Live on Skysports 2: Weds 19.45: Ladbrokes make Northern Ireland 8/11 to beat Azerbaijan in their World Cup qualifier but it could be close.
The Northern Ireland camp should be in buoyant mood after they picked up an unexpected point in Portugal last time out and Michael O’Neill’s men are fancied to build on that result as they take on Azerbaijan in their latest qualifier.
Ladbrokes have installed the hosts as 8/11 favourites for the Belfast contest and that’s fair enough but the visitors are no pushovers and it’s worth remembering that Northern Ireland, while encouraged by their Portuguese heroics, are without a victory in ten; a run that stretches back further than a year.
They’re unlikely to run away with it then and bet365 make them an enticing 13/5 to edge it by a one-goal margin.
More specifically, Ladbrokes price O’Neill’s charges at 11/2 to card a 1-0 success, a wager lent appeal by the likelihood that the clash will generate fewer than three goals (4/6, Stan James).
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Northern to win by a one-goal margin – 13/5 (bet365)
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