Northern Ireland vs. Italy

Italy manager Roberto Mancini is a proponent of defense by building squads from the back. The defense kept them in the last game, a 1-1 deadlock against Switzerland. Italy's great defense has allowed just one goal in its last 10 road games. Northern Ireland has home field here where it has allowed three goals in five home matches. That includes a 1-0 shutout of Lithuania in the last game, along with 0-0 scoreless DRAWs against Bulgaria and Switzerland, and a 1-1 tie versus Romania. Nine of their last 13 home games have gone UNDER 2.5 goals, as well as 12 of their last 16 World Cup Qualifying home contests. Take the UNDER.