After struggling to a 1-0 victory over Azerbaijan, it's hard to be too confident about Welsh chances when they travel to Moscow on Wednesday. True enough, John Toshack's team also missed a penalty on Saturday afternoon, although it's still hard to get excited about Skybet's 9/1 that they take maximum points from their opening two matches.

After all, their opponents are among the best teams in Europe, and it's bizarre that bet365 are prepared to offer 4/11 (bet365) about them making short work of Wales. While Russia are crammed with top-class players, including Roman Pavlyuchenko (4/1 bet direct) and Andrei Arshavin (9/2 Stan James), the visitors have to rely on Championship strikers such as Sam Vokes (14/1 Paddy Power) and Robert Earnshaw (10/1 bet direct) to find the back of the net. Surely 1/5 would be a more accurate price?

Once again, Paddy Power go best price about the favourites winning at half-time and full-time (10/11), and the Russians are likely to win this at a canter, especially with Wales missing three of their centre-halves at the moment. It might be damage limitation from an early stage, and a correct scoreline of 3-0 in the home team's favour looks a decent shout at 8/1 (Blue Square).

Scotland were disappointing when losing 1-0 in Macedonia at the weekend, although they are still favourites (13/10 bet365) to beat Iceland. Once again, it appears that firms have underestimated their opponents, especially as goals from Helguson and Gudjohnsen ensured they landed a creditable 2-2 draw in Norway. Skybet go 9/4 that they beat George Burley's team, while they should at least make sure of a point against the Scots, a 9/4 chance with totesport.