"Scotland should come into this game with some form of confidence after they impressed during their abandoned game in Spain last month (it was 1-1 when the lights went out in Valencia). They have been rocked by this game, however due to their extensive injury list - A whole host of players have pulled out and at time of writing, which includes star defender defender Steven Pressley, and his loss is a big blow to the Scots. Norway have had a good string of results recently, They have lost just once in 10 games - away to Italy - but a look at their last eight competitive games shows they have never scored more than one goal.

They have only taken one point from their first two qualifying games and this is a big game for them, as they will now be feeling the pressure to take maximum points.

This is a difficult game to call, Scotland will be playing infront of a sellout 52000 crowd, but they are struggling to score going forward. Coming into this game, they played out a disappointing 0-0 draw with Slovenia, with star striker James McFadden struggling to get a game at Everton and he has not impressed on his recent International outings. As a result of this I'm going for UNDER 2.5 goals @ 1.69 with Betfair [£20 Free Bet]. Both these teams will be extremely nervy, and they will not take many risks. Scotland have problems scoring and Norway only have John Carew, who is past his best. A tight, low scoring game for me. "

I genuinely think if we defend like we did last season and finally manage to get a decent goalscorer, you'd see a real transformation. At the moment I accept we are a country mile away from the Premiership - lets see if Benitez can ultimately come up with the answers. Surely, they made a huge mistake in allowing Houllier as much time as they did? He racked up an £82m deficit on his transfer activities, and when he left, your three best players were Owen, Gerrard and Carragher, all of whom were home-grown talents. Benitez has had to buy virtually a whole new squad, it is inevtiable he will make the odd mistake in buying players for a League he knows little about as yet. The biggest problem with Benitez is,his fascination with bringing in Spanish players,who are plainly not good enough to wear a Liverpool shirt.I will give you a clue,Spanish and Italian footballers do not come to this country when they are in their prime!Can anyone name 1? And as for Sissokko,hes just a pansy,cant/doesnt want to tackle and his passing is awful.Already this season he has lost sight in 1 eye and broke his shoulder,both of these I dont believe.The bloke is a mardarse.

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Sat Oct 09 2004 England v Wales TO RUN Sat Oct 09 2004 Scotland v Norway TO RUN Sat Oct 09 2004 France v Rep of Ireland TO RUN Sat Oct 09 2004 FYR_Macedonia v Holland TO RUN Sat Oct 09 2004 Spain v Belgium TO RUN Sat Oct 09 2004 Sweden v Hungary TO RUN