- 北爱尔兰最近五场比赛中有四场的进球数低于2.5球
- 卢森堡在最近的三国联盟冲突中取得了两场平局
- 北爱尔兰在最近五场比赛中有四场保持不败
温莎公园进球短缺
北爱尔兰队最近遭受了沉重打击，队长兼防守中坚乔尼·埃文斯宣布退出国际足球队。
周四，绿白军在国家联盟对阵卢森堡的比赛中开始了后埃文斯时代，卢森堡最近状态不错。
在2024年欧洲杯预选赛的小组赛中，小鱼队以六分之三的成绩晋级，仅落后排名第二的斯洛伐克队五分，领先冰岛和波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那队。
他们在附加赛中被淘汰出局，这要归功于他们在国家联赛中的表现，他们以2比0战胜了格鲁吉亚。
红狮队现在只落后于他们在国际足联排名中的最高位置两个名次，这是一个比过去危险得多的命题。
然而，北爱尔兰的状态一直不错，去年击败了丹麦，并在3月份的一场友谊赛中战胜了苏格兰。
就在那之前，迈克尔·奥尼尔的球队也与罗马尼亚队战平，因此他们在最后五场比赛中只输了一场。
这个国家联盟小组的晋升将是最终目标，因为他们将与这些对手保加利亚和白俄罗斯并肩作战。
北爱尔兰的这场比赛可能没有他们想要的那么容易，对于一支在2024年欧洲杯预选赛的十场比赛中输了七场的球队来说，很难参与其中。
在温莎公园球场的这场比赛中，当这两支球队决一死战时，与下层球队并肩作战可能会有所收获。
正确得分的支持者应该注意，卢森堡最近三场国家联赛中有两场是平局，以1比1战平。
- Four of Northern Ireland’s last five games have gone under 2.5 goals
- Luxembourg have drawn two of their last three Nations League clashes
- Northern Ireland are unbeaten in four of their last five outings
Goals in short supply at Windsor Park
Northern Ireland were dealt a hammer blow recently as captain and defensive stalwart Jonny Evans announced his retirement from international football.
The Green and White Army begin the post-Evans era with a Nations League clash against Luxembourg on Thursday, who have been in decent form recently.
The minnows finished third of six in their qualifying group for Euro 2024, just five points behind Slovakia in second place and ahead of both Iceland and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
They were knocked out of the play-offs, which they reached thanks to their Nations League performances, 2-0 by Georgia.
The Red Lions are now just two spots behind their highest ever position in the FIFA rankings and are a much more dangerous proposition than they have been in the past.
Northern Ireland have been in decent form themselves however, beating Denmark last year and getting the better of Scotland in a friendly in March.
Michael O’Neil’s men also drew with Romania just before that and have only lost one of their last five matches as a result.
Promotion from this Nations League group will be the ultimate aim as they line up alongside these opponents, Bulgaria and Belarus.
Northern Ireland may not have this game as easy as they would like and it’s hard to get involved at odds-on for a team that lost seven of their ten Euro 2024 qualifiers.
It may pay to side with the unders in this clash in what could be a cagey affair at Windsor Park as these two teams battle it out.
Correct score backers should note that two of Luxembourg’s last three Nations League games have been draws, take a 1-1 draw.
