Scotland vs USA Preview & Prediction | 2025 End-Of Year Internationals
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Scotland and USA meet in Edinburgh – the first time the Scottish capital has hosted a match between these two nations for 25 years.
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How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Paramount+
How to watch online: UK – discovery+ / US – Paramount+
Scotland team news
Squad: Kyle Rowe; Darcy Graham; Ollie Smith, Stafford McDowall (capt), Duhan van der Merwe; Adam Hastings, Jamie Dobie (vc); Rory Sutherland, Patrick Harrison, D’Arcy Rae; Scott Cummings (vc), Marshall Sykes; Liam McConnell, Dylan Richardson, Jack Dempsey
Replacements: Harri Morris, Nathan McBeth, Murphy Walker, Alex Samuel, Max Williamson, Magnus Bradbury, George Horne, Ross Thompson
USA team news
Squad: Erich Storti; Mitch Wilson; Dominic Besag, Tommaso Boni; Toby Fricker; Chris Hilsenbeck, Ruben de Haas; Ezekiel Lindenmuth, Kaleb Geiger, Pono Davis; Marno Redelinghuys, Jason Damm (C); Viliami Helu, Cory Daniel, Paddy Ryan
Replacements: Sean McNulty, Payton Telea-Ilalio, Maliu Niuafe, Tevita Naqali, Makeen Alikhan, Ethan McVeigh, Tavite Lopeti, Luke Carty
Scotland vs USA prediction
This is Scotland’s first action since their summer tour that saw them beat the Maori All Blacks and Samoa, but lose to Fiji.
Head coach Gregor Townsend’s squad was admittedly weakened during those Tests against the Pacific Islanders due to the concurrent Lions Tour, and he will be hoping his side can begin their Autumn Nations Series in positive fashion.
He is also hindered in who he can select this time around though, given that this match falls outside the official international window.
Indeed, they famously lost 30-29 to USA in 2018, but more their recent meeting last year produced a comfortable wins for Scotland, who are currently ranked eighth in the world compared to USA’s 15th.
Although they are not at full strength, Scotland should ease to victory at Murrayfield.
Scotland vs USA tip: Scotland to win with -39.5 handicap
