Slovakia 1-0 Scotland
Nations League 2020-2021
Group Stages
Sun 15th November 2020
15:00 (14:00 UK)
Anton Malatinsky City Arena, Trnava (A)
Att: N/A
Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Romania)
Match played behind closed doors
C Gordon
L Cooper
S McKenna
A Considine (L Griffiths 68)
L Palmer
J McGinn(C)
K McLean
S Armstrong (L Shankland 87)
K Tierney
R Christie
O McBurnie
Manager:
Steve Clarke
FIFA Ranking: 45
Gregus(31)
Pekarik(31)
M Rodak
P Pekarik
L Satka
M Skrinair
R Mazan
P Hrosovsky
M Duris (P Safranko 90+4)
J Kucka (S Lobotka 61)
M Hamsik(C) (A Rusnak 68)
J Gregus
O Duda
Manager:
Štefan Tarkovič
FIFA Ranking: 37
Key: Goals Assists Missed Penalty Red Card
| 21 | Craig Gordon (Hearts) | (55 Caps) | Age: 37 | ||
| 6 | Kieran Tierney (Arsenal) | (15 Caps) | Age: 23 | ||
| 7 | John McGinn (Aston Villa) Captain |  |
(28 Caps) | Age: 26 | |
| 11 | Ryan Christie (Celtic) | |
(15 Caps) | Age: 25 | |
| 14 | Kenny McLean (Norwich City) | (16 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 15 | Scott McKenna (Nottingham Forest) | (17 Caps) | Age: 24 | ||
| 16 | Liam Cooper (Leeds Utd) | (5 Caps) | Age: 29 | ||
| 17 | Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) | |
(22 Caps) | Age: 28 | |
| 19 | Oli McBurnie (Sheffield Utd) | (14 Caps) | Age: 24 | ||
| 22 | Liam Palmer (Sheffield Wednesday) | (7 Caps) | Age: 29 | ||
| 23 | Andrew Considine (Aberdeen) | (3 Caps) | Age: 33 | ||
| 9 | Lawrence Shankland (Dundee Utd) | (4 Caps) | Age: 25 | ||
| (Replaced Stuart Armstrong 87 min) | |||||
| 20 | Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) | (21 Caps) | Age: 30 | ||
| (Replaced Andrew Considine 68 min) | |||||
Yellow Card  Red Card  Double Booking  Goals Scored Assist  Penalty Save |
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22 Liam Palmer
Nations League 2020-2021
Group Stages
Sun 15th November 2020
15:00 (14:00 UK)
Anton Malatinsky City Arena, Trnava (A)
Att: N/A
Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Romania)
Match played behind closed doors
Nations League 2020-2021
Group Stages
Sun 15th November 2020
15:00 (14:00 UK)
Anton Malatinsky City Arena, Trnava (A)
Att: N/A
Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Romania)
Match played behind closed doors
After the physically and emotionally draining match in Serbia 3 days earlier, Scotland made 8 changes to the starting 11, with McGinn, Christie, and Tierney the only unchanged players. After only 5 minutes, Craig Gordon, who was back after two years, had to save a shot from outside the box. A couple of minutes later, Liam Palmer put a shot over the bar, after McBurnie had an opportunity in the box. With 15 minutes on the clock, Armstrong played a great ball through to McBurnie, who had his shot blocked, when he should have scored. Just after the 30 minute mark, Slovakia took the lead. A shot form Jan Gregus, from outside the box, took a deflection off Kenny McLean to beat Craig Gordon. A few minutes later, McBurnie had a free header in the box that went straight to the keeper. Just before half time, Armstrong dinked the ball over the onrushing keeper, but the ball went just wide of the post. After the hour mark, Tierney put a great cross into the box for McLean to have a powerful header saved by the keeper. Right at the end, Griffiths was played through, but his low powerful shot was tipped past the post by the keeper, for the game to end 1-0, and end Scotland's unbeaten run.