Euro 2024 score prediction: Germany to beat Scotland by 2 goals

Experts and fans put all their faith in host Germany in the opening match of Euro 2024, even though their opponent Scotland is not trivial.

German striker Kai Havertz is expected to score in the opening match - Photo: REUTERS

Germany's opponents are not in good form.

In the qualifying round, Scotland played extremely well, despite being in the same group with Spain, Norway and Georgia. They even won the ticket before Spain with a series of 5 consecutive wins in the first leg. In particular, Erling Haaland's defeat of Norway is a proud achievement for Steve Clarke and his team. Scotland has many stars playing in the Premier League. Notable among them are captain Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), McTominay (Man United), McGinn (Aston Villa), Gilmour (Brighton)... However, their squad is still not highly rated due to the lack of quality players in the goalkeeper, center-back and striker positions. Scotland's form is also not very good when they have only won 1 match in the last 9 matches.

Will the match have many goals?

The pressure on the home team in the opening match is huge. For nearly a year, German coach Nagelsmann has had a headache because of the problem of the home team's attack. The German team currently still has a balanced force spread across the lines, as well as playing overwhelmingly against average opponents. However, they have a big problem in scoring goals. Before the tournament, this pressure was somewhat reduced when Kai Havertz scored in the 2-1 win over Greece. The basis for fans to believe in Germany is the superior head-to-head record against Scotland. Germany won 3, drew 1 in the last 4 encounters between the two teams.

Expected lineup of the two teams - Photo: WHOSCORED

Statistics firm Opta said the home team's chance of winning all 3 points in the opening match is 58%. Meanwhile, the possibility of Scotland winning is only 21%. Many other statistics sites such as Whoscored, Sportskeeda also predict a 2-goal victory for Germany. According to many Asian bookmakers, the home team Germany is handicapped by 1.5 goals in this match. The over/under bet is 2 3/4 (2.75 goals). Sportsmole's data shows that the most likely scores are Germany winning 2-1 (9.83%), drawing 1-1 (8.99%) and Germany winning 2-0 (8.92%). Accordingly, the possibility of the match having less than 3 goals is only 37%. Regarding the starting lineup, Whoscored predicts that coach Nagelsmann will use Rudiger - Tah as the starting center-back pair, Kroos - Andrich as the central midfielder pair, covering the powerful attack with Musiala - Gundogan - Wirtz and Havertz as the center forward. Little-known defender Mittelstadt will probably start on the left wing. Expert's choice: choose Germany, the match will have 3 or more goals. Prediction: Germany wins 3-1.

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