Finland v Ireland Tips:: Joe Cole's 13/1 Bet Builder

Paddy’s ambassador Joe Cole pits himself against the challenge of international football this week as he dives into a tricky assignment for Ireland away in Helsinki.

Heimir Halgrimsson suffered successive losses in his opening September window, and the Icelandic boss will hoping for a turnaround, as Joe gives his Finland v Ireland betting tips on Thursday in the Nations League.

Finland v Ireland tips

Draw
Both teams to score: Yes
Sammie Szmodics to score

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WHEN: Thursday 10th of October, 7.45pm
WHERE: Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
TV: RTE2, Viaplay

Ireland need goals, and obviously the emergence of Evan Ferguson is a positive, despite his career slightly stalling, and you have also Sammie Szmodics and Troy Parrott in there as well.

They can all score goals. Szmodics is someone I like, I love his movement, but it’s difficult making that transition from the Championship to the Premier League,

Ireland are in a huge rebuild at the moment, so I can see both teams scoring in this game, and I’m going for a draw in this one.

I’m also going to go for Szmodics to score for Ireland in this game – to get his first international goal.

When I look at Ireland overall, they needed a performance against England, and after the first half it looked like it was going to be a disaster. But, there were positive signs in the second half and they need to build on that.