Scotland v Italy Betting
The Scotland v Italy betting for this weekends key Euro 2008 qualifier at Hamden Park has the Scots as the eleven to four favourites to beat Italy and get to the finals next summer and get out of this most competitive of groups with the really tough competition from Italy and France and could you bet against them as they have done so well to still have it in their own hands in this their final game of the group whereas Italy are the favourites in this game and the World Champions are ten to eleven to win and go through with the draw at two to one and so the question is where is your money going and we expect that all British supporters will be cheering on the Scots as this maybe the only home countries team to qualify as England need results to go their way at the weekend.
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Saturday's crucial clash pits Alex McLeish's plucky pretenders against world champions Italy with Roberto Donadoni's experienced squad expected to play party-poopers and leapfrog the Scots. Insistent Italy have not given up the chase where lesser opponents may have, and after winning seven out of the last eight – slipping up only with a respectable stalemate in Paris – the resurgent roman warriors come to Hampden as 11/10 favourites to take all three points and the second group qualification place. Plucky Scotland have held their own against the two world cup finalists in their group of death, but having played a game extra hold only a one point lead over third-placed Italy, requiring victory on Saturday to be sure of making it to Austria and Switzerland for next year's championship. The prospect of making it to a competitive tournament for the first time since France 98 has buoyed McLeish's men to an unthought-of double over France, but a sloppy away performance in Georgia saw three points dropped – and form dented before the weekend's key clash. At 11/4, many still favour the Scots to steal the show, but the more likely prospect of honours even (2/1) may not even be enough.
Odds are short (6/1) on an efficient 2-0 Italian job, with scorers not in short supply for Donadoni. A wealth of venerable veterans has been spurned by the manager – such is the font of forward talent in Italy. Again overlooking Alessandro Del Piero and Filippo Inzaghi, the controversial coach favoured the in-form Alberto Gilardino while Vincenzo Iaquinta was also fit and in the squad, alongside versatile winger-come-forward Palladino, whose Juventus form makes him a likely threat to the Scottish defence. Meanwhile, Scotland were given 6/1 chances of holding the lead at both half-time and full-time, with rock-like midfielder Scott Brown back from a bad tackle and boosting Scottish hopes of holding the Italians at bay in both halves. Strikers Kenny Miller and Garry O'Connor are also available for McLeish, getting the better of groin injuries and adding to the manager's up-field options.
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