Scotland host World and European champions Spain at Hampden Park in Glasgow on Tuesday night and find themselves the 8/1 underdogs to win the match with bookmaker Boylesports. Look away now if you're a Scotsman but even the most ardent of tartan supporters could be forgiven for thinking their team have no chance on Tuesday. There was a time when Scotland were a match for anyone at home but Craig Levein's side have done little to suggest they will trouble the Spanish, who find themselves the 2/5 odds on favourites. The draw is 16/5.
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Despite the prices, this is first against second in Group I of Euro 2012 qualification which should concentrate the minds of the Spaniards who won the World Cup for the first time in their history in the summer. Spain have played a game less than Scotland and lead the group by two points thanks to two bloodless wins over Lithuania and Liechtenstein. The Scots have struggled to score goals during the group, drawing a blank in both of their away games so far to Lithuania and the Czech Republic. The two goals they did score were in a 2-1 home win over Liechtenstein but they required seven minutes of injury time to get the winner on that day and the performance was much maligned. Boyle Sports go best price on Spain to get the win but the 2/5 is still pretty short. There might be more value to be had by backing Spain to win with a clean sheet at a very attractive looking 11/10.
Scotland have never beaten Spain on home soil, although the pair have only played twice competitively and not since the mid seventies. The Scots managed a 1-1 draw in February 1975 the last time the two sides met in the European Championship Qualifiers and the Scottish had a far better side back then than they can put out on Tuesday night. Spanish centre forward David Villa missed an absolute sitter at the weekend but you would fully expect the Barcelona striker to hit back in style at Hampden. Villa is favourite in all of the goalscorer markets, but there might be a bit of added value to back the Spaniard to score more than two goals at odds of 5/2 with Boyles.
With goals very much the theme, you can also back Spain to score more than two and a half in the match. Craig Levein will most likely set his Scotland team up to not be beaten, but with a team packed full of Barcelona players, these guys will be used to controlling the game with a lot of patient posession. If the Spanish break the deadlock early on the Scottish will have to come out and play which could very well open the floodgates.
Scotland v Spain Form
Check the team statistics for Scotland and Spain in the Euro 2012 qualifiers to date and the latest match odds from the best UK and Irish bookmakers.
Scotland v Spain Tips
Tip #1: Spain to win with a clean sheet @ 11/10 with Boylesports.
Tip #2: David Villa to score two or more goals @ 5/2 with Boylesports.
Tip #3: Spain to score over 2.5 goals @ 2/1 with Boylesports.
Match Betting
8/1 Scotland
5/1 Draw
2/5 Spain
Correct Score Odds
16/1 Scotland 1-0
40/1 Scotland 2-0
22/1 Scotland 2-1
9/1 Draw 0-0
7/1 Draw 1-1
22/1 Draw 2-2
5/1 Spain 1-0
5/1 Spain 2-0
7/1 Spain 2-1
First Goalscorer Odds
5/2 David Villa
7/2 Fernando Llorente
4/1 Aritz Aduriz
6/1 David Silva
7/1 Santi Cazorla
8/1 Andres Iniesta
8/1 Pablo
9/1 Kenny Miller
10/1 Steven Fletcher
11/1 Boria Valero
12/1 Chris Iwelumo
14/1 BAR
Odds supplied by Boylesports.com, with live betting in-running on over fifty markets during the match.
Posted: Monday, 11th October 2010
Author: Russell Lloyd
Tags: european championship, scotland, spain, david villa, boylesports,
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