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Azerbaijan will be bidding to bounce back from a shock defeat when they host Belarus in a friendly on Tuesday night.
The home side will enter the contest off the back of a 3-0 loss to Haiti, which made it six defeats from their last seven matches in all competitions, while Belarus were 5-0 winners over Tajikistan last time out.
We say: Azerbaijan 1-2 Belarus
Azerbaijan are a difficult team to back at the moment due to their struggles, and Belarus are a talented outfit with a lot of dangerous players in the final third of the field – it should be tight in terms of the scoreline, but we are expecting Belarus to emerge victorious.
> International friendlies preview: Azerbaijan vs Belarus
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Northern Ireland will be bidding to stretch their unbeaten run of form to six matches when they take on Sweden in an international friendly at Strawberry Arena in Solna on Tuesday night.
The visitors will enter the match off the back of a 1-1 draw with Switzerland on Friday, while Sweden suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to Luxembourg on Saturday, which ended a six-match unbeaten run.
We say: Sweden 1-1 Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland’s recent run deserves a lot of respect, and we fancy them to make it six games unbeaten on Tuesday night; Sweden are the favourites and will have home advantage, but O’Neill’s side should be able to claim a share of the spoils.
> International friendlies preview: Sweden vs N. Ireland
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Switzerland will be bidding to post their first victory since June 2024 when they host Luxembourg in a friendly on Tuesday night.
The hosts will enter the clash off the back of a 1-1 draw with Northern Ireland, while Luxembourg recorded an excellent 1-0 victory over Sweden last time out, with Seid Korac netting the only goal of the contest.
We say: Switzerland 2-1 Luxembourg
Luxembourg were excellent against Sweden on Saturday, and the visitors will therefore enter this match full of confidence; Switzerland are due a win, though, and we are expecting the home team to navigate their way to a narrow success on Tuesday night.
> International friendlies preview: Switzerland vs Luxembourg
