Scotland 2-0 Croatia
World Cup 2014 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Tue 15th October 2013
20:00
Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)
Att: 30,172
Snodgrass(28)
Naismith(73)
Mulgrew(28)
Bannan(73)
A McGregor
A Hutton
R Martin
G Hanley
C Mulgrew
B Bannan (C Burke 89)
S Brown(C)
J Morrison
I Anya (G Dorrans 77)
R Snodgrass (J McArthur 81)
S Naismith
Manager:
Gordon Strachan
FIFA Ranking: 63
S Pletikosa
D Vida
V Corluka
D Lovren
I Strinic
D Srna
O Vukojevic
L Modric
N Kranjcar (I Perisic 68)
M Mandzukic (N Jelavic 80)
N Kalinic (Eduardo 58)
FIFA Ranking: 10
Key: Goals Assists Missed Penalty Red Card
| 1 | Allan McGregor (Hull City) | (31 Caps) | Age: 31 | ||
| 2 | Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) | (36 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 3 | Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic) | (10 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| 4 | Russell Martin (Norwich City) | (9 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| 5 | Grant Hanley (Blackburn Rovers) | (11 Caps) | Age: 21 | ||
| 6 | Barry Bannan (Crystal Palace) | (14 Caps) | Age: 23 | ||
| 7 | Scott Brown (Celtic) Captain | (34 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 8 | James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion) |  |
(29 Caps) | Age: 27 | |
| 9 | Steven Naismith (Everton) |
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(25 Caps) | Age: 27 | |
| 10 | Robert Snodgrass (Norwich City) |
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(13 Caps) | Age: 26 | |
| 11 | Ikechi Anya (Watford) | (3 Caps) | Age: 25 | ||
| 14 | James McArthur (Wigan Athletic) | (14 Caps) | Age: 26 | ||
| (Replaced Robert Snodgrass 81 min) | |||||
| 15 | Chris Burke (Birmingham City) | (6 Caps) | Age: 29 | ||
| (Replaced Barry Bannan 89 min) | |||||
| 17 | Graham Dorrans (West Bromwich Albion) | (10 Caps) | Age: 26 | ||
| (Replaced Ikechi Anya 77 min) | |||||
Yellow Card  Red Card  Double Booking Goals Scored Assist  Penalty Save |
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14 James McArthur
World Cup 2014 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Tue 15th October 2013
20:00
Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)
Att: 30,172
Going into Scotland's final qualifier, they were without an injured Maloney and a suspended Whittaker. Jordan Rhodes also withdrew from the squad with injury.
Scotland made a great start to the game with them controlling the match and passing the ball well. It was just before the half hour mark that this payed off. Naismith collected the ball down the left wing and passed to Mulgrew on the overlap, who crossed in to the back post for Snodgrass to head past Pletikosa and give Scotland a deserved lead. A couple of minutes later Snodgrass almost got his and Scotland's second. A well worked move with intricate passes ended with Morrison passing to Snodgrass, who played a one-two with Brown, before unleashing a low shot that Pletikosa touched onto the post. In the second half, Croatia upped their game and came close to equalising when Eduardo rounded McGregor but could only find the side netting. With 20 minutes remaining Anya was upended in the penalty area and the referee pointed straight to the spot. Up stepped Barry Bannan and his penalty was well saved, but Naismith was quick off the blocks to slot home the rebound and make it 2-0. Scotland saw out the rest of the match to end a disappointing campaign on a high and fill the Tartan Army full of hope for the Euro 2016 campaign.