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Scotland vs Greece Betting Tips

Our betting expert has three Scotland vs Greece tips for Thursday’s World Cup qualifying match at Hampden Park (kick-off 19:45). Scroll down for the analysis behind his selections.

• Greece to win @ 17/10
• Christos Tzolis to score or assist @ 8/5
• Aaron Hickey to be booked, Konstantinos Mavropanos to have over 0.5 efforts at goal and Greece to have most shots @ 10/1

More Hampden woe for hosts

Scotland have made a strong start in qualifying Group C, drawing 0-0 in Denmark before beating Belarus 2-0 in Hungary.

The likelihood that the Belarusians won’t cause any upsets makes the games between the other sides even more critical, and Greece are playing catch-up.

They beat Belarus 5-1 but then lost 3-0 at home to Denmark. However, they have a strong away record, triumphing 2-1 at Wembley last October and have already won at Hampden this year.

These two met in a Nations League play-off in March. Scotland snuck a 1-0 away win thanks to Scott McTominay’s penalty, only for Ethniki to earn promotion to League A by outclassing Steve Clarke’s side 3-0 in the return leg.

Ivan Jovanovic’s ploy to allow Scotland to have the ball before striking on the break worked, although one of the principal architects of that victory, Konstantinos Karetsas, misses this game due to illness.

Even in their first-leg defeat, Greece were the better side and will be confident of claiming another victory in Glasgow. 

• Scotland vs Greece tip 1: Greece to win @ 17/10

Tzolis to shine again

Christos Tzolis scored Greece’s third goal in March and has since excelled back in Glasgow.

In August, he played a key role as Club Brugge won 3-1 at Ibrox, before scoring in his team’s 6-0 home win over Rangers, which secured their place in the league phase of the Champions League.

The 23-year-old has since netted in that competition against Atalanta and is starting to deliver on the promise that persuaded Norwich to snare him from PAOK while still only a teenager.

Karetsas’ absence places additional playmaking responsibility on Tzolis but also offers more chances for him to impact the game.

A scorer against Belarus, the former FC Twente and Fortuna Düsseldorf loanee can make an impact with another goal contribution against the Scots.

• Scotland vs Greece tip 2: Christos Tzolis to score or assist @ 8/5

Hickey and Mavropanos make sense in bet builder

Tzolis’ mazy dribbling could draw Aaron Hickey into fouls and a booking for the Brentford defender is worth including in a Bet Builder, having been carded in the draw in Denmark.

Scotland are susceptible from set-pieces and while his club side West Ham have a similar issue, Konstandinos Mavropanos seems to have more success for his country.

In terms of attempts at goal, Mavropanos leads his team in qualifying, tallying seven, and he can contribute another effort at Hampden to help boost Greece’s chances of winning the shot count.

They topped that tally 28-8 when the pair met in Piraeus in March, albeit only having one on target.

The Greeks were more clinical in Glasgow, where five of their efforts were on target and they won the shot count again, this time 13-11.

• Scotland vs Greece tip 3: Aaron Hickey to be booked, Konstantinos Mavropanos to have over 0.5 efforts at goal and Greece to have most shots @ 10/1