Opta reveals brutal long odds for Scotland’s World Cup progress

Scotland's hopes of reaching the World Cup knockout stage have dwindled to just a brutal 0.07 per cent, according to data provider Opta. The team’s prospects of securing one of the eight best third-place spots plummeted to almost one in 2,000 after damaging results for Senegal and Iran.Of the nine completed groups, Scotland sit only above Uruguay among third-placed teams, following the South Americans’ defeat by Spain. This result leaves Steve Clarke’s men in the United States