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Turkey vs Ireland Prediction & Betting tips
On Friday evening, the Turkish national football team in Antalya denies the first friendly this year against the Irish selection. But this is not the preparations for the upcoming World Cup finals in Russia, but rather the first test in terms of qualifying for the European Championship 2020.
Because both the Turks and the Irish failed in the World Cup preliminary round and will be the Therefore, at best, watch the World Cup as a spectator. Regardless of this, we expect a gripping game and, with regard to the combined record from past matches and the recent performances of both teams, recommend a bet on double chance bets X / 2 offered by Bet365 at odds up to 1.85 and by be played with five units.
Turkey:
As so often in their own history, the Turkish national team remains in the upcoming World Cup finals only the spectator role. This time, the Romanian head coach Mircea Lucescu stayed behind Iceland, Croatia and the Ukraine with a record of four wins, three draws and three defeats, a goal difference of 14:13 and 15 points, fourth in Group I. Nevertheless, as the Turkish national team is also called, Ay-Yıldızlılar only has the opportunity to look ahead and prepare for qualifying for the 2020 European Championship. After the repeated quali-trauma in the last two test matches against Romania and Albania already a reconciled farewell to the end of last year ago. But nothing came of it. In Romania, the Turks failed completely and lost in the end completely deserved 0-2.
Against Albania, the Lucescu-Elf was indeed in all respects much stronger, but was already with a gap of two goals in the half and could not decide the game in the second half despite 45-minute overpowering as well as oppressive superiority for himself. So ended the last game of the year with a 2: 3 defeat. If the Turkey serviced by Mircea Lucescu in the upcoming friendlies against Ireland and Montenegro make no significant turnaround, at least for the coach, the air is likely to thin the air pretty quickly. The record under Lucescu is anything but edifying with a win and a six-game draw.
Ireland:
The Irish national team is doing little better than the Turks. For “The Boys in Green” have been waiting since the finals in 2002 to a new qualification. This time the team of coach Martin O’Neill scored five wins, four draws and one defeat, a goal difference of 12: 6 and 19 points for second place in Group D behind Serbia. That was enough to participate in the playoffs of the eight best runner-ups, where the Ireland then but failed to Denmark. The first leg was played in Denmark, where the O’Neill team managed a goalless draw with decent defensive performance and luck.
The return match in Dublin, however, then came to a disaster in which the Irishmen could pour a total of five goals after an early lead and conceded the highest defeat in the last three and a half years. Overall, however, the recent record of the “Boys in Green” is significantly more balanced than that of the upcoming opponent. Because in addition to the defeats against Serbia and Denmark Ireland could record two wins against Moldova and Wales and a draw against Denmark for themselves.
Turkey vs Ireland head to head matches
25.05.14 FI Ireland Turkey 1 : 2
09.09.03 FI Ireland Turkey 2 : 2
16.11.99 EUR Turkey Ireland 0 : 0
12.11.99 EUR Ireland Turkey 1 : 1
13.11.91 EUR Turkey Ireland 1 : 3