Germany v Scotland
This is the opening match of the Euro 2024 and sees the hosts start with a match v an unfancied Scotland, Germany will want a quick start the tournament with a win but despite the Scots poor record of late the Germans may find them more difficult than they expect. I actually think the Scotland deserve more respect than the betting markets are giving them in this moment in time. Scotland qualified from a group that contained Spain and Norway as well as Georgia, Norway were the best team not to qualify Euro 2024 and if they had I don’t believe for a moment they would be +1.75 for this match tomorrow like Scotland are, Scotland were only +1.5 underdogs away to Spain and the Spanish for me are a better team than the German, so I think +1.80 on the +1.75 line offers value. Scotland’s midfield is what they will be counting on in games and I believe if they perform the Scots may be more difficult to beat than many believe they are. Scotland’s weak point is scoring goals, defensively they were fine in the competitive matches, so their first 6 matches they only conceded 3 goals, their last 2 matches they conceded 5 goals but they were in 2 games where the result did not matter, I think we will be back to seeing a solid defensive approach from the Scots and with Germany happy to take a win and move on I think the under 2.75 is a bet too as well as Scotland on the handicap.
Scotland +1.75 min odds 1.80
Under 2.75 Goals Scored min odds 2.01