Scotland v Canada (Sat 15th Oct)

I really fancy Canada for this game but I cant find any betting info anywhere. Can anybody help ??

[swampster]

do you mean Saturday 12th, or Tuesday 15th ??? if it;'s on tuesday, probably won't be on the bet sites yet.

[dirkscot]

the game is on Tuesday

what do you know about Canada which suggests a win?

Surely we are not that bad that Canada can come over and beat Scotland in Edinburgh

[MickeyPaul]

Just what I was thinking.

Canada have Everton's Radzinski for example, other players I don't know immediatly (Peschisolido ?)

I know where he's coming from, he watched Rab Douglas on sunday! I might have some of this.

My thinking behind this is that Scotland have a qualifier on Saturday and maybe will get some injuries. Berti will then try and blood some new players to try out some different systems!.

For some reason I got reading the canadasoccer.com website and from looking at the online pole they seem quite confident about winning. They have a few players who play in britain.

From www.canadasoccer.com

Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Men’s World Cup Team Head Coach Holger Osieck today announced the 16 player roster which will face Scotland in an international friendly on October 15. The game will be played at Hibernian’s Easter Road Stadium in Edinburgh at 8:00 p.m. The game will be shown live on Rogers Sportsnet at 3:00 p.m. ET.

Fourteen of the 16 players named were part of the team which defeated Switzerland on May 15. Nottingham Forest’s Jim Brennan and Livingston’s Davide Xausa are the two additions.

The game should feature some interesting match-ups as several Canadian players will face fellow club teammates in the game. Canadian striker Tomasz Radzinski could see fellow Everton players Scot Gemmil and Gary Naysmith, while Brennan’s Forest teammate Gareth Williams is on the Scottish roster. Heart of Midlothian is well represented with Canadian defender/midfielder Kevin McKenna and Scottish internationals Scott Severin and Steven Pressley.

The friendly will be a sort of homecoming for Richard Hastings whose parents live in Inverness. Hastings played eight seasons in Scotland before joining Austria’s Graz AK this summer. Jason deVos will return to Scotland for the first time since leaving Dundee United for Wigan Athletic in 2001. The same goes for Pat Onstad who spent two seasons with Dundee United before rejoining the Rochester Rhinos in 2001.

The game will also be special for Paul Fenwick who plays his club soccer for Hibernian at Easter Road Stadium, where the friendly will take place. This is the second consecutive game Canada has played at the home ground of one of its players. On May 15, 2002 Canada defeated Switzerland 3-1 at St. Gallen’s Espenmoos Stadium, home of Daniel Imhof. The other Canadian playing on his home turf is Xausa, who plays for Edinburgh club Livingston.


It then lists all of the squads stats and they dont look all that bad. I'll wait to see what happens at the weekend but I'm thinking definately X2.

Sorry Jonjo, but that's not nearly enough to suggest that Canada will come over here and beat Scotland.
Anything is possible in football, but defeat by Canada would certainly be the end of Berti. There is no way any more young players will be blooded in this game either, he must have trailled over 30 players recently and must have an idea of his best 11 by now good or bad.
I know that none of The Scottish players are world class but they are surely rated higher than an ordinary deVos, Hastings etc.
It is possible for X2 because of low morale, dissapointing crowd, but surely everything points to Berti's first win.

Canada are not as poor as you or I would imagine. There last three results this year speak for themselves.

USA 0-0 Canada
South Korea 1-2 Canada
Switzerland 1-3 Canada

I'm not saying that they're going to come over here and p*ss all over Scotland but I think the bookies will have Canada way overpriced giving their form and the circumstances around the friendly and may just be worth a punt.

Bring on the Canadians! After yesterdays morale booster I can only see one result on tuesday. Scotland will be desperate to build on this win and gain their first home win under McBerti

[Aykay1]

After yesterdays excellent win i cant see canada coming over and beating the scots on their own patch. They wont allow a repeat of the faroes debacle. Scotland are short enough at 4/7 (bet365) so probably a match to leave alone?

canada win at very nice odds!no pressure!

[Luso]

PaddyPower are offering 11/2 (6.50) On Canada - a cracking price IMO.

Scotland aren't that much better than Canada IMO and I think Canada take their friendlies pretty seriously because they obviously don't get to play many quality sides in their confederation.

Scotland may of beaten Iceland but Canada will cause them problems and the 6.50 is just way to big.

its a case of whether there is any beans on the menu IMO.

[Luso]

Scotland have an injury crisis after the Iceland game and Vogts has said he will do some experimenting.

A win over the mighty Iceland doesn't make Scotland a decent side overnight - they're still a poor team and Canada will hopefully bring them back to earth with a bump

Does anyone know where I can get the best price on Canada. Oddschecker aren't covering the friendlies. I've found 4.5 at Ukbetting, can anyone beat this ?

Scotland v Canada Odds

6.0 odds for a Canada win at paddy power, according to that link above. I don't think Scotland will play this friendly game to there full so Canada seems right!

my bet : 3 singles on
* Scotland - Canada : Canada-win à 5,75 (Nordicbet) : stake 5,5 EURO
* Scotland - Canada: X à 3,55 (Playit) : stake 9 EURO
* Scotland - Canada : Scotland(-1) X à 3,50 (= Scotland win with 1 goal difference) (Scandicbookmakers) :stake 9 EURO

= total stake of 23,5 EURO -> if Scotland doesn't win with 2 clear or more -> gives me back 31,5 - 32 EURO (odds 1,35)

Safe bet, not ?