Scotland 2-0 Armenia
Nations League 2022-2023
Group Stages
Wed 8th June 2022
19:45
Hampden, Glasgow (H)
Att: 38,627
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)
Ralston(28)
McKenna(40)
Armstrong(28)
McGinn(40)
C Gordon
J Souttar
J Hendry
S McKenna
A Ralston (N Patterson 76)
J McGinn
C McGregor
A Robertson(C) (A Hickey 76)
S Armstrong (S McTominay 75)
C Adams (J Brown 87)
R Christie (R Stewart 87)
Manager:
Steve Clarke
FIFA Ranking: 39
D Yurchenko
H Hambardzumyan
V Haroyan(C)
H Mkoyan
A Hovhannisyan
K Hovhannisyan (T Voskanyan 46)
A Grigoryan (W Angulo 46)
E Spertsyan (S Udo 71)
T Barseghyan
K Bayramyan (A Dashyan 89)
S Adamyan (V Bichakhchyan 46)
Manager:
Joaquín Caparrós
FIFA Ranking: 92
Key: Goals Assists Missed Penalty Red Card
| 1 | Craig Gordon (Hearts) | (68 Caps) | Age: 39 | ||
| 3 | Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) Captain | (58 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 6 | John Souttar (Rangers) | (5 Caps) | Age: 25 | ||
| 7 | John McGinn (Aston Villa) | (46 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| 8 | Callum McGregor (Celtic) |  |
(44 Caps) | Age: 28 | |
| 10 | Che Adams (Southampton) | (17 Caps) | Age: 25 | ||
| 11 | Ryan Christie (Bournemouth) | (30 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| 13 | Jack Hendry (Club Brugge) | (15 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| 15 | Scott McKenna (Nottingham Forest) |
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(25 Caps) | Age: 25 | |
| 17 | Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) | (34 Caps) | Age: 30 | ||
| 23 | Anthony Ralston (Celtic) |
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(2 Caps) | Age: 23 | |
| 2 | Nathan Patterson (Everton) | (9 Caps) | Age: 20 | ||
| (Replaced Anthony Ralston 76 min) | |||||
| 4 | Scott McTominay (Manchester Utd) | (32 Caps) | Age: 25 | ||
| (Replaced Stuart Armstrong 75 min) | |||||
| 9 | Ross Stewart (Sunderland) | (1 Cap) | Age: 25 | ||
| (Replaced Ryan Christie 87 min) | |||||
| 19 | Jacob Brown (Stoke City) | (3 Caps) | Age: 24 | ||
| (Replaced Che Adams 87 min) | |||||
| 22 | Aaron Hickey (Bologna) | (4 Caps) | Age: 19 | ||
| (Replaced Andrew Robertson 76 min) | |||||
Yellow Card  Red Card  Double Booking Goals Scored Assist  Penalty Save |
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7 John McGinn
Nations League 2022-2023
Group Stages
Wed 8th June 2022
19:45
Hampden, Glasgow (H)
Att: 38,627
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)
Nations League 2022-2023
Group Stages
Wed 8th June 2022
19:45
Hampden, Glasgow (H)
Att: 38,627
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)
After the disappointment of the play-off against Ukraine it was important that Scotland had a good Nations League campaign. Their first match was a home tie against Armenia, and Scotland almost went ahead after four minutes when an Armstrong shot grazed the outside of the post. A few minutes later a low shot by Robertson was tipped just wide of the post. Just before the half-hour mark, a cross to the back post by Armstrong has headed past the keeper by Anthony Ralston, to give Scotland a 1-0 lead. Five minutes before half time, Scotland made it 2-0. A corner by McGinn to the back post was met by Scott McKenna's low header past the keeper. In injury time at the end of the half, it was almost 3-0. A McKenna header came off the bar, before it was headed back in by Hendry, for McKenna to tap it in. The celebrations were short lived though as VAR ruled that McKenna was offside, making it still 2-0. With ten minutes remaining, a McGinn shot hit the underside of the bar. The match ended 2-0, to get Scotland off to a winning start