While England’s League A campaign has gone well so far, Wales’ has been trickier.
In a tough group with Portugal, Denmark and Norway, Wales have picked up three points from four games after beating Norway 2-1 in Cardiff.
With Portugal already qualified for the last eight, Wales will need close to maximum points in their final matches against Norway and Portugal to stand any chance of making the last eight.
A third-place finish would put them in a play-off to avoid relegation in March, while coming last in the group would guarantee a drop down to League B.
Like England, Scotland have three rounds of fixtures remaining. They face Slovenia at Hampden Park on Tuesday.
Going into that tie, they are third in League B1 but only behind Slovenia on goal difference. A win for Sebastien Pocognoli’s side would put them second behind Switzerland heading into the November break.
With Scotland’s penultimate match coming against bottom of the table North Macedonia, wins in their next two games would all but seal a place in the top two heading into their final match against Switzerland, who are expected to clinch the automatic promotion spot.
Northern Ireland have had a successful international break with two wins, two draws and no goals conceded in their four matches in Group B2.
They sit top of the group by a point, with their remaining matches against bottom side Georgia and second-place Hungary.
Should they beat Georgia and Hungary fail to beat Ukraine in November’s first round of fixtures, they will guarantee top spot and promotion. A win for them and Hungary doing the same would mean the two sides face off in a promotion-decider in the final round of games.
The Republic of Ireland are third in Group B3 following five points from their first four matches.
Their remaining two fixtures are against the top two teams Austria and Kosovo. Wins in both would guarantee a top-two finish and would also put them in a strong position to win the group, depending on goal difference and the result of Austria’s meeting with Israel.
