Group B leaders Scotland will qualify for the European Championship finals on Wednesday if they win in Tbilisi and France later fail to beat Lithuania in Nantes.

But Watson knows Georgia will pose a huge threat in the 55,000-capacity Boris Paichadze Stadium.

Georgia came within a minute of gaining a point at Hampden in March before substitute Craig Beattie earned the Scots a last-minute winner.

And despite losing top scorer Shota Arveladze to retirement and captain Kakha Kaladze and vice-captain Levan Kobiashvili to injury, Watson feels the Georgians will be desperate to prove themselves in front of their own fans.

He said: "We would take anything in Tbilisi, they are a good team in Georgia in front of their own supporters.

"We know it's going to be very difficult and we need to make sure we arrive there in the right frame of mind and the guys are very much up for it.

"They are starting to bring in one or two of their younger players, which gives you the problem that possibly we don't know them quite so well.

"But there is no doubt on their own turf - and they will have almost 60,000 supporters backing them - that they will hope they can do well."

A Scotland draw could even be enough to qualify on Wednesday if France then lose against Lithuania.

But, apart from their two defeats against Scotland in the last 12 months, the French have only lost one European Championship qualifier in 20 years, against Russia in 1999.

So the likelihood is that a draw would mean Scotland have to beat Italy in their final game at Hampden on November 17 to be guaranteed a place in Austria and Switzerland.

Italy are sure to beat the Faroe Islands in their final game four days later, the same night France play Ukraine in Kiev.

The Tartan Army may have been looking into plans for a summer in Austria and Switzerland after Saturday's 3-1 win over Ukraine but Watson and manager Alex McLeish are not getting carried away.

"I think they have said that all three teams have it in their hands," Watson said.

"We all have that situation - Italy can win it, the French can win it and we can also win it.

"So if we all win our games it's okay - but that's the hard bit.

"It's massive, we are getting right down to the crunch.

"It's one down, two to go now, but they are still very, very important games and we want to go and get the result there.

"But as Alex said before the (Ukraine) game, there is no guarantee with anything, but the one thing that is guaranteed is that the effort and the application will be there."