Comments and predictions for Scotland vs Greece: Home team wins heart-stoppingly
The match between Scotland vs Greece in the World Cup Qualifiers takes place at 1:45 a.m. on October 10. Nghe An Newspaper, Radio and Television analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Scotland vs Greece team information
CoachSteve Clarkehaving to solve the goalkeeper problem:Craig Gordon(42 years old) was called back to replace his teammate at Hearts.Zander Clark, but he has been out of action since May. Meanwhile,Angus Gunn— who kept clean sheets against Denmark and Belarus — has yet to make an appearance for his new clubNottingham Forest, stillLiam Kellyonly played once forRangers.
ForwardLawrence Shankland, the person who is having7 goals for Heartsin the Scottish Premier League this season, was removed from the list, soLyndon DykesandGeorge Hirstwill compete for support positions.Che Adams.
Oliver Burke, who just scored a hat-trick forUnion Berlinin the Bundesliga, was also not called up. In addition,Max Johnston(Derby County) did not participate due toAnthony Ralston(Celtic) has recovered and returned to the right-back position.
Pillars such asScott McTominay,John McGinn,Andrew RobertsonandKieran Tierneyare all ready to start. Young talentBen Doak(19 years old) ofBournemouth, although not yet a regular player in the Premier League, is still considered a potential option for the attack.
On the other side,Greecewill be missing a central defenderPanagiotis Retsos(Olympiacos) due to a groin injury. Coach.Ivan Jovanovicexpected rankingKonstantinos Mavropanos(West Ham) plays alongsideKonstantinos Koulierakisin the center of defense, and the left back is on the Roma roster.Kostas Tsimikaswill start.
Experienced captainAnastasios Bakasetas(77 caps, 18 goals) could return to the starting lineup, supporting behind the strikerVangelis Pavlidis— who is in impressive form with5 goals in 8 matchesin the Portuguese National Championship in the colors ofBenfica.
Latest predicted lineup for Scotland vs Greece
Scotland:
Gunn; Ralston, Souttar, McKenna, Robertson; McGinn, Gilmour, Ferguson; McTominay; Doak, Adams
Greece:
Tzolakis; Vagiannidis, Mavropanos, Koulierakis, Tsimikas; Zafeiris, Kourbelis; Karetsas, Bakasetas, Tzolis; Pavlidis
Latest Scotland vs Greece football commentary
Scotland are aiming to qualifyWorld Cup for the first time since 1988, and they have made an impressive start to the 2026 qualifiers asunbeaten after two opening matches, won four points away from home againstDenmarkandBelaruslast month.
After a 0-0 draw with Denmark in the first round, “The Tartan Army” won easily2-0 against Belarus, thanks to the opening goal ofChe Adamsin the first half and an own goal in the second half. Including friendly wins4-0 against LiechtensteinIn June, Scotlandkept three clean sheets in a row, something that hasn't happened since November 2021.
As of this weekend,Steve Clarkewill become the manager who has led Scotland for the most matches in history. He willequaled the record of 71 matchesof the late coachCraig Brownon Thursday, thenofficially surpassed that recordwhen they meet Belarus again next Monday.
Since taking office in 2019, Clarke haswon 30, drew 16 and lost 24in 70 games (43% win rate), while achieving55% win rate in major tournament qualifiers, with17 wins in 31 games.
Standing43rd in the world according to FIFA rankings, Scotland canplay-off spot guaranteed if win both Greece and Belarus, but Clarke and his team are certainly aiming higher —win tickets directly. They are currentlyequal to Denmarkat the top of the table, and the two teams will face off in the “Group C final” onNovember 18.
Greeceare preparing to face a familiar opponent — the very Scotland they oncebeat 3-1 after two matchesin the circleNations League promotion play-offsin March. At that time, theylost 0-1 at homeBut3-0 win at Hampden Park.
That victory started a series of4 consecutive winsof Greece in all competitions, scoring a total of17 goals, including the battlewon 5-1 against Belarusin the opening round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
However, the excitement was quickly doused with cold water.three days later, when Greecelost 0-3 to Denmarkright on home turf, downthird in Group C, one point behind the top two teams Scotland and Denmark.
Currently standing40th in the world, Greece is working towardsfirst World Cup since 2014, and they have every reason to be confident — especially when they havewon 5 consecutive away games, with a 3-0 win over Scotland seven months ago being their most recent away game.
Latest Scotland vs Greece score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Scotland vs Greeceas follows:
- Sportsmole:Scotland 2-0 Greece
- WhoScore:Scotland 2-1 Greece
- We predict:Scotland 2-1 Greece
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