Euro 2024 qualifying - Matchday 9 predictions
Ahead of the final international break of the calendar year, only nine of the 24 teams that will compete in the upcoming 2024 European Championship are known.
By the end of November, 21 nations will be able to book their tickets to Germany. In the infinite wisdom of European football's governing body, the final three participants won't be decided until the culmination of the UEFA Nations League playoffs in March, a full year since the qualification process first started.
Here's what may transpire in the penultimate round of qualifying fixtures.
Both Spain and Scotland have sealed their spots at Euro 2024. The top two in Group A are locked on the same points with an identical head-to-head record. The battle for top spot — and a higher seeding in next summer's finals — comes down to a question of goal difference if both nations win their remaining fixtures.
Spain have the far more straightforward task up against winless Cyprus while Scotland travel to Georgia to face a nation that has lost once on home soil in the past two years.
Already eliminated Sweden are playing for nothing but pride when they make the daunting trek to Baku on Thursday. Their hosts Azerbaijan maintain some hope of sneaking through the backdoor of the playoffs, as do Estonia. Ralf Rangnick's reinvigorated Austria, who finish their campaign in Tallinn, will hop over the border into Germany next summer and could still overtake Belgium as winners of Group F.
Group G is far more open. All three of Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro can qualify or miss out entirely on the upcoming finals. Hungary, the surprise package of the last Euros, only need a draw away to winless Bulgaria on Thursday to cement their position. Montenegro not only have to defeat Lithuania but
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