14th Oct 2014 | International
Battle Of Attrition Awaits In Greece
Greece are famously defensively orientated, while Northern Ireland will take 0-0 for as long as they can.
Backing under 2.5 goals in the Greece v Northern Ireland match on Tuesday night almost looks like free money so we can take the best price 4/6 (Skybet) with relish.
The 2004 European champions have had a dismal start to life under Claudio Ranieri having lost 1-0 to Romania before drawing 1-1 in Finland. But the former Chelsea boss will take heart from the fact that Greece always defend pretty well, and the clean sheets will surely start coming. They only conceded 4 times in 10 qualification games for Brazil 2014.
With 6 points already on the board from 2 matches, Northern Ireland will head to Piraeus happy to defend a 0-0 scoreline for as long as they can. Between last October and this June that general strategy away to some decent sides led to a series of narrow defeats and a couple of draws. Tellingly, there were never more than 2 goals in any of those five matches.
With Greece famed for their defensive approach, and the Northern Irish seeing under 2.5 goals in 6 of their last 7 fixtures, we should be onto a good thing here.
Odds correct at time of publishing: 14:25 14th Oct, 2014 but subject to change
