"We always thought when the draw was made that if we could get it down to the final game here at Hampden that would be an achievement because we would then have had to finish above our seeding. We've done that. We were drawn as a pot-three team. We're already in second place. We want to go one step further and finish at the top of the group. If you look at what we've achieved over the last six-and-a-half years, a lot of these players are already 'legends', but they're already very, very high in the ranking of what we've done as a country."
"Denmark need to avoid defeat and do so in 69.8% of the Opta supercomputer's 10,000 pre-match simulations (44.9% chance of a win, 24.9% for a draw). Scotland's likelihood of clinching the three points to top the group sit at 30.2%. History is seemingly on Scotland's side, having lost just one of their last five matches against Denmark (W3 D1). They had lost five in a row against the Danes beforehand, between 1986 and 2004."
"And the Tartan Army have won 10 of their last 14 home World Cup qualifiers (D3 L1), including six of their last seven. The two teams drew 0-0 in the reverse fixture. Denmark may have lost seven of their nine away matches against Scotland (W2), but they have won 10 of their last 11 away World Cup qualifiers, winning seven of those without conceding a goal."
Scotland face Denmark at Hampden in a winner-takes-all World Cup qualifying match, with Scotland one point behind Denmark in Group C. Opta simulations give Denmark a 69.8% chance to avoid defeat (44.9% win, 24.9% draw) while Scotland have a 30.2% chance to win and top the group. Scotland previously lost 3-2 to Greece. Recent head-to-head results favor Scotland, who have lost only one of the last five meetings with Denmark. Scotland boast a strong home qualifying record; Denmark have excellent recent away qualifying form. Second place advances to March play-offs.
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