Slovenia vs Scotland Preview

Slovenia vs Scotland 

Competition – World Cup Qualifying

Stadium – Arena Petrol Stadium

Date: 8th October 2017

Kick-off time – 17:00 GMT

Scotland did their chances of making it to the playoffs the World of good by securing a dramatic late win against Slovakia a few nights back.

Now they need to win this game and their 2nd place in the group will be all but guaranteed although they still have to hope that they are not the unlucky last team that will miss out on the playoff spot.

These two teams’ previous results makes this game look like a very low scoring contest.

Slovenia have not had the best campaign so far but their main strength is at the back and they showed how resilient they can be by holding the English team for 90 minutes before conceding a dramatic winner in their last game.

On average, they have conceded less than 1 goal per game and Scotland are likely going to find it hard to break them down here.

Scotland know this is a big task with Slovakia almost certainly winning against Malta at home, the Tartan army will be looking to get more than a point from this game.

Their home form is commendable if not excellent however they have failed to score in 4 of their last 6 games away from home and their only away points have come against the two bottom of the table sides.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Slovenia

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Slovenia 4-0 Lithuania Sep 4, 2017 World Cup Qualifying – UEFA
L Slovakia 1-0 Slovenia Sep 1, 2017 World Cup Qualifying – UEFA
W Slovenia 2-0 Malta Jun 10, 2017 World Cup Qualifying – UEFA
L Scotland 1-0 Slovenia Mar 26, 2017 World Cup Qualifying – UEFA
W Slovenia 2-0 Finland Jan 13, 2017 International Friendly

Scotland 

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Scotland 2-0 Malta Sep 4, 2017 World Cup Qualifying – UEFA
W Lithuania 0-3 Scotland Sep 1, 2017 World Cup Qualifying – UEFA
D Scotland 2-2 England Jun 10, 2017 World Cup Qualifying – UEFA
W Scotland 1-0 Slovenia Mar 26, 2017 World Cup Qualifying – UEFA
D Scotland 1-1 Canada Mar 22, 2017 International Friendly


H2H

DATE COMPETITION
Scotland 1-0 Slovenia Mar 26, 2017 World Cup Qualifying – UEFA
Slovenia 1-1 Scotland Feb 29, 2012 International Friendly
Slovenia 0-3 Scotland Oct 12, 2005 World Cup Qualifying – UEFA
Scotland 0-0 Slovenia Sep 8, 2004 World Cup Qualifying – UEFA

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