NORTHERN IRELAND VS ITALY LATEST ODDS AND BETTING PREVIEW
This is a pretty lopsided-looking encounter to most neutral fans, but the Northern Ireland vs Italy fixture could actually shape up into being one of the more exciting matches of the evening.
The Italians are listed as the odds-on favourites, despite being the visitors, and you can grab a 3/4 price on them to score the outright victory with popular bookmaker William Hill.
Hills are offering up an enhanced multiple on Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to all avoid defeat at a lengthy 10/1 price.
The draw in this one is likely about as good as Northern Ireland will be expecting to do and the bookmakers don't see it as out of the question with an 11/5 price available pre-match. Northern Ireland's odds to pull off the upset victory are trading at 9/2 and that's not an out-of-the-question price.
The favoured correct score is a 1-0 result to Italy and that's priced at 5/1 while a 1-1 draw is the next favoured outcome and that's available at 6/1. A 2-0 victory for the Italians is trading at 13/2.
Northern Ireland to win 1-0 pays out at 10/1 while a 2-1 result rewards at 16/1.
The goalscorer betting is tricky as this one isn't expected to be a particularly open affair. The favoured anytime goalscorer is Antonio Cassano and he's priced at 6/5 anytime while Marco Borriello is listed at 5/4 alongside Giuseppe Rossi and Giampaolo Pazzini.
For the Northern Irish team, they'll be looking to Kyle Lafferty at 10/3 anytime and David Healy at 7/2.
The over/under on goals definitely favours a lower-scoring fixture and over 2.5 is paying out at 11/8 while under 2.5 trades at 8/15.
If you're looking to back Northern Ireland then the best option is likely to make an in-play wager after you've seen them for the first 15 minutes or so. Italy definitely have the edge in class but Northern Ireland can potentially pull this off but they will likely need to score the first goal.