Koln will see the most important game for this group when Scotland takes on Switzerland on Wednesday afternoon. A Switzerland victory can clinch their spot in the knockout group, but a Scotland win will put them in the driver’s seat. Switzerland has a game with Germany looming to end the group stage, while Scotland has a favorable matchup with Hungary. Scotland is in complete control of their destiny. It is time to continue our Euro 2024 odds series with a Scotland-Switzerland prediction, pick, and how-to-watch.

Scotland had a rough opening matchup, suffering the most lopsided tournament-opening loss in Euro history. Scotland’s only goal in a 5-1 loss came on an own-goal from Germany, but the Scots also played half of the game with only ten men after Ryan Porteous’ cleats-up tackle.

Switzerland took advantage of many of Hungary’s mistakes to get the 3-1 victory in their opening match. Switzerland struggled through qualifying and ended up second in their group to Romania, but they have the international experience to make it to the knockout stage of this tournament.

Here are the 2024 Euros odds, courtesy of FanDuel. 

2024 Euros Odds: Scotland-Switzerland Odds

Scotland: +350

Switzerland: -120

Draw: +250

Over 2.5 goals: +100

Under 2.5 goals: -122

How to Watch Scotland vs. Switzerland

Time: 3 PM ET/noon PT

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Why Scotland Will Win

Scotland excels when they play against more average teams and spread the ball out wide. If they follow this gameplan in this game, which they should, Switzerland could be in trouble. Switzerland finished second to Romania in qualifying thanks to Romania’s strategy to get balls wide and cross balls into the box. Romania scored two goals like this to beat Switzerland in a crucial game. Scotland’s strategy against teams not named Spain in qualifying was to play a 2-3-5 and cross plenty of balls into the box. Switzerland better hope they correct their issues from qualifying because Scotland will exploit it if they don’t.

Why Switzerland Will Win

Scotland isn’t a perfect tactical matchup for Switzerland, but their elite goaltending should be enough to get them past Scotland in this matchup. Yann Sommer or Gregor Kodel should be able to thwart any offense that Scotland throws at them, and their offense will take advantage of Scotland’s deficiencies. Switzerland has plenty of experience in their attack, and Krenit Xhaka from Leverkusen will break down the Scottish defense. Switzerland averaged 2.55 expected goals/90 in qualifying, giving them a chance to run up the score on Scotland.

Final Scotland-Switzerland Prediction & Pick

Scotland plays a completely different style when playing teams that aren’t some of the world’s best. Switzerland is a good team, but we can assume that Switzerland will fall into the “not one of the best teams” category for them. Scotland has a tenacious press when playing against these teams, which Switzerland could exploit. However, we will look at how both of Scotland’s games against Spain in qualifying had two goals, but the others were higher-scoring. Scotland will play the ball into wide areas and try to overload with a lot of crossing. Switzerland struggles to defend crosses, but it won’t hurt them enough to lose this game.

If we follow the game script from Scotland’s qualifying, this game has a good chance of getting 3+ goals. Scotland should get one goal past Switzerland’s defense in this match, but Switzerland should answer with two or three themselves. Switzerland averaged 2.55 expected goals/90 in qualifying. Take this game to go over.

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Final Scotland-Switzerland Prediction & Pick: Over 2.5 Goals (+100)