Ireland vs Switzerland Prediction & Tips
Ireland comes to this unbeaten clash in its last six international matches; This is his longest streak without defeats in official matches since the qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup in Russia (between 2016 and 2017). He has not allowed goals against in four of his last five home games and they all finished with less than 2.5 goals in total.
The team of Mick McCarthy is proving to be strong defensively, since only Poland has allowed fewer goals against the 2020 Euro Cup Qualifiers so far. His four group matches have averaged 1.50 goals in total and although only the Portuguese matches have fewer goals in total, it should be noted that the Portuguese team has played twice less.
Switzerland has a fairly inconsistent record since the end of the 2018 World Cup in Russia (G4, E2, P4). However, they know what it takes to get positive results in the Euro Cup Qualifying – they have won eight of their last 10 shocks in that competition and in six of those wins they did not receive goals against.
Switzerland usually scores in a balanced way and that is that eight different players have scored the last 11 goals of the Swiss team. In addition, the team also usually scores in large numbers as it has a global score of 25-4 in its last seven victories, against rivals such as Belgium, Iceland, Serbia and Japan.
Key battle:Ireland goalkeeper Darren Randolph has not received goals against in 12 of his last 22 international matches. But Swiss forward Haris Seferović has scored a total of five goals in the last four victories of his country.
Statistics to consider: The only recent clash between these two casts was in a friendly in 2016, where Ireland won 1-0 on a local basis.
Ireland has only conceded one goal or less in 25 of its last 28 home international matches.
18 of Switzerland’s last 28 games ended with goals from only one team or no goal in general (64.29%).
Ireland won exactly 1-0 in nine of its last 16 victories.
During Switzerland’s last 18 victories, the Swiss team scored 30 goals in the second half against “only” 18 during the first halves.
Ireland – Switzerland FREE TIPS
Switzerland – Win @ 2.25
Both teams to score / YES @ 1.80
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
