Scotland 2-3 Poland
Nations League 2024-2025
Group Stages
Thu 5th September 2024
19:45
Hampden, Glasgow (H)
Att: 46,356
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Gilmour(46)
McTominay(76)
Ralston(76)
A Gunn
A Ralston
G Hanley
S McKenna
A Robertson(C)
B Gilmour (L Morgan 82)
K McLean (B Doak 71)
J McGinn
S McTominay
R Christie (R Gauld 71)
L Dykes (L Shankland 71)
Manager:
Steve Clarke
FIFA Ranking: 48
Szymanski(8)
Lewandowski(pen 44)
N Zalewski(pen 90+7)
Lewandowski(8)
M Bułka
J Kiwior (S Walukiewicz 46)
P Dawidowicz
J Bednarek
N Zalewski
K Urbański
P Zieliński (J Moder 82)
S Szymański (B Slisz 82)
P Frankowski
R Lewandowski(C) (A Buksa 72)
K Piątek (J Piotrowski 72)
Manager:
Michał Probierz
FIFA Ranking: 28
Key: Goals Assists Missed Penalty Red Card
| 1 | Angus Gunn (Norwich City) | (14 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 2 | Anthony Ralston (Celtic) | (13 Caps) | Age: 25 | ||
| 3 | Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) Captain | (75 Caps) | Age: 30 | ||
| 4 | Scott McTominay (Napoli) |
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(53 Caps) | Age: 27 | |
| 5 | Grant Hanley (Norwich City) | (54 Caps) | Age: 32 | ||
| 6 | Scott McKenna (Las Palmas) | (38 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| 7 | John McGinn (Aston Villa) | (70 Caps) | Age: 29 | ||
| 8 | Billy Gilmour (Napoli) |
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(31 Caps) | Age: 23 | |
| 9 | Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham City) | (37 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 11 | Ryan Christie (Bournemouth) | (53 Caps) | Age: 29 | ||
| 23 | Kenny McLean (Norwich City) | (43 Caps) | Age: 32 | ||
| 10 | Lawrence Shankland (Hearts) | (15 Caps) | Age: 29 | ||
| (Replaced Lyndon Dykes 71 min) | |||||
| 17 | Ben Doak (Middlesbrough) | (1 Cap) | Age: 18 | ||
| (Replaced Kenny McLean 71 min) | |||||
| 18 | Lewis Morgan (New York Red Bulls) | (5 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| (Replaced Billy Gilmour 82 min) | |||||
| 20 | Ryan Gauld (Vancouver Whitecaps) | (1 Cap) | Age: 28 | ||
| (Replaced Ryan Christie 71 min) | |||||
 Yellow Card  Red Card  Double Booking Goals Scored Assist  Penalty Save |
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11 Ryan Christie
Nations League 2024-2025
Group Stages
Thu 5th September 2024
19:45
Hampden, Glasgow (H)
Att: 46,356
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Nations League 2024-2025
Group Stages
Thu 5th September 2024
19:45
Hampden, Glasgow (H)
Att: 46,356
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Following the disappointment of the Euros, Scotland started the Nations League in the top league. Steve Clarke brought in some new players as Ryan Gauld received his first call up in a decade, and Max Johnston, Ben Doak and Robby McCrorie were also called up.
Poland took an early lead after only eight minutes when Szymanski hit a long range shot from outside the box, that crept past Gunn and went in off the right hand post. Midway through the first half, Scotland thought they equalised when McTominay bundled a Robertson free kick into the net, but a VAR check showed that the ball hit McTominay's arm. Five minutes before half time, Christie played a ball to the back post for Dykes, but his shot hit the side netting. A couple of minutes later, a reckless tackle from Ralston gave Poland a penalty. Up stepped Lewandowski to send Gunn the wrong way and put Poland 2-0 up. Twenty seconds into the second half, Scotland pulled one back when Gilmour hit a low shot past the keeper when a loose ball in the box fell to him. With 14 minutes remaining Scotland got a deserved equaliser. Doak passed to Ralston in the box, and his cutback bas slotted into an empty net by McTominay. Scotland had chances to get a winner, but in the 95th minute another reckless tackle, this time by Hanley, gave an injury time penalty to Poland. Zalewski hit a low penalty into the bottom left corner that Gunn should have saved but didn't, to give Poland a 3-2 win in a game that Scotland should have won.