Denmark 0-0 Scotland
World Cup 2026 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Fri 5th September 2025
20:45 (19:45 UK)
Parken Stadium, Copenhagen (A)
Att: 35,369
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
A Gunn
A Hickey (M Johnston 70)
J Souttar
G Hanley
A Robertson(C)
S McTominay
L Ferguson
J McGinn
C Adams (G Hirst 83)
R Christie (K McLean 83)
L Dykes (B Gannon-Doak 83)
Manager:
Steve Clarke
FIFA Ranking: 47
K Schmeichel
A Christensen
J Andersen
R Kristensen
J Mæhle
P Højbjerg(C)
M Hjulmand
A Dreyer (V Froholdt 74)
M Damsgaard
M Biereth (R Højlund 74)
K Dolberg (A Grønbæk 61)
Manager:
Brian Riemer
FIFA Ranking: 21
Key: Goals Assists Missed Penalty Red Card
| 1 | Angus Gunn (Nottingham Forest) | (17 Caps) | Age: 29 | ||
| 2 | Aaron Hickey (Brentford) |  |
(15 Caps) | Age: 23 | |
| 3 | Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) Captain | (85 Caps) | Age: 31 | ||
| 4 | Scott McTominay (Napoli) | (62 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 5 | Grant Hanley (Hibernian) | (63 Caps) | Age: 33 | ||
| 7 | John McGinn (Aston Villa) | (78 Caps) | Age: 30 | ||
| 9 | Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham City) | (43 Caps) | Age: 29 | ||
| 10 | Che Adams (Torino) | |
(40 Caps) | Age: 29 | |
| 11 | Ryan Christie (Bournemouth) | |
(60 Caps) | Age: 30 | |
| 15 | John Souttar (Rangers) | (17 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 19 | Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) | |
(17 Caps) | Age: 26 | |
| 17 | Ben Gannon-Doak (Bournemouth) | (7 Caps) | Age: 19 | ||
| (Replaced Lyndon Dykes 83 min) | |||||
| 18 | George Hirst (Ipswich Town) | (5 Caps) | Age: 26 | ||
| (Replaced Che Adams 83 min) | |||||
| 22 | Max Johnston (Derby County) | |
(3 Caps) | Age: 21 | |
| (Replaced Aaron Hickey 71 min) | |||||
| 23 | Kenny McLean (Norwich City) | (51 Caps) | Age: 33 | ||
| (Replaced Ryan Christie 83 min) | |||||
Yellow Card  Red Card  Double Booking  Goals Scored Assist  Penalty Save |
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4 Scott McTominay
World Cup 2026 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Fri 5th September 2025
20:45 (19:45 UK)
Parken Stadium, Copenhagen (A)
Att: 35,369
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
World Cup 2026 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Fri 5th September 2025
20:45 (19:45 UK)
Parken Stadium, Copenhagen (A)
Att: 35,369
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
In the build up to Scotland's opening World Cup Qualifier away to Denmark the promising news was the return of Aaron Hickey after two years out. Something else that was talked about was that Ben Doak was now going by the name Ben Gannon-Doak. Steven Naismith had also taken over from John Carver as Steve Clarke's assistant.
Scotland went to Copenhagen not wanting a repeat of their last visit, when they went 2-0 down after only 15 minutes. After only eight minutes, Hjulmand was unmarked in the box and got on the end of a free-kick. Gunn saved his directed shot, but the flag went up for offside anyway. At the other end, Robertson floated a cross in but Dykes header went over the bar. Denmark then started to dominate possession, but were not creating many clear chances. Seven minutes before half-time, McGinn put a cross into the box, but an unmarked Christie headed wide. Five minutes into the second half, McTominay made a mazy run into the box before hitting a low shot towards the far corner, but the shot was blocked by the outstretched foot of Schmeichel. A few minutes later Denmark were close to taking the lead, but a goalbound shot by Højbjerg was deflected wide by Hanley. Just before the hour mark, Scotland had a great chance when McGinn played the ball through to Adams, he played the ball across to Dykes who was open, but he took a touch and his shot was blocked, when he should have shot first time. Five minutes later Dreyer came close, but his shot hit the side netting. With 20 minutes remaining, there was a controversial moment when sub Max Johnston was judged to have handled the ball, which prevented a clear goalscoring chance. The referee booked him, before he was called over to VAR. No further action was taken as Johnston was judged to have been nudged by the attacker. With five minutes remaining, substitute Gannon-Doak collected a long pass from Ferguson, before making a run into the box and seeing his shot deflected wide. With two minutes remaining Gunn made a double save infront of goal from Højlund and then Grønbæk, but Højlund was offside. Although Denmark were quite dominant, they failed to really threaten Scotland, and Scotland came away with a valuable point in a goaless draw away to the top seeds.