Competition: Euro 2016 Qualification round, play-off phase
Game: Ireland VS Bosnia
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Date: 16/11/2015 @ 7.45 pm
IRELAND
Ireland has managed a very important 1-1 away draw in the first game between the 2 teams in Bosnia a few days ago, which implies that the team’s first concern into this game, will be to keep a clean sheet. This doesn’t mean however that Ireland will not care enough to actually win this game using its good form in its last 6 home games (4 wins and 2 draws) as an important basis upon which it can build tonight’s success story.
It is worth mentioning that it has won both of its last 2 home games without conceding a goal in them (1-0 in both) while it has also beaten Germany, a win that has actually given the chance to the team to participate into the play-off round of the competition.
O’Shea may be able to make it into tonight’s starting line-up while Keane’s experience may prove crucial for such a game, hence the high possibility that he will join his team right from the beginning.
BOSNIA
Bosnia has been lucky enough to equalise the first game between the 2 teams on the 85th minute as it generally found it very hard to break through Ireland’s defensive line. Today it has a very tough job since it has to score at least 1 goal to retain some of its chances for qualification while 2 goals is actually the number that will really give the team the upper hand.
Prediction
Even though Ireland will be happy with a 0-0 draw, I feel that it will need to score tonight.
Bet: goal-goal and over 2.5 goals (3.00) BET365