Scotland are 90 minutes away from achieving something that they have never done before - qualify for the knockout stages of a major tournament.
Croatia are the side that stand in the way of Steve Clarke’s men at Hampden Park on Tuesday night and the 2018 World Cup finalists are 59/50 favourites with Grosvenor Sport to edge the game. Scotland are 43/20, while the draw is 11/4.
Scotland have yet to find the back of the net in this tournament but they have created chances, almost twice as many as Croatia have done so far, and that is something that should encourage Scotland fans.
Croatia are nothing like the force they were three years ago and goals are particularly hard to come by for Zlatko Dalić’s ageing side, who rely heavily on veterans like Luca Modric and Inter wide man Ivan Perisic.
Tip
- Kieran Tierney anytime assist - 9/1
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Given how goal-shy both of these teams are, one strike could be enough to earn all three points and it’s no surprise to see under 2.5 goals a shorter price than overs.
Croatia have lost out in the xGF battle in both Group D games so far and their inability to prevent the opposition creating big opportunities should be music to the ears of the likes of
Andy Robertson and Kieran Tierney, who can cause Croatia all sorts of problems down that Scotland left channel.
Tierney wasn’t at his attacking best at Wembley on Friday but he should be a much bigger threat this time and the Arsenal star has demonstrated just how important he is to the national team by providing three assists in the same number of World Cup qualifying games this calendar year.
