France 4-1 Scotland
Friendly
Tue 17th October 2023
21:10 (20:10 UK)
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille (A)
Att: 40,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
Gilmour(11)
L Kelly (Z Clark 46)
N Patterson (J McGinn 89)
J Hendry
L Cooper (J Souttar 64)
S McKenna
G Taylor
L Ferguson
S McTominay(C)
B Gilmour (S Armstrong 76)
K McLean (R Christie 77)
C Adams (J Brown 65)
Manager:
Steve Clarke
FIFA Ranking: 31
Pavard(16, 24)
Mbappe(pen 41)
Coman(70)
Griezmann(16)
Mbappe(24)
M Maignan
J Clauss
B Pavard
I Konate (C Lukeba 87)
T Hernandez
E Camavinga
A Tchouameni (B Kamara 76)
A Griezmann (Y Fofana 76)
O Dembele (K Coman 64)
K Mbappe (R Kolo Muani 87)
O Giroud (M Thuram 64)
Manager:
Didier Deschamps
FIFA Ranking: 2
Key: Goals Assists Missed Penalty Red Card
| 12 | Liam Kelly (Motherwell) | (1 Cap) | Age: 27 | ||
| 4 | Scott McTominay (Manchester Utd) Captain | (45 Caps) | Age: 26 | ||
| 6 | Liam Cooper (Leeds Utd) |  |
(17 Caps) | Age: 32 | |
| 10 | Che Adams (Southampton) | (27 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| 13 | Jack Hendry (Al-Ettifaq) | (27 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 14 | Billy Gilmour (Brighton & Hove Albion) |
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(22 Caps) | Age: 22 | |
| 16 | Scott McKenna (Nottingham Forest) | (31 Caps) | Age: 26 | ||
| 19 | Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) | (8 Caps) | Age: 24 | ||
| 20 | Greg Taylor (Celtic) | |
(11 Caps) | Age: 25 | |
| 22 | Nathan Patterson (Everton) | |
(17 Caps) | Age: 22 | |
| 23 | Kenny McLean (Norwich City) | (34 Caps) | Age: 31 | ||
| 5 | John Souttar (Rangers) | (8 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| (Replaced Liam Cooper 64 min) | |||||
| 7 | John McGinn (Aston Villa) | (60 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| (Replaced Nathan Patterson 89 min) | |||||
| 11 | Ryan Christie (Bournemouth) | (43 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| (Replaced Kenny McLean 77 min) | |||||
| 17 | Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) | (46 Caps) | Age: 31 | ||
| (Replaced Billy Gilmour 76 min) | |||||
| 18 | Jacob Brown (Luton Town) | (7 Caps) | Age: 25 | ||
| (Replaced Che Adams 65 min) | |||||
| 21 | Zander Clark (Hearts) | (1 Cap) | Age: 31 | ||
| (Replaced Liam Kelly 46 min) | |||||
Yellow Card  Red Card  Double Booking Goals Scored Assist  Penalty Save |
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6 Liam Cooper
Friendly
Tue 17th October 2023
21:10 (20:10 UK)
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille (A)
Att: 40,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
Friendly
Tue 17th October 2023
21:10 (20:10 UK)
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille (A)
Att: 40,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
Scotland travelled to France for a friendly, two days after their place at Euro 2024 was confirmed after Spain defeated Norway in Oslo. It was an inexperienced Scotland side that started against a strong French side, but Scotland took the lead after only 11 minutes. Billy Gilmour picked up a loose pass in the France box and curled it into the bottom right hand corner to score his first senior goal for club or country. Only five minutes later, France were level. A corner from Griezmann was met at the near post by the head of Pavard to head down and in off the far post. Eight minutes later Pavard got his and France's second when his head met with a great cross by Mbappe to score a diving header. Just before half time, France were awarded a penalty after a VAR check showed Liam Cooper pulling on Olivier Giroud's shirt. Mbappe stepped up and made it 3-1. With just over 20 minutes remaining, Griezmann met with a Thuram cross and hit the bar right in front of the goal, but the rebound was volleyed in off the bar from Coman to make it 4-1. A few minutes later, Jacob Brown had a shot tipped past the post. Thuram hit the bar with ten minutes remaining. At the other end Armstrong had a low shot saved, followed by a Brown header that was also saved. It was a match that gave some fringe players a chance to prove themselves.