Scotland – Costa Rica Prediction & Picks (23.03.2018)

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Scotland and Costa Rica meet at Hampden Park, in a friendly match, the first of the year for both teams. There is no recent record of direct confrontations between these two teams, who have not played any matches in the last 3 years. The last time they met was on 11-06-1990, in a game that ended with the final score: Costa Rica (1-0) Scotland. Attention to the home factor, since Scotland usually conquer different results at home and abroad.

Scotland:

The home team plays its first friendly of the year, after having played 2 in the last year, with the following markers: Scotland (0-1) Holland and Scotland (1-1) Canada. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses in away matches; against 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses at their stadium. In the last match they played, for the Friendlies, they lost to the Netherlands at home (0-1). In the last 8 home matches Scotland has a record of 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 4 of the last 8 matches have ended with Under 1,5 goals and 7 out of 8 have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 15 games, he suffered the first goal 8 times and never got the comeback.

The Scottish team comes to this game with a slight offense against the Netherlands, by 0-1, putting a final point to seven consecutive games without losing in several competitions. It is important to remember that Scotland finished third in Group F, with 18 points won. In this game coach Malky Mackay must act in his usual tactical system, that is, in 4-2-3-1, benefiting possession of the ball and organized attacks. The big highlights in the list of summoned for this game are, for example, Tom Cairney, Matt Ritchie and Matt Phillips.

Costa Rica:

The visiting team plays its first friendly of the year, after having played 2 in the last year, with the following markers: Hungary (1-0) Costa Rica and Spain (5-0) Costa Rica. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches he has 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses as a visitor; against 7 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss at their stadium. The team comes to this match after a defeat away with Hungary by (1-0). In the last 10 away matches Costa Rica has won 3, tied 2 and lost 5. The team has conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, so their defense needs to improve, but their attack He has scored regularly, since he scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches. In 15 games, he never got the comeback in the 8 games in which he suffered the first goal.

The Costa Rican national team comes to this match with a defeat against Hungary, 1-0, adding the fifth consecutive game without winning in several competitions. In this friendly preparation game, coach Óscar Ramírez must play in 5-4-1, privileging defensive organization and counterattacks: Bryan Ruíz and Wallace are the main players in this type of transition. It should be noted that Bryan Ruíz is the great highlight of the Costa Rican national team, having a huge technical competence and vision of the game. For this game the coach does not have great absences.


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