San Marino vs Northern Ireland Predictions

Tip Reasoning

• The last four meetings between these two have ended 4-0, 3-0, 4-0, 3-0
• Northern Ireland’s most recent games against similarly-ranked opponents have been 3-1 against 92nd-ranked Luxembourg, and 4-1 against 144th-ranked Lithuania
• San Marino have scored just once in their last nine games

Kickstarting Euro qualification

Northern Ireland will look to get their Euro 2024 qualification bid off to an emphatic start as they face San Marino – the lowest ranked team in the world according to the FIFA rankings – at the San Marino stadium.

San Marino are well known as being essentially a guaranteed three points, and Northern Ireland will be looking to boost morale and form going into the rest of their qualification stage. Their most recent games against similarly-ranked opponents came against 92nd-ranked Luxembourg, where they ran out 3-1 winners, and 144th-ranked Lithuania, which ended 4-1. As a result, more goals could be on the cards on Thursday, and a prediction for Northern Ireland to win with O3.5 goals looks good odds.

San Marino always struggle

San Marino have scored just once in their last nine games, which have all been against teams with similarly low rankings in friendlies and the UEFA Nations League. Facing a side ranked 59th in the world will be a difficult challenge to get anything from, and a correct score prediction of 4-0 Northern Ireland appeals.