Northern Ireland vs Austria Predictions

• Six of Northern Ireland’s last seven games have seen both teams score
• The hosts saw both teams score in four of their six matches in this competition
• Austria have seen both teams score in four of their last five matches
• Two of Northern Ireland’s three games in 2020 have finished 1-1

After the high of their first-ever penalty shoot-out win, can Northern Ireland pick up a positive result against Austria this week? The hosts were able to knock out Bosnia-Herzegovina from the Euro 2020 playoffs on Thursday, despite finishing 10 points behind them in their pointless Nations League campaign in 2018.

That turnaround has raised hopes ahead of a clash with their other 2018 Nations League opponent, Austria. However, the hosts have been caught out at the back too often of late, with six of their last seven games seeing both team score.

NI also saw both teams score in four of their six Nations League games so far, including this fixture two years ago. Austria have seen both teams score in four of their last five games and in their last three matches in this competition. As a result, we’re backing both teams to score as our first prediction for this clash.

Meanwhile, NI have picked up two 1-1 draw in their first three matches under Ian Baraclough, losing the other thanks to the finishing of Erling Haaland. We expect the hosts to hold out here, so we’re backing a 1-1 draw as our correct score prediction.