Match Preview

Scotland face a crucial World Cup Qual. UEFA Group F double-header this week, the first of which takes place on Thursday night against second-placed Slovakia. The Scots’ destiny is just about in their own hands heading into today’s Scotland vs Slovakia preview and Gordon Strachan knows that a couple of wins this week will hand his team a place at next year’s World Cup in Russia. Unbeaten in five, the Scots are in a fine shape ahead of their crucial clash and three clean sheets in four can only sharpen their belief.

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Newcastle’s Matt Ritchie’s late withdrawal from the squad through injury is a blow, but Strachan has ample cover in his roster with the likes of James Forrest and Ryan Fraser. The Scottish fans haven’t seen their team lose at Hampden Park for eight games – their last defeat there came against Germany in 2015. The Scots have drawn four of their last six at home, however.

The away side’s 2-1 loss in England last time out was their only loss in four coming into our free Scotland vs Slovakia betting tips. The Slovakians may be slight outsiders in the latest football betting odds but they comfortably beat the Scots 3-0 in the first group meeting between the pair last year. A brace from Robert Mak helped them on the way that day before Adam Nemec put the icing on the cake with the third.

Scotland vs Slovakia Prediction and Betting Advice

  

The away team examined in today’s Scotland vs Slovakia bets are actually quite an accomplished outfit. Ján Kozák’s players’ loss at Wembley ended a great run of five straight Group F victories. There will be huge pressure on the home team to deliver a win that could drive them closer to qualification for Russia next year, but the Scots usually don’t handle that kind of pressure well.

Their back-to-back wins over Lithuania and Malta, where they scored five without reply over 180 minutes were expected routine victories, but their 1-0 win over Slovenia was the only time they had beaten any of the teams situated around them in the table. The Slovakians might only have four away wins from ten trips, but two of those wins came in Russia and Germany. They are a dangerous proposition for anyone and should leave Glasgow with a point this week. StanJames are number one bookmaker value for this pick, so use their great prices while you still can.

The closing selection for our soccer predictions brings us back to the ever popular bookmaker’s goal markets. The away nation in our free Scotland vs Slovakia predictions have only stopped their opponents scoring once in thirteen games on the road. They have forced a blank from the opposition just once in six overall. They do offer a considerable attacking threat, however, scoring in six of their last seven fixtures despite winning only three of them.

The home team are the joint second top scorers in the group and only the current bottom two have conceded more at the defensive end. At Hampden Park, visiting teams have left goalless only three times in the last eight, even though the list of opponents they’ve faced has been almost as unimpressive as the results Scotland got against them. Although we should appreciate the fact that Strachan’s men have scored for fourteen straight fixtures on their own patch. Coral have the top prices if you want to back our latest prediction. They won’t be beaten for value this time around.