INTERNATIONAL BETTING PICK - IRELAND V POLAND

International

2013-02-06 - Ireland vs Poland

A Sports Betting Pick by Cruiser

Match Preview :

Giovanni Trapattoni will not want his young Irish side to suffer a third consecutive defeat as they welcome the visit of Poland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The Republic of Ireleand suffered a humiliating 6-1 defeat against Germany back in October last year and there were calls for Giovanni to be sacked, but he won a reprieve as his side bounced back four days later to beat the Faroe Islands in Torshavn.

However, after losing narrowly to Greece at home in a November friendly the Italian has now turned to youth in the shape of James McCarthy, Robbie Brady and James McClean, in a new look side as they prepare for their next World Cup qualifers against Sweden in Gothenburg on March 22 and then the home clash with Austria four days after that. Derby striker Conor Sammon will be handed his senior start. He will partner West Brom's Shane Long in attack as Trapattoni takes a look at some of the new recruits he has drafted into his squad with club-mates Richard Keogh and Jeff Hendrick likely to be among the substitutes. Millwall stopper David Forde is likely to take over from Keiren Westwood in goal with Ciaran Clark partnering skipper John O'Shea in central defence and Paul McShane and Greg Cunningham starti8ng at full back.

Meanhwile, Hull youngster Robbie Brady will feature on the right side of midfield with Sunderland's James McClean on the right, and James McCarthy will join Glenn Whelan in the middle of the field.

The visitors can expect to have a strong support with Ireland's Polish community expected to turn out in force for the clash to support them. They arrived with a full strength side, but are without Hoffenheim midfielder Eugen Polanski as he will serve a ban in their World Cup qualifier with Ukraine next month. Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jakub
Blaszczykowski is set to captain the visitors with Borussia Dortmund team-mate Robert Lewandowski the man to watch as he wins his 51st cap.

Polish head coach Waldemar Fornalik is expecting his side to play a good game, but he also gavfe hints he could experiment with his lineup. He said: "Results are always important. In Dublin, we want to play a good game, but also check out some options and realise certain assumptions. We are chasing a positive result."

Possible lineups

Republic of Ireland : Forde; McShane, O'Shea (Capt), Clark, Cunningham; Brady, McCarthy, Whelan, McClean; Sammon, Long.

Poland : N/A

Predictions :

Go for Ireland on level ball here not to lose this match.

The Pick :

BEST BETTING TIP :

Take Ireland to win this match.