Northern Ireland vs Luxembourg Prediction, Betting Tips & Odds

Northern Ireland’s World Cup clash with Luxembourg may be a dead rubber, but the hosts will still be keen to secure a morale-boosting victory in Belfast. They are assured of third place in Group A and a place in the play-offs, while the visitors are consigned to propping up the table following five straight defeats.

We like 21/20 for Michael O’Neill’s men to prevail and under 3.5 goals in the game as our initial Northern Ireland vs Luxembourg prediction.

Northern Ireland v Luxembourg Betting Odds – 2026 World Cup Qualifiers

Result	Odds	Chance
Northern Ireland	8/13	73.3%
Luxembourg	9/2	12.5%
Draw	12/5	23.1%

*Odds are correct at the time of writing, but subject to change.

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How To Watch Northern Ireland vs Luxembourg

Monday night’s match is scheduled to kick off at 19:45 and will be shown live on BBC Three.

Northern Ireland vs Luxembourg Head-To-Head

These teams began their World Cup 2026 qualifying campaigns with a clash in Luxembourg in September, when the Green and White Army enjoyed a 3-1 triumph. They also drew 2-2 at Stade de Luxembourg in the Nations League last November, but past meetings at Windsor Park have been tighter contests. Northern Ireland won 1-0 in a 2019 friendly via an own goal, while Paddy McNair and Dan Ballard did the damage in a 2-0 Nations League success just over 12 months ago.

That was the last time McNair scored for his country, but seven international goals in total is a solid effort for a defender, and he is 13/2 to net at any time again here in the Northern Ireland vs Luxembourg odds. Don’t forget BOYLE Sports now have a great Sub Swap offer, which sees any individual player's bets carried over to their replacement if they are taken off!

Northern Ireland Form Guide

Friday’s 1-0 defeat in Slovakia was a tough one for Northern Ireland to take, with Tomas Bobcek’s decider coming in stoppage time, but this has been a decent campaign overall. O’Neill’s men were far from disgraced in a couple of losses to Germany and beat Slovakia 2-0 on home turf to add to that opening victory in Luxembourg. There was also a 1-0 friendly defeat of Iceland in Belfast back in June, and O’Neill will be keen to keep spirits up.

This is the only preparation game we have for the play-off, so this is the most important game we have now,” said the manager. “We want a good performance, an energetic performance, freshness to the team and to play on the front foot, to finish the camp on a positive note and to look forward to March.”

A BOYLE Sports price boost of 15/4 for the hosts to win both halves is tempting.

Luxembourg Form Guide

The Red Lions have failed to score in four straight pool matches since losing at home to O’Neill’s side. They have been beaten 1-0 and 2-0 by Slovakia and went down 4-0 and 2-0 to Germany.

Head coach Jeff Strasser admitted: “We need to try to do better than in the last games, especially in the last third, to score more goals. We need to be able to create chances…it is important for us to get better in this way.” However, we’re focusing on the hosts, and Isaac Price is another interesting player in the main goalscorer markets.

The West Brom forward has eight strikes in his last 12 internationals, despite not finding the net in any of the last three, and he declared: “I think I’m due a goal, aren’t I?!” Let’s add 5/1 for Price to break the deadlock to our Northern Ireland vs Luxembourg betting tips.