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Scotland - Israel   Prediction, Picks and Taips  


 
 
In group B2 of the UEFA Nations League, Scotland will receive a visit from Israel on Friday evening at its own Hampden Park in Glasgow. It is already a warm-up for when both countries meet again next month in the play-offs for European Championship qualification.
 

 


 
 


The heydays of Scotland have been behind us for a while, because since the turn of the century the British have not been able to qualify for a major tournament. However, that could soon change, as the country will compete in the play-offs next month for one of the very last starting tickets for next year's European Championship. Israel in particular will be the first opponent in this.



Scotland has often performed very erratically in recent years, although The Tartan Army is working on a nice series with three victories in a row. If Israel is also beaten on Friday evening, it can speak of its best form in almost thirteen years. With Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), Kieran Tierney (Arsenal) and Scott Mc Tominay (Manchester United), national coach Steve Clarke has some great players he can count on for years to come. The vanguard, however, remains a concern, because the still international-free Lyndon Dykes (QPR) is the only real center forward in the current selection. So it's mostly up to James Forrest (Celtic) to lead the Scottish attack. He was only five times in 34 international matches, but three of those goals he made in the home game against Israel in the Nations League almost two years ago.



 
 
 
 

 
With 93rd place in the FIFA world rankings, Israel is by no means a football powerhouse. The country was present at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico fifty years ago, but that was also the only achievement of the blue and white in a major final round. Next month, however, Israel hopes to grab its last European Cup 2021 straw in the play-offs against Scotland.



We also quickly finished the selection of Israel. Most players are still active in their own country, and first goalkeeper Ariel Harush is even without a club. One of the few players to keep an eye on is attack leader Eran Zahavi. He has been active in the Chinese Super League with Guangzhou R&F for many years, where he almost runs one-on-one with 91 goals in 106 duels. Of course we can now start to laugh a bit about the level of Chinese football, but last season as top scorer with 29 goals he scored much more than other famous names who earn their living in China, such as Paulinho (19 goals), Elkeson (18 ) Graziano Pelle (17) and Eder (12). And that with a team that ended at the bottom of the right-hand row. You could therefore label Zahavi as the Messi of Israel.

 
 


Our recommendation tip for Scotland - Israel  :  Scotland   to win  @ 1.85