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Northern Ireland vs Portugal, 2017

League Two 2017/18 · 2017
Sat 16 Dec 2017 · 16:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Northern Ireland vs Portugal — Premier League .

Match Details

Closing Odds (1X2)

Northern Ireland 2.04
Draw 3.50
Portugal 4.00

Head-to-Head

2
Northern Ireland 2 games · Avg 5.0 goals Portugal

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
16 Dec Portugal H 2–1 W
09 Dec Hungary A 0–2 L
25 Nov Penistone Church FC H 1–1 D
21 Nov Iceland A 1–1 D
18 Nov England A 2–1 W
11 Nov Spain H 0–1 L
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
16 Dec Northern Ireland A 1–2 L
09 Dec Ukraine H 1–0 W
25 Nov Sweden A 1–1 D
21 Nov Republic of Ireland H 0–0 D
18 Nov Royal Standard de Liege A 1–3 L
11 Nov Italy H 2–2 D

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Northern Ireland Lineups

Portugal Lineups

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.55 Northern Ireland xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.05 Portugal xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct
Northern Ireland50% Draw27% Portugal23%
Actual: Northern Ireland win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes52% 0% No48%
Avg goals/match: 2.6
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 73%
27%
± 2.5 48%
52%
± 3.5 27%
73%
± 4.5 13%
87%

Double Chance

Northern Ireland or Draw
76%
Draw or Portugal
50%
Northern Ireland or Portugal
73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Northern Ireland34% Draw47% Portugal19%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13%
1 – 0
10.6%
0 – 0
9.4%
2 – 1
Actual
2 – 0
8.7%
0 – 1
6.7%
1 – 2
6.1%
2 – 2
4.8%
3 – 1
4.7%
3 – 0
4.4%
0 – 2
4%
3 – 2
2.6%

Asian Handicap — Northern Ireland

Handicap Northern Ireland covers Push Portugal covers
-2.5 10% 90%
-2 10% 15% 75%
-1.5 25% 75%
-1 25% 23% 53%
-0.5 47% 53%
+0.5 76% 24%
+1 76% 15% 9%
+1.5 91% 9%
+2 91% 7% 3%
+2.5 97% 3%

Clean Sheet

Northern Ireland keeps clean sheet
36%
Portugal keeps clean sheet
22%

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.