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The Russians are still massive favourites to finish 2nd.

They're scored 15, we've scored 4.
They've conceded 3, we've conceded 7.
They can trade wins with us and lose no sleep.

While we both beat Cyprus by 1 goal at home..
we had an even split of possession, they had 65-35
Cyprus had more shots on target than us, but only managed 1 to Russia's 5 .

There's no way to paint it that makes us favourites with a home win against Russia.

They've looked super consistent, so you have to assume they'll take maximum points from the other sides below them, but lose to Belgium.
That would leave them on 18, with the two games against us yet to be figured in.

We've struggled against Cyprus and lost to the Khazaks, but even if we take 9 points from them and San Marino, we're on 15.

Simply put, a win and a draw against Russia is not enough.
We need to win home and away.

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42 minutes ago, andyD said:

The Russians are still massive favourites to finish 2nd.

They're scored 15, we've scored 4.
They've conceded 3, we've conceded 7.
They can trade wins with us and lose no sleep.

While we both beat Cyprus by 1 goal at home..
we had an even split of possession, they had 65-35
Cyprus had more shots on target than us, but only managed 1 to Russia's 5 .

There's no way to paint it that makes us favourites with a home win against Russia.

They've looked super consistent, so you have to assume they'll take maximum points from the other sides below them, but lose to Belgium.
That would leave them on 18, with the two games against us yet to be figured in.

We've struggled against Cyprus and lost to the Khazaks, but even if we take 9 points from them and San Marino, we're on 15.

Simply put, a win and a draw against Russia is not enough.
We need to win home and away.

Exactly, lets compare the stats from recent games. Not saying they are world beaters but they made the Quarters of the World Cup, Russian clubs normally compete well in european club competitions too. 

 

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Really looking forward to the Russian game at Hampden. Friday night too. Tough game and will surely be a sell out. A win would be a massive psychological shot in the arm for the squad and the support, regardless of how we fare in the rest of the group. Aside from the England game, it feels like it's been a long time since we had a booming atmosphere at home. This has the makings of a fantastic atmosphere and game. Still think we're underdogs for it but important that we see a strong squad and pre-match build up for it, and hopefully a decent performance and result underlines that we're genuinely turning a corner.

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3 hours ago, andyD said:

The Russians are still massive favourites to finish 2nd.

They're scored 15, we've scored 4.
They've conceded 3, we've conceded 7.
They can trade wins with us and lose no sleep.

While we both beat Cyprus by 1 goal at home..
we had an even split of possession, they had 65-35
Cyprus had more shots on target than us, but only managed 1 to Russia's 5 .

There's no way to paint it that makes us favourites with a home win against Russia.

They've looked super consistent, so you have to assume they'll take maximum points from the other sides below them, but lose to Belgium.
That would leave them on 18, with the two games against us yet to be figured in.

We've struggled against Cyprus and lost to the Khazaks, but even if we take 9 points from them and San Marino, we're on 15.

Simply put, a win and a draw against Russia is not enough.
We need to win home and away.

And, if we take 4 points to their 1 from the two Scotland v Russia games we both end up on 19 points and we have the better head to head. 

Mind you, if by some miracle we do actually manage to take 4 points off Russia, I'm sure we would still manage to fuk it up by dropping points away to Cyprus. Or, Russia would score a last minute equaliser against Belgium. It's the Scotland way.

I, for one, will be getting very excited if we do manage to take 4 points off Russia but I've seen nothing in our recent history to suggest that that is even remotely possible.

 

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42 minutes ago, mrniaboc said:

No according to the article I read, but I hope they were wrong! 

In the qualifying competition, a player is suspended for the next competition match after three cautions in three different matches, as well as after the fifth and any subsequent caution;

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1 hour ago, mrniaboc said:

No according to the article I read, but I hope they were wrong!  

https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/54/36/05/2543605_DOWNLOAD.pdf

52.02In case of repeated cautions:a. in the qualifying competition, a player is suspended for the next competition match after three cautions in three different matches, as well as after the fifth and any subsequent caution;

 

So yeah, the article was wrong, no worries.

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