Group I - Scotland in second place battle
Spain should easily win this group. The defending European and world champions got off to a winning start thanks to a comfortable 4-0 win over Liechtenstein and are huge favourites to top the group at [1.07].
Their next game is against Lithuania tomorrow and they are expected to easily win at [1.1], they should also come through against Scotland on Tuesday with a minimum of fuss at [1.45]. They are the best team in the world and shouldn't even break a sweat in making it to Euro 2012.
Tuesday's opponents, Scotland ([8.2]), have started the group in tidy fashion, picking up four points from their opening two games. However, a decent draw away to Lithuania was nearly wiped out by a home draw against Liechtenstein, before Stephen McManus popped up with a winner seven minutes into injury time.
The Scots are in a battle for second with the Czech Republic ([6.0]). The Czech's opening game was a disappointing 1-0 home defeat to Lithuania. It's a game they were expected to win, and if they suffer defeat against Scotland tomorrow, then they will be facing an uphill battle to make the play-off spot.
The Czech's are [1.72] favourites to win that clash and, unfortunately for Scotland, we can see them just about nicking a win.
Finally, we have Lithuania ([21.0]) and Liechtenstein ([32.0]). Neither of these sides will win the group, or even threaten second place. So it's a battle between them to avoid the wooden spoon.
As they already have four points on the board, Lithuania should avoid the ignomy of finishing bottom.
Reckon we're right? Or could Scotland surprise us all? Let us know below...
Published: 7 Oct 2010
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