Belarus 0-2 Scotland
World Cup 2026 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Mon 8th September 2025
21:45 (19:45 UK)
ZTE Arena, Zalaegerszeg (N)
Att: N/A
Referee: Nikola Dabanovic (Montenegro)
Match played behind closed doors
Adams(43)
Volkov(og 65)
McTominay(43)
A Gunn
M Johnston (A Hickey 74)
J Souttar
S McKenna
A Robertson(C)
L Ferguson
B Gilmour (K McLean 83)
J McGinn
S McTominay (L Miller 90)
B Gannon-Doak (R Christie 74)
C Adams (L Dykes 83)
Manager:
Steve Clarke
FIFA Ranking: 47
F Lapoukhov
P Zabelin
Z Volkov (N Demchenko 71)
E Parkhomenko
K Pechenin (V Malkevich 72)
S Karpovich (V Pigas 46)
M Ebong(C)
V Kalinin
M Myakish (V Gromyko 65)
G Barkovskiy
E Malashevich (T Melnichenko 46)
Manager:
Carlos Alós
FIFA Ranking: 97
Key: Goals Assists Missed Penalty Red Card
| 1 | Angus Gunn (Nottingham Forest) | (18 Caps) | Age: 29 | ||
| 3 | Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) Captain | (86 Caps) | Age: 31 | ||
| 4 | Scott McTominay (Napoli) | (63 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 7 | John McGinn (Aston Villa) | (79 Caps) | Age: 30 | ||
| 8 | Billy Gilmour (Napoli) | (41 Caps) | Age: 24 | ||
| 10 | Che Adams (Torino) |
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(41 Caps) | Age: 29 | |
| 15 | John Souttar (Rangers) | (18 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 16 | Scott McKenna (Dinamo Zagreb) | (43 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 17 | Ben Gannon-Doak (Bournemouth) |  |
(8 Caps) | Age: 19 | |
| 19 | Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) | (18 Caps) | Age: 26 | ||
| 22 | Max Johnston (Derby County) | (4 Caps) | Age: 21 | ||
| 2 | Aaron Hickey (Brentford) | (16 Caps) | Age: 23 | ||
| (Replaced Max Johnston 74 min) | |||||
| 9 | Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham City) | (44 Caps) | Age: 29 | ||
| (Replaced Che Adams 83 min) | |||||
| 11 | Ryan Christie (Bournemouth) | (61 Caps) | Age: 30 | ||
| (Replaced Ben Gannon-Doak 74 min) | |||||
| 14 | Lennon Miller (Udinese) | (3 Caps) | Age: 19 | ||
| (Replaced Scott McTominay 90 min) | |||||
| 23 | Kenny McLean (Norwich City) | (52 Caps) | Age: 33 | ||
| (Replaced Billy Gilmour 83 min) | |||||
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16 Scott McKenna
World Cup 2026 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Mon 8th September 2025
21:45 (19:45 UK)
ZTE Arena, Zalaegerszeg (N)
Att: N/A
Referee: Nikola Dabanovic (Montenegro)
Match played behind closed doors
World Cup 2026 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Mon 8th September 2025
21:45 (19:45 UK)
ZTE Arena, Zalaegerszeg (N)
Att: N/A
Referee: Nikola Dabanovic (Montenegro)
Match played behind closed doors
Following the promising start away to Denmark, Scotland travelled to Hungary to play Belarus behind closed doors. Due to their support for Russia, UEFA had banned Belarus from playing any games at home, and they also banned any fans.
After only 15 minutes, Gilmour went down in the box, but the referee waved away penalty claims. A few minutes later Gilmour had a low shot saved by the keeper. Just before the half hour mark, McTominay got on to the end of a Johnston cross, but he stabbed it wide. Five minutes before half time Scotland got a scare, when slack defending led Ebong to go through on Gunn, but he blocked the shot from a tight angle. A couple of minutes later, Gilmour had a low shot tipped onto the post. Scotland then took the lead when McGinn played a ball to the back post for McTominay to head across goal. Che Adams then slid in at the near post to break the deadlock. Five minutes into the second half, Belarus were lucky not to see red when Ferguson suffered a bad tackle. A McGinn cross was then met by the head of McTominay, but his header went straight to the keeper. In the 65th minute Scotland got their second. Gilmour played a one-two with Adams, and headed the ball across goal towards McTominay, but Volkov headed it into his own net. With 9 minutes remaining, Robertson made a great run down the left and played a great ball across goal for Adams, but he took a touch and rounded the keeper before his shot was cleared off the line. He would have probably scored if he had shot first time. It was a dominant display in an awkward match, and that put Scotland joint top with Denmark.