Northern Ireland travel to Serbia on Friday night for their Euro 2012 Group C qualifying match that will be played behind closed doors. The match at the Red Star Stadium in Belgrade is likely to have a slightly surreal atmosphere and Northern Ireland will be looking to take advantage at 6/1 in the betting with Victor Chandler. But Serbia are very much favourites at 8/15, and the draw might be the best hope for Northern Ireland at 14/5.
The match will be played behind closed doors, albeit 200 Northern Ireland fans have been allowed in, after crowd trouble marred Serbia's match with Italy and as a result the Italians were awarded a 3-0 win that took them top of Group C. Serbia meanwhile are languishing in fifth after a dismal run of results that saw them draw with Slovenia, lose 3-1 at home to Estonia and forfeit the match with Italy.
They are further troubled by the news that Nemanja Vidic is out injured and their exciting striker Danko Lazovic has retired from international football to concentrate on his career with Zenit St Petersburg. In their absence much will rest on the shoulders of Birmingham City's Nikola Zigic, who is a doubt for the match with injury. Zigic has scored a goal in each of the three Euro 2012 qualifiers and is 9/2 favourite in the first goalscorer betting with VCBet - providing he is fit.
If Zigic fails to make the match then a look at Dejan Stankovic is well worthwhile. The veteran midfielder is still plying his trade with Inter Milan in Serie A, scoring six goals this term, and he looks great value as a first goalscorer at 11/1 or even as an anytime scorer at 14/5.
Northern Ireland meanwhile are fourth in Group C and Nigel Worthington's side started the campaign with a hugely impressive win over Slovenia and a draw with Italy, before recording a dismal 1-1 draw with the Faroe Islands to dampen spirits. Scoring goals has been a problem for Northern Ireland and it is not helped by the fact that their all time leading scorer David Healy has failed to score an international goal since October 2008. Healy is 11/1 to score first and end that drought on Friday. Steven Davis and Maik Taylor are out injured, but Lee Camp could make his debut in goal.
The lack of Northern Ireland goals is highlighted by the fact that they have failed to score in nine of their last twelve matches and it is two years since they scored more than one in a match. The Serbian clean sheet is 3/4 on with VictorChandler.com. Meanwhile, they have only managed to score six goals in ten away matches and Serbia have similar problems as they have scored only five goals in four group matches, so a look at under 1.5 goals on Friday looks very tempting at 21/10.
There may be a lack of home support in Belgrade on Friday but we fancy Serbia will have a little too much quality for Northern Ireland and the 1-0 correct score to Serbia can be backed at 9/2 with Victor Chandler.
Serbia v Northern Ireland Form
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Serbia v Northern Ireland Tips
Tip #1: Serbia to win 1-0 @ 9/2 with VictorChandler.com
Tip #2: Under 1.5 goals in the match @ 21/10 with VictorChandler.com
Tip #3: Dejan Stankovic to score first @ 11/1 with VictorChandler.com
Match Betting
8/15 Serbia
14/5 Draw
6/1 Northern Ireland
Correct Score Odds
9/2 Serbia 1-0
5/1 Serbia 2-0
15/2 Serbia 2-1
17/2 Draw 0-0
13/2 Draw 1-1
20/1 Draw 2-2
12/1 Northern Ireland 1-0
33/1 Northern Ireland 2-0
18/1 Northern Ireland 2-1
First Goalscorer Odds
9/2 Nikola Zigic
11/2 Marko Pantellic
11/2 Miralem Sulejmani
11/2 Milan Jovanovic
17/2 No Goalscorer
11/1 David Healy
11/1 Dejan Stankovic
11/1 Kyle Lafferty
11/1 Marko Miric
11/1 Milos Krasic
11/1 Nenad Milijas
Odds supplied by VictorChandler.com, plus several other betting markets on this match and all of the Euro 2012 qualifying matches, including live betting in-running.
Posted: Thursday, 24th March 2011
Author: Chris James
Tags: european championship, serbia, northern ireland, nikola zigic, victor chandler,
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