Estonia v Northern Ireland predictions: Hosts could make another fast start

Free football tips, best bets and analysis for the international friendly between Estonia and Northern Ireland on Sunday.

Where to watch

Sky Sports Football, 5pm Sunday

Best bet

Estonia to score the first goal
1pt 6-4 bet365

Match preview

Northern Ireland claimed an impressive 4-1 World Cup qualifying win in Lithuania on Thursday and they will be aiming to kick on from that result in Wednesday's home game against Euro 2020 quarter-finalists Switzerland.

In between those Group C fixtures, however, comes a trip to Estonia for a friendly which manager Ian Baraclough will use to test the depth of his squad.

Northern Ireland were already without senior players such as Jonny Evans, Stuart Dallas, Corry Evans, George Saville, Josh Magennis and Liam Boyce for the game against Lithuania so an even more inexperienced line-up is expected in Tallinn.

The fact that the visitors are still rated as solid favourites to win the game is something of a surprise, then, given that Estonia beat Latvia and Lithuania in the Baltic Cup in June either side of a 1-0 friendly win over Finland.

They took a second-minute lead in Thursday's 5-2 home defeat to star-studded Belgium, having also scored first in a 6-2 loss to Czech Republic and a 4-2 reverse against Belarus in March's World Cup qualifiers. Back the hosts to make a fast start against their much-changed visitors.

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