Scotland and Switzerland have named their starting teams for their Nations League Matchday 2 meeting at Glasgow’s Hampden Park on Tuesday.
The Tartan Army and opponents Slovenia both hit the woodwork in a 0-0 draw in Ljubljana on Matchday 1 in the visitors’ first match under head coach Sebastien Pocognoli.
The Belgian now takes charge of his first home game since succeeding Steve Clarke, who left after Scotland’s group stage exit at the World Cup 2026.
Switzerland lost to finalists Argentina after extra time in the last eight at the finals and started their Nations League campaign with a 3-0 win away to North Macedonia on Saturday.
Scotland confirmed starting team vs Switzerland
Scotland: Gunn, Binks, McKenna, Hendry, Robertson, Ferguson, Gilmour, Patterson, McGinn, McBurnie, Bowie
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Switzerland full line up vs Scotland in Nations League
Switzerland: Kobel, Ricardo Rodriguez, Akanji, Elvedi, Athekame, Freuler, Jashari, Ndoye, Manzambi, Aebischer, Amdouni
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Where to watch Scotland vs Switzerland: TV channel, live online stream
Kick-off on Tuesday is at 19:45 BST (14:45 ET / 11:45 PT). In the UK, live TV coverage is on BBC Two and BBC Scotland.
Streaming on a vast range of devices is available through the BBC iPlayer app and BBC Sport website.
For coverage around the world, visit UEFA’s Nations League international broadcaster list.
Scotland vs Switzerland Nations League stats
- The meetings between these teams in this season’s Nations League are a chance for Switzerland or Scotland to claim successive wins in the fixture for the first time since a run of two victories for the Tartan Army during World Cup 1958 qualifying
- The last encounter between the nations finished 1-1 during the group stage of EURO 2024 in Cologne, where Scott McTominay opened the scoring and Xherdan Shaqiri equalised
- Both teams have scored in seven of the last eight editions of the fixture, with a 1-0 Scotland win at Villa Park the exception during the group stage of EURO 1996
- Scotland have not scored in three matches, going more than five hours and 32 minutes since John McGinn netted in their 1-0 win over Haiti in their World Cup opener
- They have won one of their last six meetings with Switzerland (D3 L2) and were beaten 3-1 when the teams last met in Scotland, losing a friendly at Hampden Park in March 2006
- Eight of the 17 matches between the countries have ended in wins for Scotland, who have scored 27 goals to Switzerland’s 25 and suffered five defeats (D4)
- Switzerland striker Adrian Knup, who played for his country between 1989 and 1996, is the joint-top scorer in the history of the fixture with three goals
- Ally McCoist, who represented Scotland between 1986 and 1998 and scored the winner in that game at EURO 1996 with his only goal at a major tournament, also has three in the fixture overall
- Die Nati came fourth in the inaugural edition of the Nations League in 2019 but have not reached the finals since and were relegated in 2024/25, taking two points from six matches
- Their Nations League record is W8 D3 L6, while Scotland’s is W12 D4 L7 after they went down in 2024/25 with a record of W2 D1 L3
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