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.
In a normal situation, I would say that Ukraine were favorites for the game against Scotland. But the whole situation they are going through, as you said, I think it became more balanced, being more favorable for Scotland. But we can't forget, that despite the Ukrainian players being mentally worried about friends and family, this can also serve as extra motivation in order to try everything for everything to take Ukraine to the World Cup.
Well, the match will be played in Hampden Park in Glasgow, so Scotland has the advantage of playing at home. I would say these two teams are very similar in terms of skill, so factors like playing at home would probably tilt the scale towards Scotland. But you never know, maybe the people at the stadium start supporting Ukraine, and they end up winning, just like Eurovision
