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By: Joshua Halickman - March 29, 2021
Israel and Scotland played to a 1-1 draw on Sunday night in 2022 World Cup qualifying at Bloomfield Stadium.
The blue-and-white dominated the first half and finally broke through with a goal just ahead of halftime as Dor Peretz sent a scorcher from 25 meters out to break the deadlock.
But the Tartan Army came back strong in the second half and quickly evened up the score thanks to Ryan Fraser as the national teams split the points.
Following Scotland’s visit, Willi Ruttensteiner’s team will head to Chisinau for a Wednesday night clash with Moldova, which drew 1-1 with Faroe Islands in its first game, but was walloped 8-0 by Denmark in the second qualifying match.
The last time the blue-and-white faced Moldova was in 2017, when the sides played to a 1-1 draw in an International Friendly. Prior to that contest, the squads competed in 2010 World Cup qualifiers, when Israel won both matches, and it holds an all-time rivalry record of three wins, three draws and no losses in six games.
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