Scotland 2-2 Austria
World Cup 2022 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Thu 25th March 2021
19:45
Hampden, Glasgow (H)
Att: N/A
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
Match played behind closed doors
Hanley(71)
McGinn(85)
O`Donnell(71)
Christie(85)
D Marshall
J Hendry
G Hanley
K Tierney
S O`Donnell
S McTominay
J McGinn
A Robertson(C)
R Christie (K McLean 88)
S Armstrong (C Adams 66)
L Dykes (C McGregor 78)
Manager:
Steve Clarke
FIFA Ranking: 48
Kalajdzic(55, 80)
Lainer(80)
A Schlager
P Lienhart
A Dragovic
D Alaba(C)
S Lainer
X Schlager
F Grillitsch
S Ilsanker
C Baumgartner
S Kalajdzic
A Grbic (L Schaub 68)
Manager:
Franco Foda
FIFA Ranking: 23
Key: Goals Assists Missed Penalty Red Card
| 1 | David Marshall (Derby County) | (42 Caps) | Age: 36 | ||
| 2 | Stephen O`Donnell (Motherwell) |  |
(17 Caps) | Age: 28 | |
| 3 | Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) Captain | (41 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| 4 | Jack Hendry (KV Oostende) | (4 Caps) | Age: 25 | ||
| 5 | Grant Hanley (Norwich City) | |
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(30 Caps) | Age: 29 |
| 6 | Kieran Tierney (Arsenal) | (17 Caps) | Age: 23 | ||
| 7 | John McGinn (Aston Villa) |
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(30 Caps) | Age: 26 | |
| 8 | Scott McTominay (Manchester Utd) | (20 Caps) | Age: 24 | ||
| 9 | Lyndon Dykes (QPR) | |
(8 Caps) | Age: 25 | |
| 10 | Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) | (23 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 11 | Ryan Christie (Celtic) | |
(17 Caps) | Age: 26 | |
| 14 | Callum McGregor (Celtic) | (27 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| (Replaced Lyndon Dykes 78 min) | |||||
| 19 | Che Adams (Southampton) | (1 Cap) | Age: 24 | ||
| (Replaced Stuart Armstrong 66 min) | |||||
| 23 | Kenny McLean (Norwich City) | (18 Caps) | Age: 29 | ||
| (Replaced Ryan Christie 88 min) | |||||
Yellow Card  Red Card  Double Booking Goals Scored Assist  Penalty Save |
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7 John McGinn
World Cup 2022 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Thu 25th March 2021
19:45
Hampden, Glasgow (H)
Att: N/A
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
Match played behind closed doors
World Cup 2022 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Thu 25th March 2021
19:45
Hampden, Glasgow (H)
Att: N/A
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
Match played behind closed doors
Due to the Euro 2020 finals being postponed by a year, the qualification campaign for the 2022 World Cup began before the Euro 2020 finals. Scotland's first game was at home to Austria. Steve Clarke recalled Grant Hanley due to his form at Norwich City, and also called up Southampton striker Che Adams, who qualified through his grandparents. Austria on the other hand named a 43 man squad, as there were doubts as to wheather players from the Bundesliga in Germany, would be allowed to travel. Germany then removed Britain from their list of countries needing a 14 day quarantine.
Austria started on the attack, and after only a minute Kalajdzic shot just past the post. Just before half time, the Austrian keeper gifted the ball to Dykes, he passed to Christie, who had a low shot blocked. Ten minutes into the second half, Grillitsch had a long shot from outside the box, which Marshall parried into the path of Kalajdzic to score the rebound. A minute later, Scotland were denied a stone-wall penalty, when Christie was rugby tackled to the ground in the box. Straight after that, Armstrong had a low shot go just wide of the post. With 20 minutes remaining, O`Donnell hit a long high free-kick into the box, for Grant Hanley to lose his marker and head past the keeper and level the scores. Ten minutes later, Austria went back in front when a powerful header from Kalajdzic beat Marshall. With five minutes remaining John McGinn equalised. A cross from Robertson was headed clear, but Christie headed it back into the box for McGinn, who with his back to goal, scored a spectacular overhead kick, to get a 2-2 draw.