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Slovenia vs Scotland Prediction & Betting tips
Next Sunday will be the group in the last day of the current World Cup qualifying. Directly for Russia qualified on the last Thursday already the English national team. The fight for second place, which would justify the participation in the playoffs, is still in full swing. With the national teams of Scotland, Slovakia and Slovenia, three teams still have good chances.
In this article, we will deal with the match between Slovenia and Scotland, which will be played at Stožice Stadium in Slovenian Ljubljana from 20:45. Both teams want to jump on the train to Russia and will once again throw everything into the balance. The better chances of at least making the game successful we count on the hosts, who have remained undefeated and conspicuous in their own country so far. Scotland took a second place on the ninth day of the season, but they were able to score points against the outsiders from Malta and Lithuania. For this reason, we recommend a draw-no-bet-tip for the Slovenian national team, which in the case of a draw ensures at least the deployment.
Slovenia :
The Slovenian national team managed to qualify twice for a World Cup finals in four attempts. However, the probability of winning third in the fifth round has fallen significantly after the 1-0 defeat of last Thursday against England. Because before the last matchday, the Slovenes with a 4-2-3 score, a goal ratio of 10: 5 and fourteen points are only in fourth place. The gap to second place, which is currently held by the Scots, is only three points, which means that in the event of a win with a goal advantage, there are at least still theoretical opportunities for the play-off place.
The majority of points – ten in number – drove the elite of coach Ján Kozák with three victories against Slovakia, Malta and Lithuania as well as a goalless draw against the now qualified English in the home. In these four games, the defensive Slovenes managed to keep their own box clean and to score seven goals themselves. Since Scotland should be as strong as the Slovaks, a victory is quite possible.
Scotland :
After four unsuccessful attempts in a row, the hope for the ninth participation in a World Championship finals is still alive in Scotland. After the 1-0 win against Slovakia last weekend, they are on the pole position for the play-off place two with a 5-2-2 record, a goal ratio of 15:10 and seventeen points need only get the lead in the goal. This undertaking will not be easy, especially since only one victory guarantees a safe future. Even a draw could be the end, because the third-placed Slovakians at home against Malta and will certainly win a victory.
In the final round, the scoring of the Scots could be problematic. Because the coach of Gordon Strachan could only score points with the outsiders from Malta (5: 1) and Lithuania (3: 0). Against the group-winner England and the currently third-placed Slovakia, it set for the Bravehearts two derbe 0: 3-claps.
Slovenia vs Scotland head to head matches
26.03.17 WC Scotland Slovenia 1 : 0
29.02.12 FI Slovenia Scotland 1 : 1
12.10.05 WC Slovenia Scotland 0 : 3
08.09.04 WC Scotland Slovenia 0 : 0