Scotland vs Ireland Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 24th September 2022

An exciting match should be on the cards on Saturday when Ireland travel to face Scotland at Hampden Park. Decision time is coming up in the group stage of the UEFA Nations League this season as we enter round five.

Ireland celebrated a 3-0 win in their most recent meeting with their upcoming opponent. Are we in for something similar at Hampden Park on Saturday?

Scotland arrive at the upcoming match this coming Saturday as number 45 in the FIFA world ranking. We should be in for relatively close match, when they take on Ireland. The latter enter the match as number 47 in the world ranking.

Scotland average 1.8 goals per game in their last ten games, scoring 18 times. They conceded ten goals or an average of one per game, with five clean sheets along the way.

Ireland travel to their next away match this coming Saturday having performed a tolerable average of 1.7 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 17 goals, whilst shipping five goals against. An average of 0.5 goals against a game. They hung on to six clean sheets in this streak.

Scotland vs Ireland Prediction

Scotland look back on their last three matches with six points to show from their efforts. Against Ireland, they were left empty-handed in a 3-0 defeat, but they avenged themselves by beating Armenia in a 1-4 win. They followed that up with a 3-0 win against Ukraine in their most recent outing. Scotland won four of their past six matches on home soil, where they also drew one and lost one. They scored 12 goals and conceded six times.

Ireland claimed four points from a possible nine in their last three matches across all tournaments, which opened with a defeat 0-1 against Ukraine. A 3-0 win followed against Scotland, before drawing 1-1 with Ukraine. In their last six matches away from home Ireland won twice, recorded two draws and lost two times. During this run, they conceded four and scored eight goals.

The semifinal is looming in the horizon for the hosts, who'll be looking to add three points to their total on Saturday. Their first four outings came without defeat and nine points, putting Scotland up in first place.

Ireland enter the fifth UEFA Nations League group match on four points and need to go all-in chasing a win. A draw might be enough to keep them in the race for the next round, but are they willing to depend that much on Lady Luck? To be in with a sound chance of seeing the next round, a win is needed for Ireland.

At least one side usually pull off a clean sheet, when Scotland take on Ireland, which suggests the value bet lies with both teams not finding the back of the net.

Scotland vs Ireland Team News

At the time of writing, Scotland have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Ireland on Saturday.

Nathan Patterson, Ryan Jack and David Turnbull nurses various injuries and won't take part for Scotland against Ireland at Hampden Park.

Ireland seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to Hampden Park to face Scotland. Nathan Collins is ineligible for selection in the Ireland squad, as he is suspended.

Scotland vs Ireland H2H

The last time the pair played each other, Ireland came out the other side as 3-0 winners and surely won't mind a repeat of that result. Scotland claimed two wins, while Ireland picked up three wins in the previous six matches, while the rest had no winner. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 3.20.

Scotland vs Ireland Results

Scotland vs Ireland Betting Tips

Look no further than John McGinn, when searching for a marksman currently in good shape. He hit the target three times lately for Scotland in the UEFA Nations League, while Alan Browne managed two goals in the last half dozen matches for Ireland in this tournament. No doubt, both are looking to add to their total once again.

Scotland collected six wins, drew two and lost two in the 10 most games across all tournaments at Hampden Park. Ireland won three of their previous 10 away, drew three and lost four times. Of the previous 10 outings away from home, Ireland scored the opening goal six times, whereas their hosts were first on target in six of their last 10 games on home soil.

Over 2.5 goals came up two times in the previous six encounters between Scotland and Ireland, as Scotland scored 0.67 goals on average per game and Ireland averaging 1.34 goals. Both teams scored in two times of these matches. Scotland saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across the tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the visitor's last ten games this season. On average, they scored 1.7 times in those matches.