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Scotland vs Spain

March 28, 2023

7:45 pm GMT+1

Match preview

Scotland have not began a qualification campaign with back-to-back wins since 2006 and, if they’re going to change that, the Tartan Army are going to witness a famous night.

On Saturday, the Dark Blues, in the end, saw off Cyprus 3-0 in Glasgow, with John McGinn breaking the deadlock, before substitute Scott McTominay scored twice in the final three minutes.

Steve Clarke guided Scotland to their first major tournament in 23 years at the most-recent Euros, before they missed out on the World Cup, beaten by Ukraine in the play-offs.

Home form has been key to this upturn in results, with Scotland losing just one of their last 15 competitive home games, but that record will be sorely put to the test here.

As for Spain, the Luis de la Fuente era got up and running on Saturday night as they also won 3-0 at home, beating Norway in Málaga.

Dani Olmo prodded home the opener at La Rosaleda, before Joselu came off the bench to bag a quick-fire brace on his international debut.

The Espanyol striker thereby becoming the first first Spaniard to score twice on his debut since Fernando Morientes in 1998.

This means la Roja have now won 23 successive European Championship qualifiers at home, dating back two decades.

The three-times European Champions are big favourites to top this group, but their new-look team will be put to the test here.

Spain are unbeaten in five meetings with Scotland, dating back to 1984, so will they silence Hampden?

Scotland team news

Ché Adams as withdrawn from the squad, after hobbling off on Saturday, so Lyndon Dykes is likely to lead the line.

Angus Gunn kept a clean sheet on his international debut, while Ryan Porteous has started the last two competitive fixtures at centre-back.

Further forward, John McGinn bagged his 16th international goal against Cyprus, all of which have come under Steve Clarke, with 12 scored at Hampden.

Spain team news

Luis de la Fuente made sweeping changes, with just four of the players who started against Norway in the XI that lost to Morocco at the World Cup.

In fact, of the 26-man squad that were in Qatar, only 11 have been called up this month.

Álvaro Morata is likely lead the line, despite not being a regular at Atlético Madrid.

In goal, Kepa Arrizabalaga featured in an intentional for the first time since June 2021 at the weekend.

Rodri has taken over as the number six from Sergio Busquets, but Pedri is injured.

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