2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers

[KTChampions]

Ukraine has got a lot of players from their national league in the national team - and these players haven't played football in a while. Nobody knows in what condition will they be - it is expected that they will not be fully ready in physical aspect.

However - they have an extra motivation to win and if they manage to score early while they still have the strength - maybe they will be able to defend throughout the rest of the game.

I do feel that Scotland is a big favorite here - but since I don't know in what condition the Ukrainians are it is really tough to call. I thought I'd bet on Scotland but I'll simply skip the game.

It seems to me more profitable to bet on Ukraine. Firstly, it is an underdog and the coefficient compensates for the risk. Secondly, fans in general expect a weaker performance of Ukraine than usual due to the ongoing war, but in my opinion, on average, athletes should not play much worse or better because of this (someone, on the contrary, will receive additional motivation to perform well for the national command). If we talk about the purely sporting strength of the teams, then I would never say that Ukraine is weaker than Scotland.

[darxiaomi]

I want Scotland or Wales to qualify to the World Cup because they dont go to one for a lot of time.

Also this teams dont have the fault for the Ukraine-Russia situation. The only thing i dont want to see its some arbitration assistance to Ukraine.

But in the game i think both teams are in the same level, the two have some good players so i dont know who can win.

[fzkto]

I want Scotland or Wales to qualify to the World Cup because they dont go to one for a lot of time.

Also this teams dont have the fault for the Ukraine-Russia situation. The only thing i dont want to see its some arbitration assistance to Ukraine.

But in the game i think both teams are in the same level, the two have some good players so i dont know who can win.

Wales will play against Poland in the Nations League. I'm not quite sure what kind of competition this is. Is it something separate from the World Cup, or do Poland or Wales have a chance to qualify for the World Cup? I see that both teams are in the same group as Belgium and the Netherlands, who have already qualified for the World Cup.

[Falconer]

It is ridiculous for Ukraine to have more support in Scotland than Scotland itself. Of course the players will be welcomed, as well as the fans at the stadium will show solidarity. They will certainly applaud the players when they enter the field. Now a Scottish fan will support his team 100%.

In a normal situation, without war, I would say Ukraine would be the favourite. But in this situation, I think Scotland has a better chance of winning.

Yes, I agree with your opinion. Ukraine are favorites over Scotland without a war but since the Ukrainian players are currently very stressed mentally I think Scotland will be better off chances. In that match, it might be good to see solidarity among the supporters but of course in the competition both countries will back themselves to win.

I don't think Scottish supporters will support Ukraine just because the country is at war. That is something different and perhaps illogical to think about. So maybe only solidarity is really good for the Ukrainian players later, not direct support to the team.

[CryptoPanda]

I want Scotland or Wales to qualify to the World Cup because they dont go to one for a lot of time.

Also this teams dont have the fault for the Ukraine-Russia situation. The only thing i dont want to see its some arbitration assistance to Ukraine.

But in the game i think both teams are in the same level, the two have some good players so i dont know who can win.

I think Scotland will beat Ukraine easily tomorrow night but I will be cheering on Ukraine and hope they prove me wrong. I don't think the Ukrainian team is a good state mentally to compete, I sincerely believe that some things more important than sport, most football fans around the world would fancy Ukraine to qualify for the world cup.

[BitcoinAccepted]

It's not going to be that easy to win. I think it will be a game where Scotland will have the initiative and also have better players active in the EPL, but Ukraine will be very motivated by the war conditions to qualify. It could also be a boring 0-0, but Scotland is of course the favorite, also because they can play the game at home.

[Minecache]

Ukraine has got a lot of players from their national league in the national team - and these players haven't played football in a while. Nobody knows in what condition will they be - it is expected that they will not be fully ready in physical aspect.

However - they have an extra motivation to win and if they manage to score early while they still have the strength - maybe they will be able to defend throughout the rest of the game.

I do feel that Scotland is a big favorite here - but since I don't know in what condition the Ukrainians are it is really tough to call. I thought I'd bet on Scotland but I'll simply skip the game.

It seems to me more profitable to bet on Ukraine. Firstly, it is an underdog and the coefficient compensates for the risk. Secondly, fans in general expect a weaker performance of Ukraine than usual due to the ongoing war, but in my opinion, on average, athletes should not play much worse or better because of this (someone, on the contrary, will receive additional motivation to perform well for the national command). If we talk about the purely sporting strength of the teams, then I would never say that Ukraine is weaker than Scotland.

If they are able to score early in the match Ukraine will still lose the match because first of all I think Scotland is better compared to them and obviously the Ukrainian defense is not strong enough to just sit back and defend a lead of one goal. Actually, I think it might be a good strategy for Ukraine to get aggressive and catch Scotland off guard because I think the last thing Scotland is going to expect from Ukraine is aggressive football.

[Shasha80]

It's not going to be that easy to win. I think it will be a game where Scotland will have the initiative and also have better players active in the EPL, but Ukraine will be very motivated by the war conditions to qualify. It could also be a boring 0-0, but Scotland is of course the favorite, also because they can play the game at home.

The Scotland vs Ukraine match will finally start after a long delay due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Scotland should have beaten Ukraine,
besides the match will be played at the Hampden Park stadium which will definitely provide its own advantages for the Scottish national team.
Ukraine could not make optimal preparations to face Scotland, because the country was in an unfavorable condition. This is certainly very profitable
for Scotland, so Scotland will try to beat Ukraine to fight for qualification to the World Cup. But like you said Scotland won't be easy to beat
Ukraine, because Ukrainian players want to show the world, they can qualify for the world cup even though their country is still not conducive.

I hope Scotland will also try to play professionally by not giving in to the situation in Ukraine. If we compare the quality of the players from
the two countries, they are actually not much different, even though Scotland is more favored, but Ukraine also has the same chance to win.
It will be a very interesting match, of course I predict Scotland will win and next will face Wales.

[Sithara007]

Everyone here have made their posts explaining how important this match is for Ukraine. I understand how important it is. But do you guys realize how much important it is for the Scotland fans to gain qualification to the FIFA world cup this time? They last played the world cup in 1998. For the last two decades, Scotland has failed to qualify. Now they just need to win two matches, in order to make a remarkable comeback. Personally I want Scotland to win. Their match against Brazil back in 1998 is still fresh in my mind (they lost the match by 1-2, but gave a good fight).

[nullama]

Everyone here have made their posts explaining how important this match is for Ukraine. I understand how important it is. But do you guys realize how much important it is for the Scotland fans to gain qualification to the FIFA world cup this time? They last played the world cup in 1998. For the last two decades, Scotland has failed to qualify. Now they just need to win two matches, in order to make a remarkable comeback. Personally I want Scotland to win. Their match against Brazil back in 1998 is still fresh in my mind (they lost the match by 1-2, but gave a good fight).

Yeah, I think Scotland does have a slight edge to win this match. They're playing in their land as well, so I reckon Scotland will end up winning a very tight match.

This one I'm predicting will continue to extra time, and maybe penalties. It will be the last match for Ukraine, and I'm sure people at the stadium will cheer for them as well while leaving.

[cryptofrka]

It seems to me more profitable to bet on Ukraine. Firstly, it is an underdog and the coefficient compensates for the risk. Secondly, fans in general expect a weaker performance of Ukraine than usual due to the ongoing war, but in my opinion, on average, athletes should not play much worse or better because of this (someone, on the contrary, will receive additional motivation to perform well for the national command). If we talk about the purely sporting strength of the teams, then I would never say that Ukraine is weaker than Scotland.

Yeah, I understand that point as well. That is why I will skip betting on the game - I simply don't know in what condition the Ukrainians are and how much they have trained. Physically it is important if you can run 12 kilometers or 9 kilometers at full power.
Even if they were fully ready - the game is being played in Glasgow and the teams are of similar strength.

Whoever goes through will be favorites against Wales though.

[karabiber]

Ukraine and Scotland will compete in the play-off semi-finals of the World Cup tonight. The Ukraine-Russia war caused the postponement of this match. But how accurate is this encounter? I think that Ukraine, where the war is still going on will not be motivated in this encounter. Ukraine could have been exempted from the qualifiers for this reason. But that would also be unfair to Scotland. It would be better to find a different way for this.

[DU18]

Everyone here have made their posts explaining how important this match is for Ukraine. I understand how important it is. But do you guys realize how much important it is for the Scotland fans to gain qualification to the FIFA world cup this time? They last played the world cup in 1998. For the last two decades, Scotland has failed to qualify. Now they just need to win two matches, in order to make a remarkable comeback. Personally I want Scotland to win. Their match against Brazil back in 1998 is still fresh in my mind (they lost the match by 1-2, but gave a good fight).

In whatever condition that hit of course both countries will target victory to qualify for the world cup qatar, scotland has long been absent from playing in the world cup and this is an opportunity for them to be able to participate in the world cup again by beating ukraine in the play-off match later, Scotland opportunity to win is certainly very open because right now I think Ukraine is not in a good condition due to the war, so even though Scottish fans may sympathize with what happened in Ukraine, but I think they will still loudly support their own team to qualify for the play-off finals.

[fzkto]

Everyone here have made their posts explaining how important this match is for Ukraine. I understand how important it is. But do you guys realize how much important it is for the Scotland fans to gain qualification to the FIFA world cup this time? They last played the world cup in 1998. For the last two decades, Scotland has failed to qualify. Now they just need to win two matches, in order to make a remarkable comeback. Personally I want Scotland to win. Their match against Brazil back in 1998 is still fresh in my mind (they lost the match by 1-2, but gave a good fight).

I also think Scotland should beat Ukraine, who are much weaker than them. But I think that because of the current situation around Ukraine this match could be won by the Ukrainians. The whole of Europe is helping them now, including Great Britain. Unfortunately football is now treated as politics. But I would be glad if Scotland made it to the World Cup.

[hahay]

Ukraine and Scotland will compete in the play-off semi-finals of the World Cup tonight. The Ukraine-Russia war caused the postponement of this match. But how accurate is this encounter? I think that Ukraine, where the war is still going on will not be motivated in this encounter. Ukraine could have been exempted from the qualifiers for this reason. But that would also be unfair to Scotland. It would be better to find a different way for this.

I just hope they continue to play with focus and professionalism in the match and don't interfere in politics or the war that is going on, because if they interfere, of course their game will be disrupted in many factors. It will be great if Ukraine can win with a big effort, they have to show that their football team remains strong even though it is disturbed by the existing conflict at least it can be a strong boost for Ukraine to play well. As for which team will win, I am personally not so sure because of that, the situations and conditions that make this match will be difficult to predict because basically their quality is not much different.

[dwminer1]

In today's match, I bet on the promotion of the Scots. In my opinion, in terms of skills, both teams present an equal level. For obvious reasons, the preparations for the match of the players of the Ukrainian national team did not go as they would like it to. Certainly, it has been difficult for them to concentrate mainly on football in recent months. Perhaps, however, the geopolitical situation will mobilize them and they will win to cheer their countrymen.

[Barcode_]

It seems that the quality of the players playing in the Scotland national team at the moment have improved significantly, I think it will be a very difficult task for Ukraine to beat Scotland today. Qualifying for the World Cup is a big achievement and the players of Scotland will surely want to achieve that goal, I guess Scotland should be able to beat Ukraine relatively easily today.

[ingiltere]

It seems that the quality of the players playing in the Scotland national team at the moment have improved significantly, I think it will be a very difficult task for Ukraine to beat Scotland today. Qualifying for the World Cup is a big achievement and the players of Scotland will surely want to achieve that goal, I guess Scotland should be able to beat Ukraine relatively easily today.

They have a really good squad. Robertson, McTominay, Tierney, Adams, McGinn, feels like Premier League atmosphere is all over the team. When I check whole team is playing either in England or Scotland, except two players. I'm more familiar with Ukraine team but I see they are older team and they didn't produce big stars in new generation. Besides Malinovskyi, Zinchenko, Yaremchuk and Mykolenko most players play in Ukraine league so this war must affect them all. I don't know if their fitness is ready, even if they train good they still lack match fitness. This can be a big factor in today's game.
Scotland is my favorite as well, but I wouldn't underestimate Ukraine. Players might be more motivated because of current situation in the country.

[imamusma]

It seems that the quality of the players playing in the Scotland national team at the moment have improved significantly, I think it will be a very difficult task for Ukraine to beat Scotland today. Qualifying for the World Cup is a big achievement and the players of Scotland will surely want to achieve that goal, I guess Scotland should be able to beat Ukraine relatively easily today.

I think it will be easy for Scotland to beat Ukraine in this match because so far the country of Ukraine is far from safe and I believe the metallicity of the players will also have an effect and this may be a great opportunity for Scotland to beat Ukraine. However, I think this match will be quite exciting where both teams will try their best to win this match.

[alegotardo]

It seems that the quality of the players playing in the Scotland national team at the moment have improved significantly, I think it will be a very difficult task for Ukraine to beat Scotland today. Qualifying for the World Cup is a big achievement and the players of Scotland will surely want to achieve that goal, I guess Scotland should be able to beat Ukraine relatively easily today.

I think it will be easy for Scotland to beat Ukraine in this match because so far the country of Ukraine is far from safe and I believe the metallicity of the players will also have an effect and this may be a great opportunity for Scotland to beat Ukraine. However, I think this match will be quite exciting where both teams will try their best to win this match.

I still believe in a Ukrainian victory. Ukraine has been trying to overcome the trauma of the war to return to a World Cup since 2006, when it managed to participate for the only time, but Scotland is not doing very well either... it hasn't participated in a World Cup since 1998.
Maybe it's the feeling that everyone wants to see Ukraine in the world cup that is also infecting me, I would really like them to have a free pass for this dispute without having to go through a classification, which is not possible.
But I keep the faith to see Ukraine playing in Qatar.