Serbia and Estonia. They have drawn too many games and are facing an uphill task to qualify. Although they are only 2 points behind the second place, which would take them into the play offs, the problem they have is that they appear to draw too many matches and they do not have enough quality players. Half of their team is made up of players who ply their trade in the Championship.
The biggest shock appears to be brewing in Group D where Romania are languishing in 5th place and 3 points off second placed Belarus and third placed Albania. They will need to buck up their ideas in order to qualify from this group, which France top.
In Group G Wales seem in a totally hopeless position. They have not qualified for a major tournament since 1958 and things are not about to change as they languish in last position in their group with no points from 4 games. It appears the wait to qualify for a major tournament will go on for a while. England are in the driving seat in this group.
Group H appears very tight. With Norway, Portugal and Denmark occupying the top three spots. Only one of them can qualify automatically, with the team who finishes second going into the play offs. With only 3 points separating the top three, it appears that qualification from this group is likely to go to the wire.
Group I appears clear-cut with the World Champions Spain way ahead and the Czech Republic five points ahead of Scotland, it looks very likely that Scotland could miss out once again. They have not qualified for a major tournament since 1998 and trying to overhaul a five-point deficit just to make the play offs appears to be beyond them.
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