Scotland vs Moldova Prediction & Betting Tips - World Cup

Prediction published on 01/09/2021, 19:46  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 01/09/2021 at 19:51 in World Cup Predictions

Scotland’s troubles with missing a number of key players weren’t made any easier with a tough trip to Denmark, where they lost 2-0 in a Group F clash in the World Cup qualifiers. They will hope for a better outcome at home against Moldova in the fifth round of matches as they look to salvage their qualification campaign. Scotland have dropped to fourth in the group with five points, four better than bottom placed Moldova. Two goals in a space of 93 seconds condemned Scotland to a first loss in this group, and a third in their last five matches. They will want to focus better against Moldova, as their qualification chances now hang in the balance, and a key area to address, apart from defence, will be the fact that they’ve failed to score in three of the last four matches. Scotland haven’t scored more than a goal in their last five matches and have just two wins in 10 matches. While the loss to Denmark remains their only defeat in 10 World Cup qualification games, it could have a big impact in the long run. The Scots have a good scoring run in World Cup qualifiers to look back to, having failed to score in just one of the last 10, while in six of the 10, they’ve scored two or more goals. They are unbeaten in eight World Cup qualification matches at home, scoring two or more in five, and keeping five clean sheets.

Moldova have met Scotland twice before, losing one and drawing one. They will hope for a better result here to keep alive their very slim hopes. They head to this game straight from a 2-0 home loss to Austria, their fourth defeat in five matches and they’ve now conceded 15 goals in four Group F games. They’ve scored just two goals in this pool. They are so poor in both defence and attack; heading to this game having failed to score in three of the last five, while conceding two or more goals in four of the five. In total, they’ve conceded 16 goals in their last five matches, and go to the game with 13 straight away losses, having scored just one goal in the run. In World Cup qualification matches, Moldova are winless in their last 14, losing 11 of them. Ahead of this game, they have four straight losses, with no goals scored away from home in World Cup qualification.