Scotland 1-3 Iceland
Friendly
Fri 6th June 2025
19:45
Hampden, Glasgow (H)
Att: 32,797
Referee: Granit Maqedonci (Sweden)
Souttar(25)
Johnston(25)
A Gunn (C Slicker 6)
M Johnston (N Patterson 80)
J Souttar
G Hanley (S McKenna 68)
K Tierney (L Miller 68)
A Robertson(C)
L Ferguson
B Gilmour
J McGinn
S McTominay (T Conway 80)
G Hirst (C Adams 68)
Manager:
Steve Clarke (Caretaker)
FIFA Ranking: 44
Gudjohnsen(8)
Ferguson(og 45)
Palsson(52)
S Thórdarson(8)
Gudmundsson(52)
E Olafsson
V Palsson (D Thórhallsson 60)
H Magnusson (D Grétarsson 46)
S Ingason
M Ellertsson
S Thórdarson
Í Jóhannesson (A Traustason 72)
H Haraldsson(C)
A Gudmundsson
A Gudjohnsen
J Thorsteinsson (M Anderson 72)
Manager:
Arnar Gunnlaugsson
FIFA Ranking: 74
Key: Goals Assists Missed Penalty Red Card
| 1 | Angus Gunn (unattached) | (16 Caps) | Age: 29 | ||
| 3 | Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) Captain | (83 Caps) | Age: 31 | ||
| 4 | Scott McTominay (Napoli) | (61 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 5 | Grant Hanley (Birmingham City) | (62 Caps) | Age: 33 | ||
| 6 | Kieran Tierney (Arsenal) | (50 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 7 | John McGinn (Aston Villa) |  |
(76 Caps) | Age: 30 | |
| 8 | Billy Gilmour (Napoli) | (39 Caps) | Age: 23 | ||
| 9 | George Hirst (Ipswich Town) | (3 Caps) | Age: 26 | ||
| 15 | John Souttar (Rangers) |
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(16 Caps) | Age: 28 | |
| 19 | Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) | (15 Caps) | Age: 25 | ||
| 22 | Max Johnston (Sturm Graz) | (2 Caps) | Age: 21 | ||
| 10 | Che Adams (Torino) | (38 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| (Replaced George Hirst 68 min) | |||||
| 11 | Tommy Conway (Middlesbrough) | (5 Caps) | Age: 22 | ||
| (Replaced Scott McTominay 80 min) | |||||
| 14 | Lennon Miller (Motherwell) | |
(1 Cap) | Age: 18 | |
| (Replaced Kieran Tierney 68 min) | |||||
| 16 | Scott McKenna (Las Palmas) | (41 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| (Replaced Grant Hanley 68 min) | |||||
| 21 | Cieran Slicker (Ipswich Town) | (1 Cap) | Age: 22 | ||
| (Replaced Angus Gunn 6 min) | |||||
| 24 | Nathan Patterson (Everton) | (22 Caps) | Age: 23 | ||
| (Replaced Max Johnston 80 min) | |||||
Yellow Card  Red Card  Double Booking Goals Scored Assist  Penalty Save |
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5 Grant Hanley
Friendly
Fri 6th June 2025
19:45
Hampden, Glasgow (H)
Att: 32,797
Referee: Granit Maqedonci (Sweden)
Friendly
Fri 6th June 2025
19:45
Hampden, Glasgow (H)
Att: 32,797
Referee: Granit Maqedonci (Sweden)
Going into the friendlies against Iceland and Liechstenstein, Scotland had a weakened squad, particularly in goal. Gordon, Kelly and Clark were all injured, leaving Gunn as the only capped keeper. Robby McCrorie and Cieran Slicker were added to the squad. In the warm-up, things did not go well as McCrorie got injured.
At the start of the match, things got even worse as after only six minutes, Gunn was taken off injured to be replaced by uncapped Slicker, who had only played 10 minutes for Ipswich all season. A minute later, he was picking the ball out of the net. In his first involvement, he made a poor clearance that was intercepted by Thórdarson and headed through to Gudjohnsen. He hit a great shot from just outside the box that beat Slicker and gave Iceland the lead. At the other end Hirst headed a cross from McGinn just over the bar. He also had a shot tipped over the bar by the keeper. From the resulting corner, Max Johnston floated the ball into the box for John Souttar to head a low ball past the keeper for the equaliser after 25 minutes. In the last minute of the first half, Iceland regained the lead after some calamitous defending from a corner, led to the ball deflecting off Ferguson, and Slicker let it creep into the bottom corner. Things got worse seven minutes into the second half when Gudmundsson floated a free kick from far out, into the box and Palsson's header went through Slicker's hands to make it 3-1. There were some VAR checks that may have saved Scotland, but the goal stood. Ten minutes later Scotland looked to have pulled one back. A shot by McTominay was parried by the keeper, and Hirst tapped in the rebound. It was ruled out by VAR though as replays showed that McTominay was offside. The game played out, with Scotland showing a lack of ambition to get something, something that needs to improve before the World Cup campaign. As for Slicker, he couldn't have asked for a worse debut. At least it was only a friendly.