It’s a complicated process to make it through the playoffs and guarantee a ticket to the 2023 Women’s World Cup. It would make life simple for Scotland on Tuesday night if either Portugal or Wales win in their respective games.
Portugal play Iceland and Wales are up against Switzerland with both games kicking off two hours before Scotland face the Republic of Ireland at Hampden. The best two teams from the three European playoffs advance with the third winner facing a February Inter-Continental playoff in New Zealand.
With Scotland kicking off later, they should have a better idea about what the result will mean. But – here is the confusing part – Scotland don’t want either team to win too well as there’s a chance they’d leapfrog us in the rankings. If Portugal win by more goals than we win, they can overtake us.
