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Slovakia vs Scotland Prediction & Betting tips
The Slovak national soccer team only picked up one of twelve possible points from the four games so far in the UEFA Nations League Group B2. The Slovaks now hold the red lantern. The gap to the saving bank is already four points. The two remaining games not only need the maximum yield of six points, but also help from other teams.
Meanwhile, Scotland could celebrate safe promotion to League A with a three. According to the odds comparison of the betting base, balanced odds are available in the run-up to the clash between Slovakia and Scotland.
Although things went much better for the Scots with ten out of twelve possible points, according to the bookies there is no clear favorite in this match on the fifth match day. That is quite a remarkable assessment, because the Scots not only won the first leg 1-0 at home, but have so far presented themselves very defensively. They only conceded two goals in four games.
Nevertheless, we trust the Slovaks with their backs to the wall to at least open the home gate. So there is a lot of value in Slovakia vs. Scotland to place the tip on a goal for both teams.
Slovakia :
The Slovak national football team was anything but in top form at the first edition of the 2018/19 UEFA Nations League. The Sokoli (in German: the eagles) only got three out of twelve possible points in Group B1, which would normally have relegated them to League C.
Only because of the restructuring of the competition, which was introduced two years ago, the Slovaks remained in the second-highest league, where with only one of twelve possible points it looks very much like relegation in the follow-up.
With a home win against Scotland, depending on the outcome of the parallel game between the Czech Republic and Israel, the final would come next Wednesday. If there is support from the Israelis, Slovakia would have relegation with an away win in Prague in their own hands. Otherwise, in addition to their own threesome, they would need shooting help from the Scots.
It is all the more bitter for Sokoli that so many top performers are absent during this groundbreaking international break. In addition to keeper Martin Dúbravka, defense chief Martin Skrtel is currently injured.
Already against Northern Ireland this could be absorbed well by the rest of the team. Slovakia celebrated a 2-1 away win in extra time on Thursday evening and qualified for a European Championship finals for the second time in a row.
This enormous ecstasy of joy could now be followed by disillusionment if the relegation in the Nations League were sealed without a home win. In any case, the bookmakers do not calculate too much for the Sokoli.
Scotland :
The Scottish national soccer team is undoubtedly going through one of its strongest phases. The Scots, who only finished third behind Belgium and Russia in the regular European Championship qualification in 2021, finally qualified for the European Championship on the second way on Thursday evening.
For the first time since the EURO 1996 in England, the Scottish Lions are represented at a final round, for which, as in the semi-finals of the playoffs, the penalty shoot-out was necessary. They kept the upper hand 5-4 after a 1-1 draw in Serbia, in which Luka Jovic had only saved the home side in the last minute in stoppage time.
If Steve Clarke’s selection finally defeats Slovakia for the second time, promotion to the Nations League Group A would be in the towel. The football dwarf would then no longer be able to march through from League C to League A.
In one fell swoop, the only nation from the United Kingdom condemned to watch the expanded EURO 2016 in France would catch up with the crème de la crème of Europe.
Their latest record shows that the Scots deserved it. For nine international matches in a row, Steve Clarke’s selection has remained unbeaten and celebrated the victory in eight of these nine games – even if it only came from penalties against Israel and Serbia in the playoff tournament for the 2021 European Championship.
If the Slovaks weren’t so serious with their backs to the wall, it would be worth considering playing tip 2 against Scotland against Slovakia. Because the Sokoli have to play all or nothing, it is more sustainable to bet on the goal of both teams.
Slovakia vs Scotland head to head matches
11.10.20 UNL Scotland Slovakia 1 : 0
05.10.17 WC Scotland Slovakia 1 : 0
11.10.16 WC Slovakia Scotland 3 : 0