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

Scotland World Cup qualification journey dented in Greece loss

Scotland lost 3-2 in Greece but remain in the hunt for automatic qualification for the World Cup following an extraordinary night of action in Group C.

• 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
• 0': First Half begins.
• 1': Christos Mouzakitis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 1': Foul by John McGinn (Scotland).
• 2': Attempt blocked. Konstantinos Karetsas (Greece) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tasos Bakasetas.
• 4': Foul by Ché Adams (Scotland).
• 4': Konstantinos Koulierakis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 7': Attempt saved. Vangelis Pavlidis (Greece) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Craig Gordon (Scotland). Assisted by Odysseas Vlachodimos.
• 7': Goal! Greece 1, Scotland 0. Tasos Bakasetas (Greece) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
• 8': Offside, Scotland. Ché Adams is caught offside.
• 9': Christos Tzolis (Greece) wins a free kick on the left wing.
• 9': Foul by John Souttar (Scotland).
• 10': Foul by Ben Gannon-Doak (Scotland).
• 10': Kostas Tsimikas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 10': Dimitrios Kourbelis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 10': Foul by Scott McTominay (Scotland).
• 10': John McGinn (Scotland) is shown the yellow card.
• 11': Foul by Dimitrios Kourbelis (Greece).
• 11': John McGinn (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 14': Foul by Georgios Vagiannidis (Greece).
• 14': John McGinn (Scotland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
• 15': Foul by Grant Hanley (Scotland).
• 15': Odysseas Vlachodimos (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 15': Foul by Lewis Ferguson (Scotland).
• 15': Tasos Bakasetas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 17': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Craig Gordon.
• 19': Attempt saved. Christos Tzolis (Greece) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner by Craig Gordon (Scotland). Assisted by Konstantinos Karetsas.
• 19': Attempt blocked. Konstantinos Karetsas (Greece) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Georgios Vagiannidis.
• 20': Attempt saved. Christos Tzolis (Greece) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Craig Gordon (Scotland). Assisted by Vangelis Pavlidis.
• 20': Attempt missed. Christos Tzolis (Greece) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
• 22': Ché Adams (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 22': Foul by Konstantinos Koulierakis (Greece).
• 26': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Andy Robertson.
• 27': Attempt saved. Panagiotis Retsos (Greece) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Craig Gordon (Scotland). Assisted by Tasos Bakasetas with a cross.
• 27': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Craig Gordon.
• 27': Aaron Hickey (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 27': Foul by Konstantinos Koulierakis (Greece).
• 28': Attempt saved. Christos Tzolis (Greece) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Craig Gordon (Scotland). Assisted by Konstantinos Karetsas.
• 30': Foul by Lewis Ferguson (Scotland).
• 30': Vangelis Pavlidis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 30': Lewis Ferguson (Scotland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 32': Attempt missed. Vangelis Pavlidis (Greece) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Christos Tzolis with a cross.
• 34': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Panagiotis Retsos.
• 35': Attempt blocked. Ché Adams (Scotland) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Christie with a cross.
• 35': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Konstantinos Koulierakis.
• 35': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Dimitrios Kourbelis.
• 36': Attempt missed. Lewis Ferguson (Scotland) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by John McGinn with a cross following a corner.
• 36': Delay in match because of an injury Tasos Bakasetas (Greece).
• 38': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
• 39': Foul by Lewis Ferguson (Scotland).
• 39': Tasos Bakasetas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 39': Delay in match because of an injury Vangelis Pavlidis (Greece).
• 41': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
• 42': Delay in match because of an injury Vangelis Pavlidis (Greece).
• 43': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
• 43': Substitution, Greece. Andrews Tetteh replaces Vangelis Pavlidis because of an injury.
• 45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
• 45'+1': Scott McTominay (Scotland) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Ché Adams.
• 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Christos Tzolis (Greece) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
• 45'+2': Attempt missed. Ché Adams (Scotland) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aaron Hickey with a cross.
• 45'+4': Attempt saved. Ben Gannon-Doak (Scotland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Odysseas Vlachodimos (Greece). Assisted by Scott McTominay.
• 45'+4': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Odysseas Vlachodimos.
• 45'+5': First Half ends, Greece 1, Scotland 0.
• 45': Second Half begins Greece 1, Scotland 0.
• 46': Foul by Scott McTominay (Scotland).
• 46': Konstantinos Karetsas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 50': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Kostas Tsimikas.
• 52': Foul by Lewis Ferguson (Scotland).
• 52': Tasos Bakasetas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 53': Attempt blocked. Ché Adams (Scotland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Christie.
• 53': Attempt blocked. Ché Adams (Scotland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
• 54': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Georgios Vagiannidis.
• 57': Goal! Greece 2, Scotland 0. Konstantinos Karetsas (Greece) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrews Tetteh following a fast break.
• 61': Attempt saved. Andrews Tetteh (Greece) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Craig Gordon (Scotland). Assisted by Christos Tzolis.
• 61': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Craig Gordon.
• 61': Konstantinos Koulierakis (Greece) hits the left post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Tasos Bakasetas with a cross following a corner.
• 61': Attempt blocked. Andrews Tetteh (Greece) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
• 61': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Ché Adams.
• 62': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Aaron Hickey.
• 62': Attempt saved. Christos Mouzakitis (Greece) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Craig Gordon (Scotland).
• 63': Goal! Greece 3, Scotland 0. Christos Tzolis (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Tasos Bakasetas.
• 64': Foul by Dimitrios Kourbelis (Greece).
• 64': Scott McTominay (Scotland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
• 65': Goal! Greece 3, Scotland 1. Ben Gannon-Doak (Scotland) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by John McGinn with a cross following a set piece situation.
• 66': Delay in match because of an injury Ben Gannon-Doak (Scotland).
• 66': Tasos Bakasetas (Greece) is shown the yellow card.
• 67': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
• 67': Attempt saved. Aaron Hickey (Scotland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Odysseas Vlachodimos (Greece). Assisted by Ben Gannon-Doak.
• 68': Attempt missed. Christos Tzolis (Greece) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Georgios Vagiannidis.
• 70': Goal! Greece 3, Scotland 2. Ryan Christie (Scotland) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andy Robertson with a cross.
• 71': Offside, Greece. Andrews Tetteh is caught offside.
• 73': Offside, Scotland. Scott McTominay is caught offside.
• 74': Foul by Georgios Vagiannidis (Greece).
• 74': John McGinn (Scotland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
• 75': Substitution, Scotland. Scott McKenna replaces Grant Hanley.
• 75': Substitution, Scotland. Anthony Ralston replaces Aaron Hickey.
• 76': Substitution, Greece. Giorgos Masouras replaces Konstantinos Karetsas.
• 77': Foul by John McGinn (Scotland).
• 77': Giorgos Masouras (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 79': Attempt saved. Scott McTominay (Scotland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Odysseas Vlachodimos (Greece). Assisted by Ben Gannon-Doak with a cross.
• 79': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Odysseas Vlachodimos.
• 80': Delay in match because of an injury Ben Gannon-Doak (Scotland).
• 80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
• 82': Substitution, Scotland. Lyndon Dykes replaces Ryan Christie.
• 82': Substitution, Scotland. Lawrence Shankland replaces Ché Adams.
• 84': Foul by Tasos Bakasetas (Greece).
• 84': Lewis Ferguson (Scotland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 84': Second yellow card to Tasos Bakasetas (Greece) for a bad foul.
• 85': John Souttar (Scotland) is shown the yellow card.
• 86': Foul by Giorgos Masouras (Greece).
• 86': John McGinn (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 86': Foul by Lyndon Dykes (Scotland).
• 86': Panagiotis Retsos (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 88': Substitution, Scotland. George Hirst replaces Ben Gannon-Doak.
• 88': Foul by George Hirst (Scotland).
• 88': Kostas Tsimikas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 90': Substitution, Greece. Pantelis Hatzidiakos replaces Christos Mouzakitis.
• 90': Substitution, Greece. Charalampos Kostoulas replaces Christos Tzolis.
• 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
• 90'+3': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Kostas Tsimikas.
• 90'+4': Attempt missed. Scott McTominay (Scotland) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by John McGinn with a cross following a corner.
• 90'+4': Foul by Andrews Tetteh (Greece).
• 90'+4': John McGinn (Scotland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
• 90'+5': Delay in match because of an injury Odysseas Vlachodimos (Greece).
• 90'+5': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
• 90'+5': Second Half ends, Greece 3, Scotland 2.
• 0': Match ends, Greece 3, Scotland 2.