On Wednesday Scotland and Canada kick off the international break with a friendly. In recent times neither side have had particularly good fortunes on the international stage. Scotland have won just one of their last fiver international fixtures, that coming against minnows Malta. On the other side of the field Canada have won two of their last five although these have been against much weaker opposition than Scotland are used to facing.
Their FIFA rankings shows quite clearly who is the favourite in the game as Scotland find themselves in 67th position on the rankings where as Canada are a poor 117 meaning that it would definitely be a huge surprise for Canada to get anything from the game. If i were to pick out a goalscorer it would have to be Leigh Griffiths who last year looked almost unstoppable for Celtic but the recent rise of Moussa Dembele has seen him a bit overlooked this year. Regardless his talent remains and he’s definitely a man capable of bagging a goal or two for Scotland.
I can’t see Canada scoring many due to Scotland’s very respectable defence and so I would definitely go for Scotland to win and/or to keep a clean sheet. As for goals in the game I don’t see there being loads. A reasonable punt would be for a 2-0 victory to Scotland, nothing outstanding but a comfortable win for the boys in blue. Although if you wanted a slightly safer bet then for there to be under 3 goals would also be a good shout.
Selection: Scotland clean sheet 4/6 and Scotlan win 4/11