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Israel vs Scotland Prediction & Betting tips
For both Israel and Scotland, practically everything depends on the parallel game between the Czech Republic and Slovakia. If the Czechs win, Israel would have managed to stay in group B2 even with a defeat. If Slovakia wins, however, the Israelis need a home win over the Scots, who in turn would have brought promotion to the table with a defeat.
However, if both teams want to save themselves a look at the livescore, with a win they still have promotion or relegation firmly in their hands. In the run-up to the game between Israel and Scotland, the odds of the bookmakers are very even, as the odds comparison of the betting base shows.
The Israelis, who already scored a 1-1 draw in the first leg against Scotland on matchday one, are the razor-thin favorites. In addition, the Scots have to tremble again because of the most recent 1-0 defeat in Slovakia, when a series of nine international matches in a row ended without a defeat.
The bet on the Scottish point win in Netanya is quite daring. Much more likely are two teams that are initially careful not to fall behind. Against this background, we suspect a game with few goals and recommend a maximum of two goals in Israel against Scotland.
Israel:
The Israeli national soccer team was able to qualify for a soccer world championship in 1970, in which at least two draws against Sweden and Italy could be achieved.
Otherwise, the blue-whites, who were part of the Asian Football Association until the beginning of the 1990s and were only then accepted into UEFA, celebrated their greatest success to date in 1964 when they won the Asian Football Championships.
Most recently, Israel failed once again quite clearly in the qualification for EURO 2021. In Group G with Poland, Austria, North Macedonia, Slovenia and Latvia, they only finished fifth with eleven of 30 possible points.
In return, however, the blue-whites were able to rise from group C1 together with today’s opponent Scotland in the first edition of the Nations League, which also earned them the right to start the Nations League playoffs for the European Championship in 2021. In the semifinals it was also against the Scots. After 120 goalless minutes, the decision was made on penalties. Israel lost 3: 5.
Now it could be the Scots again who push the blue-whites back from the Nations League group B2 back into the third division. For this, however, an away win for Slovakia in the Czech Republic is necessary. If Willi Ruttensteiner’s team gets help from the Czech Republic, relegation would be achieved regardless of the outcome of the home game against Scotland.
Against this background, it can be assumed that the Israelis will initially take a wait-and-see approach and concentrate on the defensive, as in the playoffs. This favors the tip for a maximum of two goals in Israel against Scotland.
Scotland :
The Scottish national football team has finally crossed the deep valley through which it has passed in the past 20 years with a bang.
After the Scottish Lions missed only one of seven consecutive World Championships between 1974 and 1998 and also participated in two European Championships in 1992 and 1996, they missed qualifying for one of the two finals ten times in a row.
Also in the European Championship qualifying in 2021, Scotland finished third in the group with Belgium, Russia, Cyprus, Kazakhstan and San Marino and was ultimately nine points behind the second-placed Russians. But they finally made the comeback through the back door in the Nations League.
Because of the group victory in the first edition, Steve Clarke’s men went to the playoffs, in which Iceland could only be beaten on penalties before the decision was made in Serbia last Thursday.
The joy lasted only for a short time, however, because an away win in Slovakia in the Nations League could have made the march into League B perfect on Sunday.
Israel vs Scotland head to head matches
08.10.20 UNL Scotland Israel 1 : 0 (0 : 0)
04.09.20 UNL Scotland Israel 1 : 1
20.11.18 UNL Scotland Israel 3 : 2
11.10.18 UNL Israel Scotland 2 : 1
27.04.81 WC Scotland Israel 3 : 1
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| Prediction: | Both teams to score / YES |
| Selection odds: | 1,78 |
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