Finland v Republic of Ireland Betting Tips, Odds & Match Preview
Dan Tracey 
Having both opened up with two successive defeats, it will be a critical game on Thursday with everything covered in our Finland v Republic of Ireland betting tips.
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With the October international break now upon us, the focus returns back to the UEFA Nations League and with a third of the league phase already completed for this cycle, both Finland and the Republic of Ireland seem to be pedaling backwards.
Neither side has managed to earn a point from their respective opening two matches and with a new relegation play-off added to the format for the team that finished third in the mini-league, there is a new level of jeopardy at play before their encounter on Thursday.
Jeopardy that although does not suggest this is a relegation six-pointer in the strictest sense, a win for either nation will at least keep them out of the automatic demotion berth at the halfway stage of the campaign.
Hosts Finland come into this game having seen their recent resistance finally broken at Wembley and although they managed to keep England quiet in the first 45 minutes of their September meeting, they were never going to keep Harry Kane quiet on his big evening.
A 100th cap for the Bayern Munich forward eventually led to a brace in front of a rain-soaked English support and although the Finnish performance was admirable, it was never one that was going to see their own goal tally exceed zero.
While not only are Markku Kanerva’s men yet to earn a Nations League point but they are yet to score a goal and days before they lost 2-0 to England, they also suffered a 3-0 reverse at the hands of Greece.
A 3-0 win for the Greek’s in the first fixture round and one that was quickly followed up by a 2-0 win over Finland’s upcoming opponents and just how the Nordic nation have yet to breach the opposition’s net thus far, the same can be said for the boys in green.
Boys that are now led by Icelander Heimir Hallgrimsson and although the FAI waited a considerable amount of time to name a permanent successor to Stephen Kenny, there is a sense that the time spent has not been worth the wait.
Nothing to offer against the Greek national team, the same can be said for September’s showing at the Aviva Stadium against England and if this Irish side is to improve under Hallgrimsson, a cutting edge needs to be discovered sooner rather than later.
But now it is time for the first of my two tips, and I do believe this is when Ireland’s new era finally gets started and it does so with a narrow victory in Finland. An away win and under 2.5 total goals is priced at odds of 10/3 with bet365.Â
In addition to this, I am also going to opt for the correct score pick that is linked to the tip above. There’s only two options available for it to work and I am going to go with 0-2 as the score at odds of 11/1 with Midnite.
Finland v Republic of Ireland Odds
| Team | Odds |
| Finland to win odds | 15/8 |
| Draw odds | 21/10 |
| Republic of Ireland to win odds | 13/8 |
Odds courtesy of Betfred, correct at the time of publication
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