against an opponent at eye level be possible?
Norway:
Anyone who thinks of Norwegian football in these weeks and months automatically thinks of Erling Haaland. The young attacker from Borussia Dortmund is considered to be one of the most promising talents in all of Europe and should lead his home country to one or the other success in the next ten to 15 years.
It is all the more surprising that the 20-year-old actually scored his very first goal for the national team on Friday evening. The goal for the 1: 2 final against Austria remained meaningless. In their first international match in 2020, the Scandinavians suffered their first defeat and were not allowed to complain about it afterwards. The bottom line was that the Northern Europeans showed a disappointing performance, which is why the bankruptcy was absolutely deserved.
The by no means satisfactory appearance at the start of the new Nations League season is by no means the only indication that speaks against a forecast for the guest in the direct duel between Northern Ireland and Norway. The fact that the team of the experienced coach Lars Lagerbäck only celebrated successes against Malta and the Faroe Islands during the entire international match year 2019 should also be taken into account.
Nevertheless, Haaland and Co. still have the chance to qualify for the EM. In their playoff semi-finals, the Scandinavians face Serbia. The final opponent will be determined in the other semi-final between Scotland and Serbia. The focus is clearly on the playoffs mentioned, so that on Monday evening we see the home advantage that the Northern Irish have as such.
Northern Ireland vs Norway head to head matches
08.10.17 WC Norway Northern Ireland 1 : 0
26.03.17 WC Northern Ireland Norway 2 : 0
29.02.12 FI Northern Ireland Norway 0 : 3
18.02.04 FI Northern Ireland Norway 1 : 4
27.02.01 FI Northern Ireland Norway 0 : 4