Scotland - Portugal Football prediction

Scotland and Portugal play at Hampden Park in a friendly. This is the 6th friendly that Scotland are doing this year, after friendlies against Belgium, Mexico, Peru, Hungary and Costa Rica. In the case of Portugal, this is their 7th friendly of the year, having already faced Croatia, Algeria, Belgium, Tunisia, the Netherlands and Egypt. There is no record of official clashes between these two teams in the last 3 years. The last clash was on 20-11-2002 and ended with the result: Portugal (2-0) Scotland. In this match the home factor may play an important role as Scotland has significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.

Analysis of Scotland
This is the 6th year of the friendly staff of the house after the previous friendlies have recorded the following results: Scotland (0-4) Belgium, Mexico (1-0) Scotland, Peru (2-0) Scotland, Hungary (0 -1) Scotland and Scotland (0-1) Costa Rica. This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 5 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses as a visitor; against 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in his stadium. In the last game that disputed, for the UEFA Nations League, lost with Israel outside by (2-1). In the last 9 home games Scotland recorded 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. The team conceded goals to their opponents in 4 of the last 5 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, and their attack needs to improve as it has failed to achieve in 4 of the last 5 games in this competition. In his home games there is a tendency to few goals, since 4 of his last 9 games finished with Less than 1.5 goals and 7 of 9 finished with Less than 2.5 goals. In 15 games, he suffered the first goal 7 times and never managed to turn the score.

Scotland's side arrive for this unmotivated match after a 2-1 defeat to Israel in a League of Nations match. In 2 games played within this competition, the Scots won 1 victory and suffered 1 defeat. Coach Alex McLeish usually opts for the traditional 3-4-3, aiming to favor a faster style of play and constant transitions, aiming to attack mainly through the sidelines. It is worth noting that in this drawing, the most advanced pieces should be McGregor, Naismith and Russell. For this match, there will probably be no weight loss.

Analysis of Portugal
This will be the 7th friendly of the year for the visiting team, after previous friendly matches have recorded the following results: Portugal (1-1) Croatia, Portugal (3-0) Algeria, Belgium (0-0) Portugal, Portugal 2) Tunisia, Portugal (0-3) Netherlands and Portugal (2-1) Egypt. This is a team largely unaffected by the home factor, ie, have similar results at home and away, since the last 30 games recorded 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses as a visitor, with a total of 26 goals scored and 12 conceded. Already inside the home, won 7 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss, with a total of 27 goals scored and 15 conceded. The team arrives in this match after a win away to Poland by (2-3). In the last 9 matches played in all competitions, Portugal won 6, drew 2 and lost 1. In 15 games, suffered the first goal 6 times but managed to turn the score in 2.

The Portuguese team enters this match after triumphing by 2-3 in the visit to Poland. Highlights for the goals that were scored by André Silva, Bernardo Silva and Glik (goal against). Coach Fernando Santos usually opts for 4-3-3, aiming to give greater importance to a style of game more cadenced and possession of ball, progressing mainly through midfield. The three most advanced pieces should be André Silva, Bernardo Silva and Rafa Silva, and in the middle zone are likely to play Pizzi, William Carvalho and Rúben Neves. For this match all the cast is still available.