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I guess you are refering to the Scotland vs Ukraine game?
I just checked odds and found: 2.3/3.2/3.2

Scotland does play at home, which is a real advantage again with audience in the stadiums. Independent of the war, I think Ukraine is not a weak team and probably stronger than Scotland. With Scotland playing at home they should be about the same level. Maybe bookmakers really factor in that Ukraine will perform worse because of it?

I think it's going to be a very close match, my guess is that they will end in a tie. In any case it's probably going to be a fun game to watch.

The play off match between ukraine vs scotland has now got a definite schedule, after being postponed due to the war between russia and ukraine now the match has officially been played on june 1 later, with only one ticket left for qatar will certainly make the match later it will be quite fierce, without reducing respect for ukraine but I personally tend to prefer scotland to be able to qualify and meet wales in the final play off.

For me, Ukraine now has many weaknesses, not only in what the country is going through, but also in the fact that its players are a little more concerned and their mentality is in the things that happen in their country, they know very well that some players have resigned to go defend their country and this causes many players of the national team to be quite out of their physical conditions, therefore, putting the game so close can mean that they have to make a lot of effort to qualify, it is interesting, but I think that Ukraine will have a big disadvantage, and Scotland is a country that plays very good football.

Scotland has always played like a team and strong unit making them a favorite to progress to the world cup. Ukraine is not mentally and psychological ready for this game next week though but the players are professionals and will give it their all on the pitch. I think what they've been through as a nation could be used as a motivation against Scotland.