Friendly: Wales vs ScotlandBoth sides have again missed out on the big tournament and this game is seen as a chance for John Toshack and Craig Burley to test some new players with a view of building a team for the Euro 2012 qualifiers. A clash between home nations is always full of passion and excitement and this one should be no different.
Depleted Wales hoping for a good result
John Toshack has some extremely talented players at his disposal but constant injury problems prevent him from building a decent team. The team cannot seem to find any consistency, which is not that surprising seeing that we are talking about very young players and no wonder they finished their qualifying campaign in 4th place behind Germany, Russia and Finland. The boss is now looking to test some players and see who he can count on for the next qualifying campaign and numerous withdrawals will give him the opportunity to see some new players in action. The youngsters will obviously give their best in an attempt to impress the manager and Wales are expected to adopt attacking approach. With neither side too worried about the final result, you should really consider backing Wales to score over 1.5 goals at odds of 2.80 offered by Sportingbet.
Craig Bellamy, James Collins, Chris Gunter, Jack Collison, David Vaughan and Simon Davies are all missing out through injuries, while Robbie Earnshaw and Andy King remain injury doubts. Adam Matthews, Andy Dorman and keeper David Cornell will have the opportunity to win their first caps. There is no doubt Wales will be severely wakened in this match, thus even a draw would be considered a very good result.
George Burley kept his job
Scotland had a great chance to at least enter the World Cup play-offs since they were pitted into one of the weakest groups but they finished third with just 10 points from 8 games and thus missed the opportunity to fight for the place at the final tournament. This is the second time in a row that the Scotts have narrowly missed out on a big tournament and they are determined not to let it happen again. They enter this match in better spirits than the opponents since George Burley can field a very strong squad with players like Kenny Miller and Steven Naismith up front. The Rangers duo will spearhead team’s attack in this match and they are expected to have an easy job against inexperienced Wales defence. Therefore, our advice is to back Scotland to score over 1.5 goals at 2.88 offered by Sportingbet.
Manchester United’s Darren Fletcher has recovered in time to face Wales and he will lead the team in this match. Kevin Thomson and Steven Whittaker are missing through injury, while Andy Driver hasn’t received a call-up even though he is now eligible to play for Scotland. On the other hand, former England under-21 defender, Matthew Fox is expected to win his first cap and thus opt to play for Scotland.
Betting verdict
Wales boss John Toshack is forced to field an under strength line-up due to numerous withdrawals and that will be a big problem. George Burley, on the other hand, has no such problems and considering he’s got all his stars fit to play, our advice is to back Scotland here.
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