Spain vs Northern Ireland Prediction: Team to Win, Form

Spain’s final preparatory fixture for the European Championships sees them play host to Northern Ireland.

La Roja are in a group alongside Croatia, Italy and Albania.

Spain current form

On Wednesday, Spain put five past Northern Ireland in a friendly, with Ayoze Perez and Ferran Torres scoring one each and Mikel Oyarzabal bagging a hat-trick.

They reached the Euros after finishing top of Group A ahead of Scotland, Norway, Georgia and Cyprus.

Northern Ireland current form

Northern Ireland are not part of the Euros and in qualifying they finished fifth in Group H behind Denmark, Slovenia, Finland and Kazakhstan and ahead of San Marino.

They played two friendlies in March and acquitted themselves well, beating Scotland 1-0 and drawing 1-1 with Romania.

Spain vs Northern Ireland Team News

Pau Cubarsi, Marcos Llorente and Aleix Garcia were the three players cut from Luis de la Fuente’s final squad.

Expect the Spain boss to rotate things in the final friendly before the Euros.

Northern Ireland haven’t played since March so have a fresh squad.

Scoreline Prediction

Spain will have too much for Northern Ireland, even if they do make a raft of changes.

Spain 3-0 Northern Ireland

FAQs

What was the score the last time Spain played Northern Ireland?In 2007, Spain defeated Northern Ireland 1-0 in a qualifier for Euro 2008.

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Author : [email protected] (Martin Macdonald)

Publish date : 2024-06-08 10:02:47

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