Wales manager Mark Hughes feels his side can beat Russia

"We have got to be reasonably happy with the draw," he said after the draw in Frankfurt.

"We are playing the second leg at home and I think everyone's view is that is an advantage.

"Russia have had some great players in the past so we know it will be a test and now we just have to do all the research, look at all the videos, to make sure we know about their players of the present."

The first leg will be played in FC Lokomotiv's stadium in Moscow - which has a capacity of 30,000 - on Saturday 15 November at 1600 GMT.

Russia's assistant coach Alexander Borodyuk said he was also confident of winning the play-off and qualifying for the finals in Portugal next summer.

He said: "To play the first match at home against the Welsh team is one of the best possible results for us."

THE EURO 2004 PICTURE PLAY-OFFS Latvia v Turkey Scotland v Holland Croatia v Slovenia Russia v WALES Spain v Norway To be played 15/16 Nov, 18-19 Nov ALREADY QUALIFIED Portugal (hosts) France (Group 1 winners) Denmark (Group 2 winners) Czech Rep (Group 3 winners) Sweden (Group 4 winners) Germany (Group 5 winners) Greece (Group 6 winners) England (Group 7 winners) Bulgaria (Group 8 winners) Italy (Group 9 winners) Switzerland (Group 10 winners) Review of Saturday's qualifiers

Russia finished behind Group 10 winners Switzerland and three points ahead of the Republic of Ireland to make the play-offs.

Wales finished their Group Nine qualifying campaign in disappointing fashion by taking only one point from their final four games.

They opened the group with four consecutive wins which had put them in a strong position to qualify automatically.

Wales have never played Russia since the break up of the Soviet Union, but managed one win and two draws in matches against the USSR. Hughes played in the 0-0 draw in Swansea back in 1987.

The only major concern for Wales is the amount of players who are a booking away from a one match suspension which would rule them out of the second leg.

These two games could shape our future for the next 10 to 15 years Wales manager Mark Hughes

Hughes will need Craig Bellamy, Andy Melville, Robert Page, Mark Pembridge, Andy Johnson and Rhys Weston to be extra careful if they play in Russia.

"We hope we don't pick up any more bookings in Russia and then we'll have a full compliment to pick from for one of the biggest games in Welsh history," Hughes told BBC Sport.

Hughes said the experience of travelling to eastern European countries such as Azerbaijan, Georgia, Belarus and Armenia in recent years will benefit his squad.

He added: "We'll make sure we'll travel first class and make sure everything will be put in place for the players to have the best possible chance to perform well.

"These two games could shape our future for the next 10 to 15 years. If we can qualify it'll have a major impact on Welsh football.

"If we don't qualify then we'll stand still a bit and that's not what we want. We've made great strides in this campaign and we want that to continue."

The return leg will be played in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on Wednesday 19 November, kick-off 1930 GMT.