Match Report
Scotland went into the game 2nd in the table on 23 points; Israel sat 4th on 16 — a 7-point gap. Israel had been under-performing their position — 31st on five-round form against 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Scotland were scoring 1.7 and conceding 0.7, Israel 2.3 and 2.1, against a competition average of 1.53 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Hampden Park in Glasgow (capacity 51,866). Israel led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.




