Given the state of play in Group C, I would be surprised if we don’t see a minimum of two match goals on Tuesday night. Scotland will have to go for the jugular at some point here, and Denmark are more than capable of causing damage on the counter-attack. What’s more, I don’t think Denmark are the type of team that will park the bus and play for a draw at Hampden, especially after Saturday night’s abject showing against Belarus.

Moreover, four of Scotland’s five matches in Group C have produced over 1.5 goals, with two of their last three assignments breaking the over 3.5 goal barrier.

It’s been a similar story as far as Denmark are concerned, with Saturday's 2-2 draw with Belarus the latest in a number of high-scoring affairs that the visitors have been involved in of late. The Red and Whites netted three goals in each of their two wins over Greece while they racked up six strikes when putting Belarus to the sword.

Therefore, all the ingredients appear to be in place for this crunch clash to feature a glut of goals, with two or more looking well within the realms of possibility.

One player who I’m fairly certain will find himself on the referee's radar on Tuesday night is Lewis Ferguson. The Scotland midfielder has been a serial offender during the current World Cup qualifying campaign, committing an average of 3.25 fouls per 90 across his four appearances to date.

In fact, Ferguson has overstepped the mark on multiple occasions in each of his four Group C outings thus far, racking up a combined total of nine fouls across his previous two appearances, including four against Greece on Saturday night. Therefore, I’m more than happy to back Ferguson to fall foul of the match official twice or more on Tuesday night.

It's also worth mentioning that Ferguson’s aggressive approach has not gone unpunished either, with the 26-year-old tackling his way into the referee’s notebook in three of Scotland’s five group games, including September’s reverse fixture with Denmark.

Ferguson is likely to cross paths with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in the midfield battleground on Tuesday night. The Danish ace was fouled three times during his side’s 3-0 win away in Greece back in September.

Scott McTominay will consider himself unfortunate not to have netted against the Greeks, with one of his three efforts cannoning off the crossbar.  

That latest shot output means McTominay has now averaged 2.01 efforts per game across his five Group C appearances for Scotland to date, registering two shots or more in all bar one of his five outings. 

The 28-year-old was responsible for two of Scotland's 11 attempts on goal during September’s reverse fixture with Denmark, with one of those efforts the Scots’ solitary shot on target during that contest. 

It’s been a similar story in Serie A for McTominay this season, where he has averaged 2.3 shots per game for Napoli this term, further strengthening the case for a repeat on Tuesday night.

In a game of this magnitude, I think a minimum of five match cards should be well within range. It goes without saying that Scotland will be fired-up for this clash in front of a passionate home crowd, while Denmark’s position at the top of Group C is now in jeopardy, so sparks are likely to fly at Hampden.

What’s more, Scotland will be coming into this clash off the back of a fiery encounter with Greece which featured five yellow cards and one red. It’s also worth noting that six yellow cards were flashed during the Scots' home game with the Greeks last month.

While Denmark have not been involved in as many card-heavy games as Scotland of late, I’m prepared to look beyond that here given the dynamics of Group C as it heads towards its dramatic conclusion. 

A whopping eight yellow cards were handed out when the two teams came up against each other in Copenhagen back on matchday one, with Scotland collecting five of those bookings. With so much more at stake this time around, referee Szymon Marciniak should be kept busy on Tuesday night, with over 4.5 cards looking like a sensible selection.