Scotland v Samoa Rugby Betting Odds & Preview – 11th November, 2017

Scots to take narrow win over visiting Samoans

Rugby Betting

Scotland start their Autumn Series of Internationals with a Test against Samoa at Murrayfield on Saturday. Darryl Marfo has been handed his debut for the match, coming into the scrum and the Scots will at least get a chance to look at some options here because they have a lengthy injury list including Fraser Brown and Ross Ford. They are also missing three loose-head props and the likes of Greig Laidlaw, Richie Gray and Duncan Taylor.

So Head Coach Gregor Townsend has to shuffle the pack and look to see what kind of depth that he has available. It’s not an ideal situation for Townsend who is taking charge of Scotland for the first time. There will be nine Glasgow players in the starting eleven. Scotland battled against Samoa in a World Cup classic back in 2015 with the Scots edging a 36-33 victory. Scotland have won eight, drawn one and lost one of their previous ten matches against Samoa.

Samoa’s only win over Scotland came back in June 2013 in Durban. Scotland have played eight matches during 2018 and they have won five of them, the losses coming against France and England in the Six Nations and a defeat against Fiji back in June. There was a famous win for the Scots over Australia in Sydney before that defeat against Fiji.

Samoa are a powerful side and they have a lot of running in their backs and that will be a big threat to the Scots. Samoa haven’t been as busy as Scotland have been in 2017 having played just the four matches and losing all of them against New Zealand, Wales, Tonga and Fiji. The match against Wales was only a narrow 19-17 loss for them though back in June. There is a +22 handicap on Samoa at even money with Betway which they could cover.

Each of the last five games between these two have been a lot closer than that. They have all finished with a ten points or less winning margin for the victory so there have been some tighter games. Samoa are a quote of 10/1 to win at Murrayfield with the much-changed Scots in at a price of 1/33 odds on with Betway.