Turkey 2-1 Scotland
Friendly
Wed 16th November 2022
20:00 (17:00 UK)
Diyarbakir Stadium, Diyarbakir (A)
Att: 28,348
Referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo)
McGinn(62)
Robertson(62)
C Gordon
J Hendry
G Hanley (S McKenna 46)
K Tierney
R Fraser (C Ramsey 46)
S McTominay (L Ferguson 79)
B Gilmour (R Jack 67)
A Robertson(C)
S Armstrong (R Christie 67)
J McGinn
L Dykes (J Brown 79)
Manager:
Steve Clarke
FIFA Ranking: 40
Kabak(40)
Ünder(49)
Çalhanoglu(40)
Çelik(49)
U Çakir
Ç Söyüncü
O Kabak
C Özkacar
Z Çelik
IC Kahveci (K Aktürkoglu 81)
O Kökçü (S Özcan 46)
F Kadioglu (E Elmali 34)
C Ünder (I Yüksekat 81)
C Tosun (E Ünal 69)
H Çalhanoglu(C) (D Türüç 67)
Manager:
Stefan Kuntz
FIFA Ranking: 45
Key: Goals Assists Missed Penalty Red Card
| 1 | Craig Gordon (Hearts) | (74 Caps) | Age: 39 | ||
| 3 | Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) Captain |  |
(60 Caps) | Age: 28 | |
| 4 | Scott McTominay (Manchester Utd) | |
(37 Caps) | Age: 25 | |
| 5 | Grant Hanley (Norwich City) | (46 Caps) | Age: 30 | ||
| 6 | Kieran Tierney (Arsenal) | (35 Caps) | Age: 25 | ||
| 7 | John McGinn (Aston Villa) |
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(52 Caps) | Age: 28 | |
| 9 | Lyndon Dykes (QPR) | (26 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| 13 | Jack Hendry (Cremonese) | (21 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| 14 | Billy Gilmour (Brighton & Hove Albion) | (16 Caps) | Age: 21 | ||
| 17 | Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) | (40 Caps) | Age: 30 | ||
| 19 | Ryan Fraser (Newcastle Utd) | (26 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 10 | Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) | (5 Caps) | Age: 23 | ||
| (Replaced Scott McTominay 79 min) | |||||
| 11 | Ryan Christie (Bournemouth) | (35 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| (Replaced Stuart Armstrong 67 min) | |||||
| 15 | Scott McKenna (Nottingham Forest) | (29 Caps) | Age: 26 | ||
| (Replaced Grant Hanley 46 min) | |||||
| 18 | Jacob Brown (Stoke City) | (6 Caps) | Age: 24 | ||
| (Replaced Lyndon Dykes 79 min) | |||||
| 20 | Ryan Jack (Rangers) | (14 Caps) | Age: 30 | ||
| (Replaced Billy Gilmour 67 min) | |||||
| 22 | Calvin Ramsey (Liverpool) | (1 Cap) | Age: 19 | ||
| (Replaced Ryan Fraser 46 min) | |||||
Yellow Card  Red Card  Double Booking Goals Scored Assist  Penalty Save |
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7 John McGinn
Friendly
Wed 16th November 2022
20:00 (17:00 UK)
Diyarbakir Stadium, Diyarbakir (A)
Att: 28,348
Referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo)
Friendly
Wed 16th November 2022
20:00 (17:00 UK)
Diyarbakir Stadium, Diyarbakir (A)
Att: 28,348
Referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo)
The build up to the friendly in Turkey was dominated by the decision of Ange Postecoglou to not release any Celtic players. As FIFA had not made it an official International window, Celtic were not obliged to release the players. They had also made plans to play in Australia during the World Cup break.
After 18 minutes, a header from Ozan Kabak hit the bar and Gordon saved the rebound. Twenty minutes later Gordon saved a low shot shot from Eren Elmali. Five minutes before half time, Turkey took the lead. A free kick into the box from Hakan Çalhanoglu was headed past Gordon from Ozan Kabak. Just on half time, Cengiz Ünder almost doubled Turkey's lead, but his shot went wide of the post. Four minutes into the second half, Turkey did double their lead. Scotland were caught on the break and Cengiz Ünder hit a low shot into the bottom left hand corner past Gordon. Just after the hour mark Scotland pulled one back. John McGinn collected the ball inside the Scotland half and ran all the way to the Turkey penalty area, before hitting a great shot past the keeper into the right hand corner. With twenty minutes remaining, Scotland came close to equalising, but Jack Hendry headed over the bar from a corner. With two minutes remaining a great Scotland move ended with Christie shooting just over the bar. It was Scotland's last chance, meaning Turkey would win 2-1.