Finland vs Ireland Prediction and Match Preview

Finland vs Ireland Prediction

Neither Finland nor Ireland had an impressive start to this season. Both conceded back-to-back defeats at the beginning of the qualifiers and are sitting at the bottom of the Group 2 standings.

Finland follows a four-match winless streak across all competitions at the moment. They lost three in that stretch and has leaked a total of 9 goals. Also, they failed to score in the past two matches.

On the other hand, Ireland is on a three-match losing streak which includes two qualifier matches we mentioned earlier. It is worth noting that apart from the qualifier defeats, the third one they lost in that period was against Portugal on the road.

Moving on, they have met six times in the past. Ireland was unbeaten in four of those six head-to-head clashes against Finland. At this venue, both have won, draw and lost one apiece of the total three clashes. Ireland has netted 4 goals in those those three clashes while allowing two. By the looks of things, we expect an interesting clash at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on Thursday.

Ireland’s last two away matches were against two strong European outfits, Portugal and Netherlands. They were following a motivating 0-4 win against Gibraltar before those two defeats. On the other hand, we can see two wins and two defeats from Finland at home in the past four outings. The matches they won were against Estonia and Northern Ireland which is noteworthy.

Additionally, Ireland have an upper hand in the h2h clashes against Finland. In that case, we are inclined to back Ireland to win as the main betting pick for this match. Their goal trend in the h2h and the recent road trips point towards a 2-0 win for them and we like to suggest it as the second pick here.

Peter Green- October 8, 2024

Finland vs Ireland Betting Tips

Ireland to win

OK

2.75 Odds

Correct score: Ireland 2-0

OK

10.00 Odds