Ireland vs Greece Prediction & Tips
Ireland and Greece play at the Aviva Stadium in a UEFA European Championship Qualifying match. Special attention needs to be paid to the home/away condition, as both teams have significantly different results in their home and away games.
The home team are currently in 4th place with 3 points after 1 win and 4 defeats. In their penultimate match, they lost away to France (2-0). In their last match, they lost at home to Netherlands (1-2). This is a stronger team when they play in their home stadium, as in their last 30 games they have recorded 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats as visitors; compared to 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats in their home stadium. Ireland have won 5, drawn 1 and lost 4 of their last 10 home games in all competitions. The team has allowed goals to their opponents in 4 of their last 5 games in this competition, so they haven’t been very strong defensively. In 15 games, they have conceded the first goal 6 times and have never managed to turn the game around.
The Republic of Ireland will be looking to pick up all 3 points in this match and will need to show some quality soccer on the pitch. We’re expecting a team that marks hard and tries to find space to attack quickly. The coach shouldn’t have any major absentees for this match.
After 3 wins and 2 losses, the away team is currently in 3rd place with 9 points. In their last match, they won 5-0 at home against Gibraltar, after losing 3-0 away to Netherlands. This is a stronger team when they play in their own stadium, as in the last 30 games they have recorded 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats as visitors; compared to 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat in their own stadium. In their last 10 away games in all competitions, Greece have won 4, drawn 1 and lost 5. In their away games there is a tendency for few goals, as 6 of their last 10 games have ended with less than 1.5 goals. In 15 games, they have never managed to turn the game around in the 5 games in which they conceded the first goal. There are 1 periods in which they have stood out in their last 10 away games in all competitions: they have scored 5 of their 9 goals between the hour mark (31′-45′).
Greece will need to show something more on the pitch this matchday if they are to pick up any points. We’re expecting a team that marks hard and tries to close down empty spaces throughout the match, so as not to commit defensive errors. The coach will have to go out onto the pitch with what he has at his disposal.
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