The long wait is finally over. Euro 2024 finally kicks off on Friday and all eyes will be turned towards the Allianz Arena. Hosts Germany will face Scotland who can be considered an underdog in Group A of the tournament. As always, Die Mannschaft is counted as among the favourites to win the game, now even more so when it takes place on German soil. Whether they have the strength to win will be revealed during the next month.
Germany Team News
After a turbulent recent years, it seems that Germany has finally found some stability under Julian Nagelsmann. During the friendlies before the tournament, the team won against Greece 2-1 and drew with Ukraine. Although not convincing and certainly capable of better, Germany is unbeaten in their last 4 outings what can also be said is that there seems to be a good balance of experienced players like Toni Kroos, Manuel Neuer, Thomas Müller, İlkay Gündoğan and Emre Can alongside young and exciting talents such as Florian Wirz, Jamal Musiala and Maximilian Beier. This mix of experience with raw talent might be what Julian Nagelsmann is looking for as his team gears up to challenge for the title.
Scotland Team News
If we are to judge by Scotland’s performances in their qualifying group we can easily deduce that Steve Clarke’s boys are not here just as a filler team. Quite the contrary – Scotland recorded wins over giants such as Spain and finished just 4 points in their qualification group. Looking at the squad that has been brought for the tournament we can see that Scotland does have some aces in their sleeve – the likes of Scott McTominay, Andrew Robertson, and Kieran Tierney are all players with lots of experience at the highest levels of club football. Alongside them, Scotland can also count on some younger talent like Billy Gilmour, but overall the list of players that were called up is on the more experienced side.
Head-to-Head-Games
There is a history between Germany and Scotland, but the last time these two teams met was back in 2015. Back then Germany won with 2-3 in Glasgow. Looking further back we can see that the last 3 games between these 2 teams have 2 things in common – both Germany and Scotland managed to score and that there were over 2.5 goals in all 3 of them.
Germany – Scotland Betting Prediction
Despite some shaky results in the friendlies before the Euro, I would still fancy Germany to win on the opening day and also expect to see some goals. In the last 2 editions of the tournament, the hosts that year won in the opening fixture and these games also featured 3 goals each. Scotland is also a team that has never reached the knockout stages of a major tournament, while Germany has reached the semi-finals of 3 of the last 4 European championships. From the German side, they will be looking to continue this trend and hopefully win this time beginning with a commanding win. On the other side, Steve Clarke will want to break the tournament fever of his boys and lead them out of this group. At any rate, I expect an exciting opener, a German win and over 2.5 goals.
Betting Tip: Germany To Win & Over 2.5 Goals
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Odds: 1.89
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