Scotland's football team is finally showing signs of improvement after a few years of poor performance. Under the leadership of Steve Clark, they won their UEFA Nations League group last year, with a record of W4, D1, L1, and earned promotion to League A for the first time. They are now aiming to qualify for their second successive European Championship and will kick off their campaign with two home fixtures, the first of which is against Cyprus at Hampden Park. Scotland finished above Cyprus in the Euro 2020 qualification, and they have won ten of their last 16 games, suffering only one home defeat to a team ranked below them in the FIFA rankings since 2013.

Scotland fans will be confident of extending this good record against Cyprus, who are ranked 110th in the world and have lost all seven previous meetings between the two teams, with the last four ending 2-1. However, Cyprus are coming into the game on the back of a confidence-boosting 3-2 win against Israel, which ended a run of 16 away games without a victory. Under the leadership of new boss Temur Ketsbaia, Cyprus is unlikely to reach Euro 2024, given their lack of experience in major tournaments, but Ketsbaia has pledged that his team "won't be an easy game for anyone."

The key battle to watch out for will be between Scotland's Ryan Christie and Cyprus defender Konstantinos Laifis. Christie has scored twice in seven European Championship qualifiers, including against Cyprus in November 2019, while Laifis has lost 20 of his 26 away games for Cyprus, with his team keeping only two clean sheets in the process.

Cyprus has had a hot streak of scoring three or more goals in eight of their last ten away games. Overall, this promises to be an exciting match, with both teams looking to make a positive start to their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign.

在经历了几年的糟糕表现之后，苏格兰足球队终于出现了好转的迹象。在史蒂夫·克拉克的带领下，他们去年以W4、D1、L1的战绩夺得欧国联小组赛冠军，首次升入甲级联赛。他们现在的目标是连续第二次获得欧洲锦标赛的参赛资格，并将以两场主场比赛开始他们的征程，第一场是在汉普顿公园对阵塞浦路斯。苏格兰在 2020 年欧洲杯预选赛中领先塞浦路斯，他们在过去 16 场比赛中赢了 10 场，自 2013 年以来，他们只在主场输给了在国际足联排名中排名低于他们的球队。

苏格兰球迷将有信心延续对阵塞浦路斯的好战绩，塞浦路斯排名世界第 110 位，两队之前的七次交锋全部输掉，最近四场比赛以 2-1 告终。然而，塞浦路斯在 3-2 击败以色列的比赛中取得了信心提升，结束了连续的比赛。16个客场未尝胜绩。在新老板 Temur Ketsbaia 的领导下，塞浦路斯不太可能进入 2024 年欧洲杯，因为他们缺乏大型锦标赛的经验，但 Ketsbaia 承诺他的球队“对任何人来说都不是一场轻松的比赛”。

值得关注的关键战斗将发生在苏格兰的莱恩克里斯蒂和塞浦路斯后卫康斯坦丁诺斯莱菲斯之间。克里斯蒂在 7 场欧锦赛预选赛中梅开二度，包括 2019 年 11 月对阵塞浦路斯的比赛，而莱菲斯在代表塞浦路斯的 26 场客场比赛中输掉了 20 场，他的球队在此过程中只保持了两场不失球。

塞浦路斯在最近十个客场比赛中有八场进球数达到或超过三球。总的来说，这将是一场激动人心的比赛，两支球队都希望在 2024 年欧洲杯预选赛中取得积极的开端。