Poland v Ireland Betting Tips – International Friendly, 11th September 7.45pm
Even though it is just a friendly for the Irish, they will be looking for some kind of response and a pick up after a tough night in Cardiff recently. The Irish suffered a big defeat at the hands of Wales and need to shake that off. Poland played out a 1-1 draw in Italy in their opening Nations League fixture. Read our predictions for Poland v Ireland.
Poland News and Form
Poland opened their Nations League account with 1-1 draw out on the road in Italy. They will probably be pretty pleased with that result. They get into friendly action in midweek back on home soil as they play host to Ireland. That normally means a few changes to the starting eleven because there’s nothing riding on this fixture. That will likely increase the chance of this ending under 2.5 goals which is at 8/11 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on September 10th, 2018 at 6:35 p.m.).
Poland’s form is hit and miss as they have produced a W3 D3 L4 record in their last ten games and part of that is down to them playing poorly at the 2018 World Cup. They were hugely disappointing at Russia 2018 as they looked jaded and just couldn’t get anything going tactically at all. Still, they do have touches of good quality in their ranks and Poland to win by a 1 goal margin is at 12/5 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on September 10th, 2018 at 6:35 p.m.). That makes for a pretty reasonable prediction for the Poland v Ireland fixture coming on Tuesday.
Ireland News and Form
Ireland probably knew they were going to be in for a tough game down in Cardiff against Wales in their opening Nations League game. They probably wouldn’t have expected to have been beaten so heavily in a 4-1 loss. So it’s back to the drawing board for them and this could help them out a bit. They were just poor in all aspects so maybe some new faces need to come in and new plans sorted out. That’s what a friendly like this is for. Ireland are only W1 D1 L4 in their last six games. They have scored in just three of their last six as well.
Across their last nine games played, the Irish have managed to score more than one goal in a match on just the one occasion. They are just lacking that ability to stick the ball in the back of the net and there isn’t much creativity from midfield helping them out either. That heavy defeat in Cardiff should have been a big wake up call for them that they could be slipping backwards. It makes backing them for a win on the road in this one a tough reach. In the bet365 correct score market a Poland 1-0 option is at 9/2 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on September 10th, 2018 at 6:35 p.m.).
Poland v Ireland Head to Head
This will be the first meeting between Poland and Ireland since their Euro 2016 qualification campaigns. Poland took four points off Ireland in them, which included a 2-1 home win over Ireland. Poland are unbeaten in three then against Ireland (W1 D2). There’s not a great deal of head to head between them with Poland holding an overall W2 D3 L1 record. Four of the previous six have ended under 2.5 goals.
Poland v Ireland Betting Odds*
Poland 11/20
Draw 3/1
Ireland 19/4
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on September 10th, 2018 at 6:35 p.m.)
Poland v Ireland Predictions
Poland to win: No two ways about it, Ireland were poor on the weekend and may not have enough about them at the moment to get anything out of this game. We have to stick with the home side getting a win on the board for our Poland v Ireland predictions.
