SCOTLAND winger Tim Visser lives closer to Twickenham than any other member of the squad - and he thinks the mood among the England players and public alike is notably less confident than is usual before a Calcutta Cup match.

The Harlequins player has held on to the No 11 jersey after a fine performance against Wales, and head coach Vern Cotter has kept faith with every other member of the team who was passed fit. That means the only change was the expected one, with Hamish Watson coming in for his injured Edinburgh team-mate John Hardie. Cornell du Preez comes onto the bench as back-row cover

“I think they’re probably pretending to be more confident than they are,” Visser said when asked about the England side. “Speaking to the English public, they think Scotland have a realistic chance, but the players themselves aren’t as cocky as they normally are, which is a good sign.

“But at the end of the day they have the track record. They have the results against us. But they’re not as loud as they normally are.”

England have won their three matches so far in this year’s Six Nations Championship, and are just one game away from equalling the All Blacks’ record of 18 consecutive Test wins. Scotland have their own history to think about, of course - none of the players was born the last time the team won at Twickenham, way back in 1983. Vern Cotter’s team have already won their opening match in the Championship for the first time since 2006, and beaten Wales for the first time in a decade, and Visser would love to be part of the side that ends that long run without a win in London.

“I’ve been a part of a few smaller victories like that, the one against France last year and the one against Wales a few weeks ago,” he added.”It makes you want to do it again and be part of that team. That’s why I’m so excited to play, because you don’t want to be the guy that isn’t part of a big victory like that.”

Cotter, however, insisted that talk of setting records had not played an important part of the week’s preparation. While England have that 18-match run to aim at, the prize for Scotland is the Triple Crown, but the coach has preferred simply to talk about how to win the match.

“It hasn’t been discussed a lot within the team,” he said of England’s potential record. “Neither has the Triple Crown or the Calcutta Cup. Nothing has been discussed. It’s about the team and trying to get the content right.

“It’s about organisation and structure so we can perform at our best. The team which kicks off on Saturday has 80 minutes of rugby to focus on. This team is doing nothing else: nothing else has been talked about.

“It’s about the game and that’s how our preparation has taken place. It’s about working as a team and functioning as a team and making sure we back each other up.

“It’s about keeping our heads up and seeing what’s coming and what may happen next. It’s about staying in the game, being as good as possible both physically and mentally, and keeping making good decisions.”

Scotland (v England at Twickenham, tomorrow, 4pm): S Hogg; T Seymour (both Glasgow), H Jones (Stormers), A Dunbar (Glasgow), T Visser (Harlequins); F Russell, A Price; G Reid, F Brown, Z Fagerson (all Glasgow), R Gray (Toulouse), J Gray (Glasgow), J Barclay (Scarlets), H Watson (Edinburgh), R Wilson (Glasgow). Substitutes: R Ford, A Dell, S Berghan (all Edinburgh), T Swinson (Glasgow), C du Preez (Edinburgh), H Pyrgos (Glasgow), D Weir (Edinburgh), M Bennett (Glasgow).