Wednesday Football Tips: Back Ukraine duo & McGinn in Hampden Bet Builder

Scotland v Ukraine
Wednesday 21 September, 19:45 kick-off
Live on ITV4 & Premier Sports 1

Just over three months since Ukraine ended Scotland's World Cup hopes, the two sides meet again in the Nations League.

You have to hand it to Ukraine, with all that's going on in their country, as they responded to missing out on the World Cup against Wales with a three-game unbeaten run.

We've got a form line for the two of late as they've played the same teams - with Scotland beating Armenia twice and losing to the Republic of Ireland while Ukraine also beat Armenia but managed a draw and win against the Irish.

Steve Clarke's Scots are ever-so-slight favourites here though at home, even with skipper Andy Robertson missing through injury - Ukraine are missing the influential Oleksandr Zinchenko too.

The visitors still have plenty of goal threats - skipper Andriy Yarmolenko has three goals and an assist in his last seven internationals, while Roman Yaremchuk has scored six in his last 16.

Betfair are giving punters the chance to earn a £5 free bet when they place a £5 Bet Builder on Scotland v Ukraine.

Ruslan Malianovskyi was a problem in the last game against Scotland, registering an assist and firing in three shots while looking like a danger whenever he had the ball.

And for Scotland, John McGinn remains the main man for Clarke, as he's scored 13 and assisted six since the new manager took charge - and his 19 goal involvements in 34 games under Clarke are 11 more than the next best.

We'll have to put a McGinn goal or assist at 11/5 in our player props Bet Builder for this game.

Stuart Armstrong has been a big goal threat for Scotland in recent games with two goals and two assists in his last three games - he's 3/1 to be involved in a goal here.

But I'm not too sure Scotland will get more than the one goal, and Ukraine have enough forward talent to score at least one.

So we'll take a Yarmolenko goal involvement and a Yaremchuk shot on target alongside McGinn for a 11/1 treble.