Scotland have made the perfect start to their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign and they are bidding for a fourth win out of four when they host Georgia on Tuesday (19:45 KO).
Two late goals helped the Scots to a dramatic 2-1 victory in Norway on Saturday and they are a force to be reckoned with at Hampden Park, where they beat Cyprus 3-0 and Spain 2-0 in March's Group A fixtures.
- Both teams to score
- Draw-Scotland double result
- Ryan Christie to be first goalscorer
Visitors To contribute Some Entertainment
Scotland needed goals from Lyndon Dykes and Kenny McLean in the 87th and 89th minutes to come from behind and beat Norway, who had taken the lead through an Erling Haaland penalty, and Tuesday's clash with Georgia may not be straightforward.
The visitors have lost only one of their last 15 internationals, failing to find the net in just three of those games, so backing both teams to score looks a solid bet.
Georgia finished their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign with a 2-0 home win over Sweden and scored 16 goals in six Nations League matches against Gibraltar, Bulgaria and North Macedonia last year.
They have made a solid start in Group A, drawing 1-1 with Norway in March before Saturday's 2-1 win away to Cyprus, and have one of the most exciting prospects in world football in Napoli winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who has scored ten goals in 21 caps for his country.
Ryan Christie to score first
Scotland To Take Control In 2nd Half
After a spectacular late comeback in Oslo, Scotland will be keen to impose themselves on the game early on against Georgia at Hampden Park but they face a side who are growing in confidence under French coach Willy Sagnol.
The visitors are no pushovers, as shown by their run of one defeat in 15, and they may be able to frustrate Scotland in the first 45 minutes so the draw at half-time/Scotland at full-time in the double-result market looks an appealing bet.
Four of their seven goals in Euro 2024 qualifying have come in the 87th minute or later as Scott McTominay scored twice late on in the opening 3-0 win over Cyprus.
Their Nations League game at home to Ukraine last September was goalless until the 70th minute and the Scots ran out 3-0 winners while they came from 1-0 down at half-time to beat the Republic of Ireland 2-1 in their following fixture.
Back Christie To Break Deadlock
Ryan Christie is not a prolific goalscorer for Bournemouth at club level but he plays in an advanced role off the centre-forward for Scotland and can add to his tally of five international goals on Tuesday.
Three of those five were the first goal of the game so Christie is worth backing to break the deadlock against Georgia.
Like John McGinn and Scott McTominay, he is encouraged to get forward and test the opposition goalkeeper and he had three of his side's nine shots in March's famous 2-0 home win over Spain.
Christie is also likely to be on penalty duty for Scotland, having scored the winner from the spot against the Republic of Ireland in last year's Nations League clash at Hampden.
RYAN CHRISTIE FIRST GOALSCORER
