Euro 2008 Qualifiers tonight

Some of the heavyweights of European football are in action tonight as we move into the final stretch of qualification for the Euro 2008 tournament in Austria and Switzerland. England, France, Spain and Italy are all in Euro 2008 action on Wednesday as qualifying for the finals in Austria and Switzerland moves into the home straight.

England and Russia do battle in a crunch game that is likely to help decide the second place spot in their group. A victory for England will ease the pressure on England coach Steve McLaren.

Scotland, in tough qualifying Group B with both World Cup finalists Italy and France, could also crank up their bid to break through into the 16-team finals following their match in France on Wednesday. Scotland are only one point behind leaders France and one point ahead of World Champions Italy. Even defeat tonight at the Parc des Princes would not rule out Scotland going on to claim an unlikely place in the European Championship, with games against Ukraine and Georgia to come next month. Ukraine currently lie in fourth spot and know they must get three points tonight against Italy to stand a chance of qualifying.As Sweden and Denmark drew, Spain earned only a point in Iceland and Northern Ireland were beaten in Latvia to leave the top four positions almost exactly the same.

The Republic of Ireland take on the Czech Republic in Prague anxious to pick themselves up after their injury-time heartache against Slovakia at the weekend. Steve Staunton's side appeared to have done enough to add three points to their campaign until the Slovaks levelled for the second time. A win would take third-placed Ireland into second in Group D ahead of the Czechs and behind runaway leaders Germany who sit out these latest batch of qualifiers on the road to Switzerland and Austria next year.

Wednesday is catch-up day as far as the team's chasing top spot in Group F are concerned as leaders Sweden have the day off and that sees Northern Ireland and Spain able to draw level on points with them. Spain have a tough-looking match with Latvia to play.