Scotland Under-21 coach Billy Stark will take encouragement from previous away trips when his side face Belarus in Borisov in their penultimate UEFA Championship qualifier.
Scotland have won in both Albania and Azerbaijan to keep alive their qualifying hopes ahead of the double header against Belarus and Austria. The Scots will top their group and qualify for the play-offs if they collect four points in the coming days and Stark is sure his side can start off well Friday night.
"Belarus are a real good side," Stark said.
"They have the pedigree over the last few years - they qualified for the last finals and will expect to beat us.
"But our boys have shown by going to Azerbaijan and Albania that they can get results away from home.
"Austria was one that went against us with a narrow defeat but you could make a case for even having won that game so that suggests it was a decent performance there.
"We are going to have to defend properly but we need to find a threat at the other end of the pitch because you can't defend for 90 minutes.
"I feel we have a squad capable of doing that but it's just a case of whether they can perform on the night."
Source: PA
