Scotland vs Slovenia - prediction, team news, lineups

Keen to extremity the planetary interruption connected a beardown note, Scotland volition invited Group B1 rivals Slovenia to Hampden Park for a UEFA Nations League clash connected Tuesday.

The hosts are looking to physique connected their triumph past clip out, portion the visitors are aiming to bounce backmost from a frustrating defeat.

Match preview

Sebastien Pocognoli endured a hard commencement to his Scotland tenure, but aft yet earning his archetypal triumph successful the dugout, determination is simply a consciousness of alleviation heading into this match.

The erstwhile Monaco brag took complaint of the nationalist squad aft Steve Clarke's resignation successful the summer, and helium marked his debut with a 0-0 gully against Tuesday's opponents connected September 26.

That disappointing stalemate was followed up by a thorough 3-0 beating by Switzerland 3 days later, though it indispensable beryllium said that Pocognoli's broadside played with 10 men for the bulk of the contention aft having Jack Hendry sent disconnected with conscionable 11 minutes connected the clock.

To marque matters worse, Scotland had gone 4 matches without a extremity by the clip were acceptable to look North Macedonia, but the Tartan Army bore witnesser to a 2-0 triumph successful Skopje connected Saturday.

Seizing each 3 points for the archetypal clip nether Pocognoli has changed the complexion of the existent Nations League campaign, with the state present level connected 4 points with their second-placed opponents. 

Meanwhile, Bostjan Cesar's Slovenia person recorded the aforesaid results arsenic Scotland truthful acold (one win, 1 draw, 1 loss) and volition by vying for a important triumph successful this promotion six-pointer.

The visitors were capable to physique connected their goalless stalemate against Tuesday's opponents by downing North Macedonia 2-0 connected September 29, courtesy of second-half efforts from Sandi Lovric and Aljosa Matko.

However, a 2-1 decision astatine the hands of Switzerland past clip retired has erased their vantage implicit Pocognoli's men, and added to the stakes up of this clash.

That nonaccomplishment was made each the much agonising by the fact Zan Vipotnik had fixed Slovenia the pb conscionable 2 minutes into the game, lone for an ain extremity from Erik Janza to level the contest, earlier Dan Ndoye damned Cesar's broadside earlier fractional time.

Slovenia volition beryllium hopeless to debar falling down successful Group B1 connected Tuesday, fixed the choky contention that has developed for the promotion playoff, but aft seeing the squad suffer 3 of their past 4 connected the road, fans would beryllium forgiven for harbouring doubts.

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Team News

Scotland volition beryllium without Dinamo Zagreb centre-back Scott McKenna, who is suspended aft being sent disconnected against North Macedonia.

In his absence, expect to spot Jack Hendry - who is returning from a red-card suspension of his ain - join Stephen Welsh and Luis Binks successful Pocognoli's three-man backline.

After earning his 100th headdress past clip out, Andy Robertson volition instrumentality 1 measurement person to Kenny Dalglish's quality grounds by lining up astatine near wing-back, portion his erstwhile Liverpool teammate Ben Gannon-Doak operates connected the right.

As for Slovenia, their onslaught should beryllium led by Swansea City striker Zan Vipotnik, with Aljosa Matko and Danijel Sturm providing width.

At the other extremity of the pitch, Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak is apt to beryllium protected by a centre-back trio featuring David Zec, Jaka Bijol and Vanja Drkusic.

Scotland imaginable starting lineup:

Gunn; Welsh, Hendry, Binks; Gannon-Doak, Ferguson, Gilmour, Robertson; McGinn, McBurnie; Bowie

Slovenia imaginable starting lineup:

Oblak; Karnicnik, Drkusic, Bijol, Zec, Janza; Matko, Zabukovnik, Lovric, Sturm; Vipotnik

We say: Scotland 1-1 Slovenia

Scotland volition beryllium buoyed by their triumph past clip out, but it is important to enactment that their triumph was against a struggling North Macedonia side.

Slovenia are apt to beryllium competitory connected Tuesday, arsenic they were successful the opening gully against the hosts, and could unafraid a constituent connected the roadworthy with the unit on.

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