Football. ua presents the announcement of the ninth round in group F of the qualifying tournament of the 2018 World Cup.

In the ninth round in Group F matches will be played England - Slovenia, Malta - Lithuania and Scotland - Slovakia. Absolutely all chances to get to the World Cup in 2018 were lost only by Lithuania and Malta, the other teams in this six (England - to a lesser extent) expect a desperate struggle in the two final matches of the selection.

Thursday, October 5, 21:45. London, Wembley. Arbitrator - Felix Zweier (Germany). Live broadcast on the TV channel Football 2 Words Gareth Southgate, England coach:.

"Slovenia has no choice but to play only to win. Considering that in the last round Slovakia plays with Malta, the Slovenes can not lag behind their main competitor. Therefore, we are faced with a difficult test. After all, we also do not want to postpone the decision on whether to enter the world championship for the last round or depend on the results of other matches ".

Approximate compositions England: Hart - Walker, Cahill, Stones, Bertrand - Sterling, Henderson, Dyer, Allie, Rushford - Kane.

Slovenia: Clouds - Skubich, Cesar, Samardzic, Djokic - Kurtich, Krhin, Birsa, Verbich - Ilich, Beziak.

forecast 2: 0 Malta - Lithuania Thursday, October 5, 21:45. Ta Kali, Stadium National. Arbitrator - Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia) Words Edgaras Jankauskas, coach of the Lithuanian national team:.

"Despite the fact that there will be a meeting of outsiders in Malta, which does not solve anything, we will still strive for victory. The Lithuanian team did not win without a year, so we will try to cheer ourselves and the fans ".

Approximate compositions of Malta: Hogg - C. Borg, Agius, W. Muscat, Magri, Zeraf - Pisani, R. Fenech, P. Fenech - Shembri, Effiong.

Lithuania: Shetkus - Vaitkunas, Freidheim, Kiyanskas, Andryushkevichus - Chernysh, Kuklis, Zhulpa, Slivka, Novikavas - Valkis.

forecast 0: 1 Scotland - Slovakia Thursday, October 5, 21:45. Glasgow, Hampden Park. Arbitrator - Milorad Majic (Serbia) Words Gordon Strachan, coach of the national team of Scotland:.

"We face a very difficult task. But the more difficult it is, the more fun it is to solve it. We are constantly in a situation where we have to win at any cost. So we do not get used to ".

Jan Kozak, coach of the Slovak national team:.

"Scotland's team has changed a lot since we beat it. Now the backbone of the team are the players Celtic.

The team is excellent goalkeepers, reliable defense and a great striker Griffiths. But my guys also have a lot of experience at the highest level, so we are counting only on winning ".

Tentative compositions Scotland: Gordon - Tierney, Berra, Mulgrew, Robertson - Snodgrass, D. Fletcher, Bannan, Morrison, Forrest - Griffiths.

Slovakia: Kozachik - Pekarik, Skrtel, Dyuritsa, Gubochan - Mak, Hamshik, Kutzka, Gregush, Weiss - Nemec.

2: 2 forecast.