Malta v Scotland Betting Preview – World Cup 2018 Qualifier 4th September
So Scotland head off on their travels to open their World Cup 201 qualifying with. Every point in games like this is going to be crucial, because the rest of the group is going to be beating Malta, left right and centre, so Scotland have to stay in touch. The more goals the better when it comes to deals like this and this represents a good opportunity for the Scots to come out of the gates with all guns ablazing. Malta have lost five of their last six games played and aren’t up to speed yet in terms of international quality. This should be an easy win for the Scots.
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Malta v Scotland Betting Tips
Malta have posted a D1 L5 record in their last six international matches scored and given the size of the place you can’t exactly knock them. They were a non-entity during Euro 2016 qualification, finishing bottom of their qualification group with just the two points on the board. However, to their credit, they were not smashed out of sight in any game at all, and they only conceded more than two goals on the one occasion. They shipped only 16 goals in their ten Euro 2016 qualification games which wasn’t bad considering Scotland conceded 12 in theirs. But Malta did score only the three goals during qualifying and they managed just the one point from their five home games, that coming against Azerbaijan.
Malta have scored just the one goal in their last six games played so a big opportunity for Scotland here. The Scots couldn’t sustain their qualification challenge to reach Euro 2016 and they will want to be confident and going into this opener with full belief that they can win this and win their group as well. As well as Malta, Scotland will also face Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia and England in Group F of World Cup 2018 qualifying. The Scots haven’t faced Malta before but they put twelve goals past Gibraltar in Euro 2016 qualifying over their two games with them. So that is a positive sign and this game to go over 2.5 goals is trading at a price of even money. Not a great price, but that is because of Malta’s decent defensive effort.
That having been said, Malta have shipped eight goals in their last two games played. Scotland need Celtic’s Leigh Griffiths to continue his great early season. He has been on fire for the Scottish Champions and he’s worth having a punt on in the anytime goalscorer market for a price of 6/4 with Chris Martin at 13/10 to net for the Scots. The Scots do need to produce a bit of an increased out put in front of goal. Up in the correct score market for Malta v Scotland betting you have a price of 9/2 on both a Scotland 1-0 and a Scotland 2-0 result. So the bookmakers are expecting this to be a low scoring game and you are looking at a hefty price of 5/1 on Scotland to win by three goals in this one.
Malta v Scotland Betting Odds
Scotland 2/5, Draw 7/2, Malta 7/1
Malta v Scotland Predictions
Scotland will want to come out of the gates and show some intent here, but Malta showed through Euro 2016 qualifying that they can defend. That should keep the score low in this one and we know that Scotland aren’t the most prolific side. Look under 2.5 goals but still expect the Scots to come out on top and that means value on a Scotland 2-0 correct score result playing out.
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