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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland comes from a comfortable 3-0 victory against weak San Marino, ending a negative streak of four losses. It was only their second victory so far after 7 games in this series, both against bottom-placed San Marino. The fact is that Northern Ireland lacks the quality to be more competitive against all the other teams of this group.

Having only six points so far, Northern Ireland has no chance to reach the EURO 2024 final stage anymore and will play only for their pride in the remaining matches.

Slovenia

Slovenia prevailed over Finland last Saturday evening, an outcome that gave them more chances for a ticket for the final stage of EURO 2024. Despite the clear 3-0 final score, the game against Finland was more competitive than the final result indicates as the visitors were a bit better in the second half, but couldn’t find the net on several occasions.

Considering that only three matches remain till the end, this one seems the easier one for Slovenia, as they will also face Denmark on the road and will host Kazakhstan in their final match. Both these are sides that will fight to finish in the top two spots, so a positive result for Slovenia is a must tonight.

Northern Ireland vs Slovenia History & Statistics

• Slovenia prevailed 4-2 over Northern Ireland the last time these sides met in a match for Game Week 5, played about a month ago at Stadion Stozice, Ljubljana.

• Northern Ireland won one of their three home games in this qualification series.

• Slovenia won two of their three away games in this qualification series.