Ireland v Sweden Betting Preview – Euro 2016, 13th June
Big game here between the two outsiders for qualifying from Group E at Euro 2016. Ireland have only posted the two wins in their last seven games now, but they will still fancy their chances against a Sweden side who haven’t been winning a lot of games lately. This should be a tight game and the Irish have only lost one of their last four against the Swedes. Will they be able to avoid defeat in their Euro 2016 opener where they do go as underdogs?
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Ireland v Sweden Betting Tips
The form isn’t there from Ireland at the moment to suggest that they are going to have an easy time of things against Sweden. Ireland have won just twice in their last seven outings and in they suffered a bit of a hammer blow in confidence when they lost a friendly against Belarus, who Northern Ireland had just hammered in a friendly. Roy Keane was not very happy as you can imagine after that loss, but maybe it will have served a purpose of shaking up the men in green. This is a tough game whichever way you look at if for Ireland, but looking for a positive, you can find one in their W2 D1 L1 record against the Swedes in their last four meetings. The loss in that sequence was in their last game against them though during World Cup 2014 qualifying.
Qualifying for the finals was a hard fought and intense thing for Ireland. They finally managed to edge out Scotland for third place to finish behind Germany and Poland and make it to the play offs. Ireland have to find a way to get the balance right here, can they find enough in attack without comprising their defence which has struggled for clean sheets lately? Ireland have conceded in five of their last seven games but as a positive, they have scored in each of their last ten outings. You can take a quote of 6/5 on Both Teams To Score in this one with online betting site Ladbrokes. In the anytime goalscorer market for the game, Shane Long is shortest priced for the Irish at 9/4 with Robbie Keane and Jonathan Walters at 11/4.
Sweden only suffered the two defeats in their qualifying campaign, but they weren’t particularly tight at the back by any stretch of the imagination. So Ireland really have to be clinical in front of goal in this one. Sweden aren’t in winning form either as they have taken just two wins in their last seven (D4 L1), but with just that one loss in there, it’s hard to see them losing in this one. They have suffered just the one defeat in their last ten games actually and their have a big threat up front in Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He is trading at 6/5 in the anytime goalscorer market for the match. In Sweden’s four previous games against Ireland, they failed to hit the back in three of them. This isn’t likely to produce a lot of goals so look under 2.5 goals, and this could be a long scrappy duel between them.
Ireland v Sweden Betting Odds
Sweden 6/4, Draw 2/1. Ireland 12/5
Ireland v Sweden Predictions
Hard to pick a winner out for this one, but Sweden probably just edge favouritism. This is a big game for both with tougher games to come. You can see this being level at half time and then Sweden just having the overall edge to sneak the win. Shoot for a draw/Sweden full time/half time punt on the game but definitely under 2.5 goals.
