Switzerland – Northern Ireland Prediction & Preview and Betting Tips (12.11.2017)

Switzerland

Switzerland and Northern Ireland meet at St. Jakob-Park, in a return match for this phase of the European World Ranking (2nd Round), after the victory outside of Switzerland by (0-1) in the match of Going. The Northern Ireland presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor, so in this game the home factor may be decisive.

Switzerland :

The home team comes to this second leg with an advantage of 1 goal, after the away win by (0-1) in the first leg. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 9 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in away matches, with 22 goals scored and 16 conceded; against 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses at their stadium, with 32 goals scored and 11 conceded. la Suiza won 5 of their last 5 home matches for the Europa World Ranking.

For this competition, record a sequence of 5 wins in their last home games. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. The team usually has no problem opening the scoring: it scored the first goal in 10 of the last 11 matches for the European World Ranking, of these 10 reached the break in advantage in 7 and always managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘ .

Switzerland took an important step towards the 2018 World Cup, by winning the first leg at the home of the opponent and now only needs a draw to achieve its goal. The team is characterized by an efficient attack, which scored goals in 12 of the last 13 games for all competitions, while the defense also has good strength and suffered no goals in 9 of these games, demonstrating the optimal balance between offensive sectors and defensive. Playing at home, like this Sunday’s game, the Switzerland comes from 6 consecutive victories for all competitions and it is important to point out that it did not suffer goals in 5 of these games, demonstrating once again the defensive solidity that is a mark of this selection. For the clash against Northern Ireland, coach Petkovic has no problems with the team considered as a starter and must repeat the eleven of the first leg.

Northern Ireland :

After the defeat at home, the visiting team comes to this second leg with a disvalue of 1 goal and with the difficult task of recovering this negative result as a visitor. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses in away matches; against 9 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses at their stadium. In the last 5 away matches for the Europa World Ranking Northern Ireland have 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since in 9 of the last 10 they played there were less than 3 goals. In 11 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 4 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 10 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 3 of their 7 goals between minutes (76’-90 ‘).

Northern Ireland made a game far below the expected in the first leg, at home, as it was inferior to the opponent and did not require a defense even to the rival goalkeeper during the 90 minutes. Now he has to reverse the disadvantage away from his domains to reach the World Cup in Russia. The team has a reasonable offensive system, but that has been left to be desired in the last matches, with only 1 goal scored in the last 3 matches, while the defense usually shows good solidity, since it did not suffer goals in 5 of the last 8 games for all competitions. Playing at home, like this Sunday’s game, Northern Ireland usually encounters difficulties, as it has won only 6 of the last 33 games away from their domains between official and friendly matches. The most worrying thing is that he suffered goals in 25 of these games, so the defense needs to show greater efficiency when acting away from their domains. For the decisive match against Switzerland, coach Michael O’Neill goes to the field with maximum strength, as he has all the starting players at his disposal.


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