FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Scotland vs Belarus, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

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Scotland
  • 15': Ché Adams
  • 84': Scott McTominay
FT
2 - 1
Belarus
  • 90'+6': Gleb Kuczko

Scotland edge closer to WC qualification with unconvincing Belarus win

Scotland took another step towards the 2026 World Cup finals but it was with an unconvincing 2-1 win over Group C makeweights Belarus at Hampden Park.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Attempt blocked. Valeri Gromyko (Belarus) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 2': Foul by Vadim Pigas (Belarus).
  • 2': John McGinn (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': Evgeni Yablonskiy (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': Foul by Ben Gannon-Doak (Scotland).
  • 7': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by Scott McKenna.
  • 8': Attempt saved. Pavel Zabelin (Belarus) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner by Angus Gunn (Scotland). Assisted by Valeri Gromyko with a cross.
  • 9': Attempt blocked. Evgeni Yablonskiy (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 9': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by Kenny McLean.
  • 10': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by Jack Hendry.
  • 11': Attempt missed. Pavel Zabelin (Belarus) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Valeri Gromyko with a cross following a corner.
  • 11': Attempt blocked. Ché Adams (Scotland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Billy Gilmour with a through ball.
  • 11': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Aleksandr Martynovich.
  • 13': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Max Ebong.
  • 15': Goal! Scotland 1, Belarus 0. Ché Adams (Scotland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jack Hendry.
  • 17': VAR Decision: Goal Scotland 1-0 Belarus (Ché Adams).
  • 18': Foul by Evgeni Malashevich (Belarus).
  • 18': Kenny McLean (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 20': Foul by Billy Gilmour (Scotland).
  • 20': Max Ebong (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Attempt missed. Evgeni Malashevich (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Valeri Gromyko.
  • 27': Attempt saved. Valeri Gromyko (Belarus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Angus Gunn (Scotland). Assisted by Kirill Pechenin.
  • 29': Foul by Billy Gilmour (Scotland).
  • 29': Max Ebong (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Foul by Scott McKenna (Scotland).
  • 30': German Barkovskiy (Belarus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 31': Delay in match because of an injury German Barkovskiy (Belarus).
  • 32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 33': Attempt missed. Ché Adams (Scotland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Andy Robertson.
  • 34': Foul by Aleksandr Martynovich (Belarus).
  • 34': John McGinn (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Foul by Max Ebong (Belarus).
  • 35': Kenny McLean (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Attempt missed. German Barkovskiy (Belarus) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Valeri Gromyko.
  • 40': Ben Gannon-Doak (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Foul by Evgeni Yablonskiy (Belarus).
  • 42': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Egor Parkhomenko.
  • 44': Attempt saved. Ben Gannon-Doak (Scotland) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Fedor Lapoukhov (Belarus). Assisted by Scott McTominay.
  • 44': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Fedor Lapoukhov.
  • 45': Fedor Lapoukhov (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Foul by Ché Adams (Scotland).
  • 45': Foul by Jack Hendry (Scotland).
  • 45': German Barkovskiy (Belarus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Billy Gilmour (Scotland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Max Ebong (Belarus).
  • 45'+2': Attempt saved. Ben Gannon-Doak (Scotland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner by Fedor Lapoukhov (Belarus). Assisted by Anthony Ralston.
  • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Valeri Gromyko (Belarus) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Scotland 1, Belarus 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Scotland 1, Belarus 0.
  • 47': Attempt missed. Kenny McLean (Scotland) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by John McGinn.
  • 47': Attempt saved. Scott McTominay (Scotland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Fedor Lapoukhov (Belarus). Assisted by Kenny McLean.
  • 49': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Egor Parkhomenko.
  • 50': Evgeni Malashevich (Belarus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 50': Foul by Scott McKenna (Scotland).
  • 51': Foul by Valeri Gromyko (Belarus).
  • 51': Scott McTominay (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Billy Gilmour (Scotland) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 54': Attempt saved. John McGinn (Scotland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Fedor Lapoukhov (Belarus). Assisted by Ben Gannon-Doak.
  • 56': Substitution, Belarus. Trofim Melnichenko replaces Vadim Pigas.
  • 57': Foul by Egor Parkhomenko (Belarus).
  • 57': John McGinn (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Attempt blocked. Trofim Melnichenko (Belarus) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Max Ebong.
  • 58': Handball by Ché Adams (Scotland).
  • 60': VAR Decision: No Penalty Scotland.
  • 63': Foul by Evgeni Yablonskiy (Belarus).
  • 63': Scott McTominay (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Evgeni Malashevich (Belarus) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  • 65': VAR Decision: No Goal Scotland 1-0 Belarus.
  • 66': Foul by Evgeni Malashevich (Belarus).
  • 66': Scott McKenna (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 68': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Valeri Gromyko.
  • 68': Kirill Pechenin (Belarus) is shown the yellow card.
  • 69': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Evgeni Yablonskiy.
  • 70': Offside, Scotland. Ché Adams is caught offside.
  • 72': Substitution, Scotland. John Souttar replaces Jack Hendry.
  • 72': Substitution, Scotland. Kieran Tierney replaces Anthony Ralston.
  • 73': Attempt missed. Trofim Melnichenko (Belarus) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Evgeni Malashevich with a cross.
  • 73': Foul by German Barkovskiy (Belarus).
  • 73': John Souttar (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Evgeni Malashevich (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Foul by Billy Gilmour (Scotland).
  • 77': Attempt blocked. Max Ebong (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 77': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by Andy Robertson.
  • 77': Attempt blocked. Pavel Zabelin (Belarus) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Valeri Gromyko with a cross.
  • 79': Attempt missed. German Barkovskiy (Belarus) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Valeri Gromyko.
  • 81': Foul by Trofim Melnichenko (Belarus).
  • 81': Kieran Tierney (Scotland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 82': Billy Gilmour (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Foul by Max Ebong (Belarus).
  • 82': Max Ebong (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 83': Substitution, Belarus. Gleb Kuchko replaces Evgeni Malashevich.
  • 83': Substitution, Belarus. Nikita Korzun replaces Valeri Gromyko.
  • 84': Goal! Scotland 2, Belarus 0. Scott McTominay (Scotland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andy Robertson with a cross.
  • 85': Attempt blocked. Trofim Melnichenko (Belarus) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Evgeni Yablonskiy.
  • 85': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by John Souttar.
  • 86': Attempt blocked. Trofim Melnichenko (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nikita Korzun.
  • 86': Attempt blocked. Aleksandr Martynovich (Belarus) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kirill Pechenin with a cross.
  • 86': Attempt missed. Evgeni Yablonskiy (Belarus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
  • 87': Attempt missed. Billy Gilmour (Scotland) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Andy Robertson.
  • 88': Substitution, Scotland. Lennon Miller replaces Billy Gilmour.
  • 88': Substitution, Scotland. Lyndon Dykes replaces Ché Adams.
  • 89': Foul by Max Ebong (Belarus).
  • 89': Lennon Miller (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Offside, Scotland. Scott McTominay is caught offside.
  • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Belarus. Nikita Demchenko replaces Egor Parkhomenko.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Belarus. Sergey Karpovich replaces Evgeni Yablonskiy.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Scotland. Kieron Bowie replaces Ben Gannon-Doak.
  • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Max Ebong (Belarus) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by German Barkovskiy.
  • 90'+2': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by John Souttar.
  • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Aleksandr Martynovich (Belarus) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Kieron Bowie (Scotland) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by John McGinn with a cross.
  • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Sergey Karpovich (Belarus) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the right. Assisted by Kirill Pechenin with a cross.
  • 90'+6': Goal! Scotland 2, Belarus 1. Gleb Kuchko (Belarus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nikita Korzun.
  • 90'+8': Attempt blocked. German Barkovskiy (Belarus) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gleb Kuchko.
  • 90'+9': Foul by John McGinn (Scotland).
  • 90'+9': Trofim Melnichenko (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+10': Second Half ends, Scotland 2, Belarus 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Scotland 2, Belarus 1.

Statistics

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14 Fouls 10
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 2
6 Corner Kicks 7
4 Saves 2
44.9 Possession 55.1
22 SHOTS 12
3 ON GOAL 6
0.1 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
326 Accurate Passes 399
383 Passes 467
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
9 Accurate Crosses 5
24 Crosses 26
0.4 Cross % 0.2
54 Long Balls 53
28 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
11 Blocked Shots 1
5 Effective Tackles 6
13 Tackles 8
0.4 Tackle % 0.8
9 Interceptions 2
27 Effective Clearances 25
27 Clearances 25

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Venue: Hampden Park
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Attendance: 49,346

WCQ - UEFA Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Denmark 4 +11 10
2 Scotland 4 +5 10
3 Greece 4 -3 3
4 Belarus 4 -13 0
Full Standings

Line-Ups

SCO Scotland (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Angus Gunn (GK)
16 Scott McKenna
13 Jack Hendry
3 Andrew Robertson
2 Anthony Ralston
4 Scott McTominay
8 Billy Gilmour
23 Kenny McLean
10 Ché Adams
7 John McGinn
17 Ben Gannon Doak
Scotland Substitutes:
Grant Hanley, Craig Gordon, Connor Barron, Kieran Tierney, Lennon Miller, Max Johnston, Lyndon Dykes, George Hirst, Josh Mulligan, Kieron Bowie, Liam Kelly, John Souttar.

BLR Belarus (4-4-1-1)

No. Name
16 Fedor Lapoukhov (GK)
5 Egor Parkhomenko
4 Alyaksandr Martynovich
3 Pavel Zabielin
22 Vadim Pigas
14 Evgeni Yablonski
9 Max Ebong Yellow Card
2 Kirill Pechenin Yellow Card
7 Evgeni Malashevich
11 German Barkovskiy
10 Valeri Gromyko
Belarus Substitutes:
Nikita Demchenko, Ruslan Lisakovich, Sergei Karpovich, Gleb Kuczko, Trofim Melnichenko, Maksim Myakish, Pavel Pavlyuchenko, Ruslan Myalkovskiy, Leonardo Kapilevich, Nikita Korzun, Vladislav Kalinin, Maksim Belov.

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