Scotland v Malta Betting Preview – World Cup 2018 Qualifiers 4th September
Scotland gave themselves a great boost to have a run at second place in Group F of the World Cup qualifiers after a strong 3-0 win out in Lithuania. To a degree, they have their destiny in their own hands because if they win their final three games then they could be in the top two. So they deserve some credit after having produced a really poor start to qualification and they looked totally out of the picture after a 3 -0 defeat against England back in November. Can they keep their positive streak going?
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Scotland v Malta Betting Tips
Scotland looked down and out of any remote qualification hope when back in June they headed into their second group game with England. The Scots rolled out a couple of late goals in that 2-2 draw and that showed tremendous character and over the weekend they built on that with a 3-0 win in Lithuania. So there has been some mettle produced by Scotland and three points here could move them to within just a point of second place if the second-placed Slovakia lose at England on the night. Scotland still have to face Slovakia in the qualifiers in which will be a huge match, before finishing off out on the road in Slovenia. Scotland rolled off a 5-1 win over Malta in their opening qualification match and will be hoping for more of the same to boost their goal difference up a bit. Scotland to win to nil is a 4/11 price at bet365 and their chances of doing that have to be high, with Malta having just played on Saturday and they were tired at their end of their loss against England. Up in the bet365 correct score market, a Scotland 3-0 option is at the head of the market at a price of 4/1. Malta can be a resilient bunch, so it’s probably not likely going to a bigger win than that for Scotland.
In the bet365 half time/full time market a Scotland/Scotland result is a 3/10 price. You are going to have to go deeper into the markets to try and dig out some value for this game. In the anytime goalscorer market at bet365, the shorted priced option is Leigh Griffiths at 4/6 followed by Chris Martin at 10/11. Following this one, they will play host to Slovakia on October 5th in what could be a huge game and then Scotland rounds off against Slovenia three days after that. So the Scots are playing with a bit of belief and vigour at the moment and should be able to collect a comfortable three points in this one and that means it will have been a good turnaround from them during this international break. Malta’s 4-0 loss against England snapped a seven match streak of them not losing by more than a two goal margin.
Scotland v Malta Betting Odds
Scotland 1/12, Draw 12/1, Malta 33/1
Scotland v Malta Predictions
Scotland to win: This should be as routine as it gets and with England having softened up Malta, the Scots should be able to break through easily enough. A Scotland 3-0 win in the correct score market looks to be around the right mark.
