Read our prediction for Germany vs Scotland below. This preview was written by a sport journalist who is specialised in betting tips and predictions.
Germany vs Scotland Prediction & Betting tips
Euro 2024 starts on Friday, June 14, 2024 at 20:00, at the Allianz Arena stadium, an arena with a capacity of 75,024, where the host of the final tournament, Germany, will face Scotland in the opening match. The two national teams are part of group A, along with Switzerland and Hungary. There have been nine direct confrontations between the two teams, the first in 1969, a match that ended in a draw, score 1-1, and the most recent in 2015, when Germany won 3-2. The ratio of direct matches is favorable to Germany, which has seven wins and two draws, while Scotland’s one and only victory was in the friendly match in 1999, in which they won 1-0. Although it is not officially confirmed, it seems that this opening match will be refereed by Szymon Marconian from Poland.
Germany:
Germany is next to Spain, the national team with three European titles won, but unlike Spain, Germany has also lost three finals, one of them right in front of Spain, in 2008 when it played the last European final. Although it has always been among the favorites in the last participations, Germany has not won the trophy since 1996, when it defeated the Czech Republic 2-1, scoring the golden goal in extra time of the final, a rule that no longer applies today, in the sense in which a team scores in overtime, the entire 30 minutes are played, the opposing team having the opportunity to equalize and take the match to kicks from 11m. Being the host of the final tournament, Germany did not play any official match in the last two years, playing only friendly matches in order to prepare for the final tournament. Among the most notable results are the victories against France, 2-0 and the Netherlands, 2-1, and at the opposite pole is the defeat against Japan, score 1-4, or the defeats against Austria, Belgium or Turkey. Julian Nagelsmann has a very good team at his disposal, but he also left some important names at home, including Serge Gnabry, the Bayern player being injured, Leon Goretzka or Dortmund’s players, Mats Hummels and Julian Brandt. At the previous Euro 2020 final tournament, Germany was eliminated in the round of 16 by England, who won 2-0. In the next Euro 2024 group match, Germany will play against Hungary.
Scotland:
On the other hand, Scotland has the chance to surprise from the very first match, because history has shown us that the host team in the final tournaments always had very difficult matches and not a few times there were surprises. Scotland is in its 4th participation in a European Championship after Euro 1992, Euro 1996 and Euro 2020. Until now, Scotland have never managed to qualify from the group stage, their best results coming at Euro 1996 when won the match with Switzerland 1-0 and ended in a tie, score 0-0 with the Netherlands, but due to the lower goal difference, finished in 3rd place after the Netherlands. Returning to Euro 2024, Scotland qualified after finishing in 2nd place in group A of the preliminaries with 17 points, after Spain, the first place holder, leaving Norway and Cyprus at home, but not Georgia, the 4th place holder, who qualified for the first place in the final tournament after the playoffs. Scotland played two friendly matches before this final tournament, winning 2-0 against Gibraltar and drawing 2-2 with Finland. In the next match, Scotland will play Switzerland, in a replay of the duel won by Scotland with 1-0 at Euro 1996, as we mentioned above.
Germany vs Scotland head to head matches
07.09.15 EUR Scotland vs Germany 2:3
07.09.14 EUR Germany vs Scotland 2:1
10.09.03 EUR Germany vs Scotland 2:1
07.06.03 EUR Scotland vs Germany 1:1
27.04.99 FI Germany vs Scotland 0:1
* Our advice is: Germany WIN
* Selection odd for this bet is: 1.30
* This analyis is from our perspective and we highly recommend to inform also yourself about all details that can be decisive in your choise to bet!
Source of photo: Uefa.com Euro 2024
