Northern Ireland vs Luxembourg Prediction and Betting Tips for the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers, scheduled for Monday, November 17, 2025, at 19:45 GMT. The game takes place at Windsor Park and will be broadcast live on DAZN and Disney+. Northern Ireland aim to close their campaign on a high after an uneven qualifying run, while Luxembourg chase their first point. In this article, you’ll also find World Cup Predictions from XpertStats experts.

• Final 2026 World Cup Qualifier for both sides at Windsor Park.
• Northern Ireland eye a third group win to finish on nine points.
• Luxembourg still searching for their first point in Group A.
• Broadcast live on DAZN and Disney+ on Monday, November 17, 2025.

Michael O’Neill’s men have shown flashes of what could’ve been. They’ve won twice, drawn once, and pushed both Germany and Slovakia harder than expected. Sitting third with six points, the Green and White Army know they can’t climb higher, but pride still matters. And there’s motivation too, a playoff lifeline via the Nations League keeps their World Cup dream flickering. It’s been nearly four decades since Northern Ireland graced the tournament’s main stage. Can they find one more inspired performance under the Belfast lights?

Luxembourg, on the other hand, have endured a bruising campaign. Five games, zero points, and just a single goal scored. That’s rough. Yet there’s a strange resilience in Jeff Strasser’s squad, they still press, still chase, still fight. Their 2-0 loss to Germany last time out wasn’t pretty, but there were glimpses of belief. Olivier Thill ran himself into the ground, and Sinani, their all-time joint-fifth top scorer, remains the one man capable of flipping a match with a moment of craft.

That said, the odds feel stacked. Northern Ireland have dominated this fixture, winning five of the last six encounters. The Windsor Park crowd will expect another show of control, quick passing, width from Bradley, and those dangerous late runs from Lyons. Even with Dan Ballard suspended, there’s depth enough to handle Luxembourg’s sporadic attacks. Still, this is football, and we’ve all seen stranger things happen when pressure fades and freedom takes over.

For Luxembourg, this is about salvaging something, anything, from the ashes of a lost campaign. They’ve only beaten Northern Ireland once, that famous 3-2 win back in 2013, but they’ll cling to that memory for courage. Strasser’s men know the stats, they know the gap in class, but they’ll show up anyway. Because pride doesn’t need a scoreboard. Still, it’s hard to look past Northern Ireland’s home form and control. A composed 90 minutes could seal a comfortable finish and remind fans why this team still matters in Europe’s mid-tier fight. Expect a pragmatic but confident display from O’Neill’s men in this final chapter of qualifying. For more insights, explore our latest World Cup Predictions and data-driven match tips on XpertStats.