H2H: Serbia vs Scotland – Prediction (Euro - Qualification

H2H: Serbia v Scotland – Comparison.

Aleksandar Mitrović has averaged one goal per fixture across Serbia’s last 14 competitive home games. The top scorer in Scotland’s current set-up, John McGinn, has scored his team’s opener in three of the four ECQ games he’s scored in. Scotland’s last nine competitive away games have averaged one goal in the 51’-60’ minute period.

Serbia Insights.

Serbia (FIFA Rank: #30) enter this Euro 2020 qualification (ECQ) play-off final on the verge of their first EURO Championship appearance since the Serbian Federation’s creation in 2006. To get there though, they’ll need to put an end to a winless run of six straight competitive matches within 90 minutes (D4, L2), although notably, they did score first in three of those games. At home, the hosts have tasted victory in just one of their last five competitive home outings (W1, D2, L2), with the opener being scored within 20 minutes in three of the last four. In fact, Serbia have failed to score in their last two home games, but the fact they have kept a clean sheet in the previous two H2Hs at all venues is encouraging (W1, D1).

Scotland Insights.

Visiting Scotland (#45) saw their unbeaten run stretched to eight competitive matches when they defeated the Czech Republic 1-0 last time out (W6, D2 – 90 minutes). A strong defence has been integral to that run, and here they have the chance to record four competitive clean sheets in a row for the first time since 1997! To claim a third competitive win on the road for the first time since 2006, Scotland will likely need to score in both halves just as they did in their last seven competitive away victories. However, Scotland have lost ‘to nil’ by a 3+ goal margin in each of their last five international road trips against nations with a higher FIFA ranking.