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Monday 5 October 2026, 20:45 CEST

Northern Ireland v Georgia

54%Northern Ireland
27%Draw
19%Georgia

Northern Ireland ahead.

Tested

Northern Ireland win about 54 times in 100. The other 46: a draw (27) or a Georgia win (19).

Forecast by Vesta, published Saturday 3 October 2026, 18:45 CEST, before kickoff.

3 or more goals44%
Both teams score46%
Expected goals1.6 v 0.8
Most likely score1-013% chance

Goals in the match

Tested
1 or more goals91%
2 or more goals71%
3 or more goals44%
4 or more goals23%
5 or more goals10%

Exactly

0 goals9%
1 goal20%
2 goals27%
3 goals21%
4 goals13%
5 goals6%
6 or more goals4%

Goals by team

Tested
Northern Ireland: 1 or more80%
Northern Ireland: 2 or more47%
Northern Ireland: 3 or more22%
Georgia: 1 or more57%
Georgia: 2 or more21%
Georgia: 3 or more5%
Both teams score46%
At least one team does not score54%

Winning margin

Tested
Northern Ireland by 3 or more13%
Northern Ireland by 217%
Northern Ireland by 125%
Draw27%
Georgia by 113%
Georgia by 25%
Georgia by 3 or more1%

Result combinations

Tested
Northern Ireland win or draw81%
Either team wins (no draw)73%
Georgia win or draw46%

Clean sheets

Tested
Northern Ireland keep a clean sheet43%
Georgia keep a clean sheet20%
Northern Ireland win without conceding34%
Georgia win without conceding11%
No goals at all9%

The first goal

Model estimate
Northern Ireland score first59%
Georgia score first32%
No goals9%

When it comes

Minutes 1-1529%
Minutes 16-3021%
Minutes 31-45+16%
Minutes 46-6011%
Minutes 61-757%
Minutes 76-90+6%

Every score

Tested

Chance of each score in percent: Northern Ireland goals down, Georgia goals across.

Chance of each exact score
Home goals down, away goals across012345
09.36.83.00.80.2·
113.312.54.81.40.3·
211.09.34.11.10.2·
35.95.02.10.60.1·
42.42.00.80.20.1·
50.80.60.30.1··

Halves

Model estimate
A goal in the first half66%
A goal in the second half74%
Northern Ireland ahead at half-time39%
Level at half-time44%
Georgia ahead at half-time17%
Northern Ireland win the second half44%
Second half level38%
Georgia win the second half18%
More goals in the first half29%
More goals in the second half42%
Same goals in both halves29%

Half-time and full-time

Model estimate
Northern Ireland ahead at half-time, Northern Ireland win33%
Level at half-time, Northern Ireland win18%
Georgia ahead at half-time, Northern Ireland win2%
Northern Ireland ahead at half-time, draw5%
Level at half-time, draw18%
Georgia ahead at half-time, draw4%
Northern Ireland ahead at half-time, Georgia win1%
Level at half-time, Georgia win8%
Georgia ahead at half-time, Georgia win10%

When the goals come

Model estimate

Expected goals in each 15 minutes.

1-15'
16-30'
31-45+'
46-60'
61-75'
76-90+'
Northern IrelandGeorgia

Tested: checked on past matches at this level of detail. Tested in aggregate: checked on a coarser measure. Model estimate: not checked on real data yet. How Vesta works