New Zealand are doing very well in their Oceania World Cup qualifying stages, but this Friday should give them an entirely different challenge.
Northern Ireland are very strong on home soil, as well as defensively stern, which doesn’t stack the odds in the All Whites’ favour heading into our Northern Ireland vs New Zealand preview.
The hosts have lost just two of their last 14 home games, keeping clean sheets in six of their last eight, with the face this game is in Belfast massively affecting our Northern Ireland vs New Zealand predictions.
The away side have been similarly good defensively of late, keeping four consecutive clean sheets, but against the likes of Fiji and New Caledonia, that task is a little easier.
Both Croatia and Germany have triumphed against the hosts on their own patch over the last year, but Michael O’Neill’s men shouldn’t be asked the same kind of questions on Friday.
According to our Northern Ireland vs New Zealand picks, the visitors shouldn’t be given much of a hope at all, with the hosts likely to even keep a clean sheet on their way to a win.
Tip: Northern Ireland to Win: Unibet (1.45)