Scotland vs Israel: Expect many cards

Scotland is to take on Israel in round 7 of the 2022 World Cup qualification. Will the national teams tie another draw? 

The Scotland national football team had an unsuccessful start to the World Cup 2022 qualifying round in September. In the first away match the Scots could not compete with Denmark (0-2). Two victories followed. First, the Scottish team defeated the Moldova national team at home and then away proved to be stronger than the Austrian team. Both matches were a narrow victory (0-1). Six games played, Scotland has 11 points and the 2nd position in the Group F standings.

The Israel team delighted their fans with two good and productive performances in September. First, the national team scored four unanswered goals against the Faroe Islands. Then followed a confident victory over Austria (5-2) at home. It was as late as in the sixth matchday that the Israel national team was not able to mark the best qualities to be thrashed by the national team of Denmark (0-5) away. Six games played, Israel has 10 points and 3rd place in Group F.

The last game between Scotland and Israel took place in the current World Cup qualifying stage. In the first round, the national teams scored one goal each and shared the points. In all tournaments, the teams have met in 10 matches. The Scottish team is ahead by the number of wins, 5-2.

• Total Under (2.5) goals were scored in the last 4 head-to-head encounters between Scotland and Israel in all tournaments;
• The last 4 matches Israel played in the World Cup qualification ended with Total Over (2.5) goals scored;
• The last 3 matches Scotland played in the World Cup qualification ended with Total Under (2.5) goals scored;
• The Scotland national football team suffered only one defeat in the last 12 matches in the World Cup qualification.

It will not be easy for Scotland and Israel to put up a fight against Denmark, but both national teams showed a good game against the Austrians, achieving a positive result. Not surprisingly, the Scots and Israelis are in second and third place, respectively. The upcoming meeting will naturally be very tense. The teams will hardly act openly. We should not expect a lot of scoring chances. But what we can be sure of is that there’ll be a lot of hard fighting. I suggest considering the line with yellow cards as the main bet. You can also bet on Total Under and a draw.

• Yellow Cards Total Over (3.5) for 1.65;
• Draw for 3.30;
• Total Under (2) for 2.26.