Simon Dalton presents his prediction for Euro 2024.
Germany
Germany missed the qualifying tournament as they host Euro 2024. After Nagelsmann replaced Flick as head coach, Germany have improved in 2024. They’ve won France (2:0), Netherlands (2:1) and Greece (2:1) and ended their game versus Ukraine in a draw (0:0). Kroos is back to the squad and this is a huge advantage. He will retire after the home tournament, but now he will contribute a lot to the way the team will play in the middle of the field. Havertz is likely to play in the centre of attacking actions. He was good in the second half of the season in Arsenal, although Füllkrug is in perfect form too.
Scotland
Scotland performed perfectly in their qualifying group along with Spain and Norway. The Scottish side let Spain top the group only at the very end of the campaign. Scotland approach their fourth continental tournament with poor results, though. They lost the friendly games played in March against the Netherlands (0:4) and Northern Ireland (0:1). In June, Scotland have some problems to score a goal, even playing against quite weak teams like Gibraltar (2:0) and Finland (2:2).
Germany – Scotland prediction
This will be the opening game. Germany are obviously the favourites of the game. Scotland have Manchester United’s midfielder McTominay (7 goals scored in the qualification tournament). However, Germany will do anything to neutralise this threat. Germany will start this tournament with a confident win.
