GERMANY head coach Joachim Low is wary of a 'dangerous' Scotland team that is drinking in the Last Chance saloon of automatic European qualification.

The World Cup champions will provide the daunting opposition for the Scots at Hampden this evening as they seek to somehow repair the damage inflicted in Tbilisi on Friday evening. That 1-0 loss to Georgia leaves Gordon Strachan’s team three points behind second-placed Poland who host Gibraltar and one behind Republic of Ireland, who occupy the play-off slot in third, ahead of their game in Dublin against the Georgians.

With just two games left after tonight’s match, Scotland will play Poland at Hampden and Gibraltar in Portugal – to claw their way to, at the very least, a play-off position.

It means tonight’s match with Germany realistically represents the final opportunity for Scotland to haul themselves back into the mix for automatic qualification and record one of their greatest ever results in the process. It is a task and aim that makes Strachan’s team an unpredictable and dangerous opponent, and Low is not one to underestimate them.

“Coming to Hampden is a first for me,” said the Germany head coach. “Neither as a player or coach was I fortunate enough to be there. I’m looking forward to it, to the unique atmosphere, pride and passion of not just the Scottish players but their public.

“Scotland lost to Georgia but that won’t do their fighting spirit or passion any harm at all. Scotland are having the last chance in many eyes, they have fallen behind Poland and Ireland, but they will give their all.”

He added: “I don’t think Scotland losing to Georgia will be of any advantage to us, not in the least. If anything, it will make them even more dangerous.

“They will want to reboot themselves and their team. Whatever they are up against, when they play Germany, England or other big time opponents, they will give everything they’ve got from the first minute to last, if they want to be in with a chance of reaching Euro 2016.”

At this stage of proceedings, many would have assumed at the start of the campaign a year ago that Germany would already be well on their way to qualifying, if they hadn’t done so already. But a stuttering start to the group, including being held by Ireland and defeated by Poland, curtailed any hope of a trouble-free and swift progression.

It means, unfortunately for Scotland, that Low is out to maintain the high standards from the team that swept Poland aside so easily on Friday night in a 3-1 Frankfurt win.

“The overall team performance was very, very satisfactory against Poland. Everything we trained for was implemented perfectly,” said Low, who has a full squad to choose from.

“Poland played very defensively and tried to hit us on the break. Both of our central defenders play at a very high level and I’m very happy to have them. They generally nipped any threat in the bud very quickly against Poland.”