- 苏格兰队在过去的16场比赛中只赢了一场
- 在过去的八场比赛中，两队都有六场得分
- 这些国家之间的七次会议中有三次以平局结束
两队都想各司其职
晋级国家联赛甲级联赛对苏格兰来说是一种祝福，也是一种诅咒，他们发现与比赛中最好的球队对抗生活很艰难。
上一次对阵葡萄牙的比赛中，他们以零比零战平，结束了连续四场失利的局面，但在周五的比赛中主场迎战克罗地亚时，他们面临着另一场严峻的考验。
两人上个月在萨格勒布相遇，东道主以2比1获胜，这可能是两队都能进球的另一场比赛。
虽然苏格兰确实有一支有天赋的球队，但这种天赋并没有很好地分配给许多最好的球员——中场球员。
目前球队中唯一一名出场的门将是41岁的克雷格·戈登，他们仍在努力寻找一名在亚伦·希基缺席的情况下达到所需标准的右侧后卫。
尽管如此，这支球队还是有一些令人兴奋的年轻球员，最著名的是本·杜克和汤米·康威，他们本赛季都在米德尔斯堡引起了人们的注意。
他们面对的是克罗地亚队，该队在2024年欧洲杯上表现不佳，在小组赛阶段惨遭淘汰，目前仍处于过渡期。
老将卢卡·莫德里奇、伊万·佩里西奇和安德烈·克拉马里奇组成了这支球队的脊梁，他们三人都是在相反的比赛中首发的，他们已经不是以前的球员了。
由于很容易对两支球队提出疑问，因此看起来值得让他们两人都不要在这场比赛中保持不失球。
在汉普顿公园与两队并肩寻找网。正确的得分支持者也应该考虑1-1战平，这两支球队最近七次交锋中有三次以僵局告终。
- Scotland have won just one of their last 16 matches
- Both teams have scored in six of the last eight games for both teams
- Three of the seven meetings between these nations have ended in draws
Both teams fancied to play their part
Promotion to the Nations League Tier A has been a blessing and a curse for Scotland, who have found life tough against the best teams that the competition has to offer.
They brought to an end a run of four defeats in a row with a goalless draw against Portugal last time out but they face another tough test as they host Croatia in Friday’s clash.
The two met last month in Zagreb with the hosts running out 2-1 winners and this could be another game in which both teams find the net.
While Scotland do have a talented squad, that talent is not distributed especially well with many of their best players central midfielders.
The only capped goalkeeper in the current squad is 41-year-old Craig Gordon and they are still struggling to find a right-sided defender that is up to the required standard in Aaron Hickey’s absence.
Nevertheless there are some exciting young players in this team, most notably Ben Doak and Tommy Conway who have both caught the eye at Middlesbrough this term.
They face a Croatian side that remain in transition after a poor Euro 2024 campaign that saw them crash out in the group stages.
Veterans Luka Modric, Ivan Perisic and Andrej Kramaric make up the spine of this team, all three of them started in the reverse fixture, and they are not the players that they once were.
With question marks easy to pose about both teams, it looks worth taking neither of them to keep a clean sheet in this one.
Side with both teams to find the net at Hampden Park. Correct score backers should also consider a 1-1 draw, three of the last seven meetings between these two teams have ended in stalemate.
