Scotland vs Croatia Prediction & Betting Tips (15 November)

Scotland should not fare well in this League A of the Nations League. A tone below most of its competitors in this group, this British selection brings up the rear in the ranking with only one point gleaned during the first 4 days, last month, against Portugal 0-0 . Before that, the Tartan Army had been dominated by Poland 2-3 , Portugal 2-1 and Croatia 2-1 in the first leg. Note that last June, the Scots were eliminated in the first round of the Euro, finishing in last place in their group behind Germany, Switzerland and Hungary. Just like its opponent of the day, Croatia had taken the door in the first round of the Euro by ranking in 3rd place in the group of death made up of Spain, Italy and Albania with only 2 small points to his credit.

Obliged to react after this huge disappointment, the 3rd in the last World Cup were nevertheless picked up cold in this competition by losing against Portugal 2-1. But the Vatreni then reacted rather well by beating Poland 1-0 and Scotland 2-1 before sharing the points in Poland 3-3 on the last day. In the ranking, Luka Modric's partners are in 2nd position, 3 lengths behind the Portuguese leader.

Scotland have played four matches since securing their place in the UEFA Nations League, with no fewer than three of these encounters producing a clean sheet at one end of the pitch. This has also been the case in seven of the previous nine top-flight fixtures involving Croatia, so any deviation from this script would come as a bit of a surprise.