Slovakia v Scotland Betting Preview – World Cup 2018 Qualifying 11th October
Scotland’s 1-1 home draw against Lithuania on the weekend, one of the weakest sides in their qualification group for World Cup 2018, could prove to be quite damaging down the line. That was a huge missed opportunity for three points to add to their opening win over Malta. Now they have a tough away game on their hands in midweek to try and redeem themselves with. They go to Slovakia, who have lost their two opening qualification matches 1-0, but are always a tough defensive side. Will the Scots have the craft to open up the Slovakians and bag what would be a massive three points for themselves?
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Slovakia v Scotland Betting Tips
Scotland’s qualification hopes are certainly not going to be boosted by home draws against lowly opposition like Lithuania. The Scots managed only a 1-1 draw on the weekend against them and they had to come from behind in the game to get that points as well. Still, regardless of those big dropped points, the Scots are well positioned in second place in the group behind England on four points. They are level with Slovenia who host England on Tuesady, so Scotland, if they can grind out a win here in Slovakia would put themselves in a great position and get over that Lithuania game quickly. Scotland though have to be massively unhappy with that point. Can they take three points in Slovakia? There is no prior history to look back at between them, as this is the first competition meeting but one thing that could work in the favour of the Scots is that Slovakia are blowing along on a cold wind at the moment.
First off, goals are likely to be at a premium here and you can take a look under 2.5 goals for the game at a price of 8/15 with online betting giant William Hill. If you wanted to go bigger then there is appeal on under 1.5 goals for a price of 6/4 if you wanted too instead. So there aren’t likely to be big margins here at all and that is reflected in the Correct Score market where you have a Slovakia 1-0 result at 5/1 and a Scotland 1-0 score at 13/2. Scotland have posted a patchy W3 D1 L2 record in their last six games and in the anytime goalscorer market they have Chris Martin at a price of 3/1 to hit the back of the net, with Steven Fletcher and Steven Naismith around the 7/2 mark. Their win in Malta on qualifying Match Day One saw them snap a two match losing streak away from home.
But going back to what we mentioned above, Slovakia are out of sorts right now. They have failed to score in any of their last four games now in putting up a D1 L3 record and overall in their last six they have posted just a W1 D1 L4. Their qualification games for the 2018 World cup has seen them lose 1-0 against England and Slovenia so far, not big defeats, but they aren’t offering anything going forward either. They are generally tough and physical at the back and that is something that the Scots are going to have to find a way to deal with. Both Teams Not To Score is a price of 4/6 for this one. There’s not even great appeal anywhere in the anytime goalscorer market but for the home side Marek Hamsik is running as 11/45 favourite with Adam Nemec at 13/5. Defeat here would be another massive blow to their qualification hopes.
Slovakia v Scotland Betting Odds
Slovakia 6/5, Draw 23/10, Scotland 9/4
Slovakia v Scotland Predictions
It may be just worth setting for a low scoring draw in this one. Scotland will be happy enough with a point in this one, whereas they were unhappy with the one that they took against Lithuania. Slovakia just aren’t producing at the moment and that keeps Scotland in with a chance of walking away with a point. Look for the draw in the match outright and under 1.5 goals.
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