Thursday’s forthcoming International Friendlies clash sees Scotland and Poland square off at Hampden Park. The Scots were supposed to take on the Ukrainians in the playoff semis, while the Poles were pitted against the Russians. Kickoff set for 24th March 2022 22:45 EAT.
Scotland has had six successive victories in World Cup qualifying. They have now kept five clean sheets in their last six outings. In 5 of their past 6 meetings, three goals per game were scored with opposition teams scoring an aggregate of 2 and Scotland totted up 10.
Scotland is hoping to win again following the 2-0 WC Qualifiers – Europe success against Denmark. In that match, Scotland had 41% possession, 9 shots with 4 of them on target and goals scored by John Souttar (35′) and Ché Adams (86′). Denmark got 9 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.
Poland is not in favourable form, but they have still managed to score in their last 15 matches in all competitions. Just three clean sheets have been posted during that period. In their last 6 fixtures, Poland has racked up 19 goals scoring a mean average of 3.17 goals per match.
Poland will be hoping to turn things around here following a 1-2 in WC Qualifiers – Europe action. In that match, Poland had 63% possession, 15 shots with 6 of them on target and a goal scored by Świderski (61′). Hungary got 8 shots with 4 of them on target and goals were scored by András Schäfer (37′) and Gazdag (80′).
Scotland vs Poland head to head
These two teams have had 3 encounters since 2014. Scotland got one win and two games ended in a stalemate.
- Scotland 2-2 Poland 08/10/15
- Poland 2-2 Scotland 14/10/14
- Poland0-1 Scotland 05/03/14
Home
- Scotland 2-0 Denmark
- Moldova 0-2 Scotland
- Faroe Islands 0-1 Scotland
- Scotland 3-2 Israel
- Austria 0-1 Scotland
Away
- Poland 1-2 Hungary
- Andorra 1-4 Poland
- Albania 0-1 Poland
- Poland 5-0 San Marino
- Poland 1-1 England
Scotland team news
Steve Clarke will miss the services of John Souttar and Liam Cooper due to injuries.
Poland team news
Robert Lewandowski will be without the services of Mateusz Klich and Karol Linetty due to injuries.
Prediction and Odds
We’re of the opinion that Poland and Scotland should play out a closely-fought contest here.
- Draw
- Both teams to score
- Goals over 1.5
