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Scotland vs Cyprus Tips & Preview - Scotland & BTTS tipped in Euro 2024 qualifier

By Gary Emmerson

24 Mar 2023

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Gary Emmerson 24 Mar 2023

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Scotland vs Cyprus tips for Saturday's Euro 2024 qualifier (14:00 GMT)
Scotland have won their last 7 matches against Cyprus
Will the hosts make a winning start to the qualifying campaign?

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Scotland beat Cyprus in both Euro 2020 qualifiers (Getty Images)

Scotland vs Cyprus Predictions

Scotland start as strong favourites and they are backed to make a winning start. Cyprus have scored in the last last five defeats to Scotland and there is value on BTTS.

Scotland vs Cyprus Predictions
Head to Head
Scotland Form
Scotland Squad & Team News
Cyprus Form
Cyprus Squad & Team News

Scotland have won 3 of their last 4 competitive matches.
Scotland have won their last 7 matches against Cyprus.
Scotland have seen BTTS in their last 5 matches against Cyprus.
Cyprus have lost 2 of their last 3 matches.
Cyprus have seen BTTS in 2 of their last 3 competitive matches.

Head to Head

Scotland have won all previous seven meetings. The last two were 2-1 wins in Euro 2020 qualifying.

Scotland Form

Scotland earned promotion to Nations League A when last in competitive action in September.

A 0-0 draw away to Ukraine was enough to seal top spot in Nations League B Group 1 with Steve Clarke's side finishing two points ahead of their rivals.

Scotland won four of their six games and lost just once in that campaign.

Having missed out on the World Cup, the Scots played once friendly in November and lost 2-1 away to Turkey.

Scotland Squad & Team News

Goalkeepers: Zander Clark, Angus Gunn, Liam Kelly

Defenders: Andrew Robertson, Grant Hanley, Kieran Tierney, Liam Cooper, Nathan Patterson, Aaron Hickey, Anthony Ralston, Ryan Porteous, Dominic Hyam

Midfielders: John McGinn, Callum McGregor, Stuart Armstrong, Scott McTominay, Kenny McLean, Billy Gilmour, Ryan Jack, Lewis Ferguson

Forwards: Ryan Christie, Lyndon Dykes, Ché Adams, Jacob Brown

Cyprus Form

Cyprus finished bottom of Nations League C Group 2 after suffering a heavy 5-1 defeat away to Kosovo in September.

It was a third defeat of the campaign that yielded just one win and five points.

Cyprus played two friendlies in November, losing 2-0 to Bulgaria before recording an entertaining 3-2 win over Israel.

Cyprus Squad & Team News

Goalkeepers: Constantinos Panagi, Demetris Demetriou, Alexander Špoljarić

Defenders: Konstantinos Laifis, Nicholas Ioannou, Ioannis Kousoulos, Marios Antoniades, Minas Antoniou, Andreas Karo, Nikolas Panayiotou, Andreas Panayiotou, Valentin Roberge

Midfielders: Kostakis Artymatas, Grigoris Kastanos, Charalambos Kyriakou, Alex Gogić, Michalis Ioannou, Danilo Špoljarić, Charalambos Charalambous

Forwards: Demetris Christofi, Georgios Efrem, Ioannis Pittas, Loizos Loizou, Marinos Tzionis, Andronikos Kakoullis

Verdict

Scotland v Cyprus

Scotland beat Cyprus 2-1 in both Euro 2020 qualifiers between the sides. I'm backing this Euro 2024 qualifying opener also sees the same outcome with Scotland and BTTS both backed.

The last four clashes have all been 2-1 wins, so a small stake on another is tipped.

BTTS Yes

Both Teams To Score

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Scotland & BTTS Yes

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Scotland Win 2-1

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