Northern Ireland vs San Marino Predictions

• Northern Ireland won the reverse fixture 2-0.
• San Marino have been beaten by three goals or less in 12 of their last 16 games.
• San Marino have scored one goal in their last 21 games.

Northern Ireland face minnows San Marino

Northern Ireland’s hopes of reaching Euro 2024 are now purely mathematical ahead of their meeting with San Marino on Saturday.

Michael O’Neill’s men won the reverse fixture 2-0 but have lost their other five games, while San Marino have lost all six of their games – shipping 21 goals without scoring themselves.

The hosts are the huge favourites here so the handicap markets look like the only way to really approach this tie.

Backing San Marino with a +4 handicap has a chance here. The visitors have lost 4-0 to both Slovenia and Denmark in their last two games but may fare marginally better against Northern Ireland. The hosts have scored just four goals in total in their qualification campaign and only won 2-0 in the reverse meeting. San Marino will clearly set up to defend, and they can at least avoid a total humiliation at Windsor Park.

If San Marino do beat a +4 handicap it will be close and it is hard to see the visitors getting on the scoresheet, so a 3-0 win for Northern Ireland is the correct score prediction.

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