Scotland vs Armenia Predictions

• Five of Scotland’s last six home victories were accompanied by a clean sheet.
• Armenia failed to score in four of their last five away internationals.
• Armenia have conceded 11 consecutive away goals without reply.

More than just a glorified friendly for Scotland

After losing out on World Cup qualification last time out, Scotland must dust themselves down ahead of their UEFA Nations League opener against Armenia. While this tournament has been put on blast by some in the game, Scotland achieved qualification to the last Euros through it, so they know the importance it can hold.

Given that their Next Euro qualification could come via this tournament, only a fool would assume that Scotland won’t be taking this seriously. Given that five of their last six home victories came without reply, it would surprise few if they produced a similar result in this first ever H2H with Armenia, a nation ranked 53 places below them.

John McGinn could provide the outlet for Scotland, given that he scored more goals in their recent World Cup qualifying campaign, more than he did all season in the Premier League for Aston Villa!

No more shocks from Armenia

After defeating Ireland at long odds last time out, Armenia will surely head into this on a high. However, they have been simply woeful away from home lately, not scoring a goal in 235 minutes of play and conceding 11 times across the same period!

We predict that Armenia’s barren run will continue with a home win ‘to nil’ with a conservative 2-0 Scotland success providing the correct score selection.