Crunch Euro 2016 clash between Scotland and Republic of Ireland

With both teams satisfied with their start to UEFA Euro 2016 Group D qualifying, the Republic of Ireland make the short trip to Glasgow to face Scotland in what will be the fourth game for both teams in their attempt to reach the finals in France.

The home team, Scotland, currently sit on 4 points from their three games, having lost in Germany, defeated Georgia and come away from Poland with an excellent point. The Republic of Ireland find themselves joint top of the group with Poland on 7 points from their three games. This includes an away win in Georgia, a home win over Gibraltar and a superb away draw with struggling world champions Germany.

Out of the two teams, this match is a massive opportunity for the Republic of Ireland to generate a 6 point gap between themselves and Scotland and leave the Scot`s with a lot of work to do in terms of catching them. Republic of Ireland are priced at 23/10 with SkyBet to leave Celtic Park with all 3 points and seriously dent Scotland`s hopes of qualification in the process. Despite failing to hit the back of the net against Germany and Georgia, Robbie Keane netted a hat-trick in the match against Georgia and is currently the all time record goal scorer in European Championship qualifying. The LA galaxy striker is also the highest international goal scorer who is still active following the retirement of Miroslav Klose and Keane can be backed at 7/1 with SkyBet to get the opening goal of the match against Scotland.

Other threats to the Scottish goal include the skilful winger Aiden McGeady, who has already found the back of the net twice in this qualifying campaign away to Georgia and is available at 13/2 with bet365 to score at any time during the match.

Scotland need to win this match to ensure they not only stay in touch with the Republic of Ireland but also maintain their cushion over Germany, who are sure to take all 3 points from their match against Gibraltar. A 1-0 win over Georgia in their only home match to date, Scotland are 11/8 with Coral to remain undefeated at home and take all 3 points against the Republic of Ireland. Manager Gordon Strachan will be looking towards his front men to do the damage and Steven Naismith, who scored in the away draw against Poland and has been in good form at his club, Everton this season, also had plenty of chances for further goals in that game and is on offer at 13/2 with bet365 to grab the opening goal. Having scored a memorable goal in the narrow away defeat to Germany, Ikechi Anya has been playing with confidence for Scotland and is available at 9/2 with bet365 to score at any time.

Scotland are unbeaten in their last two competitive home matches and the Republic of Ireland are also unbeaten in their last two away matches, one of which was in Germany. Coupled with this, both teams have scored in all three of their opening Group D games and BetVictor offer 19/5 for both teams to score and the match to end in a draw.

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