UEFA Nations League

FT Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Slovenia DLDWL 2
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Scotland LLDLW 1
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SVN022
SCO101
Hampden Park · 34,466 att.

Match Report

Scotland end window with home loss to Slovenia

Sebastien Pocognoli's first camp as Scotland head coach ended with a grim and damaging 2-1 Nations League defeat at home to Slovenia.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
11
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
1
5
Saves
0
45.8
Possession
54.2
10
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
464
Accurate Passes
548
520
Passes
621
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
4
10
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.3
51
Long Balls
37
24
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
13
13
Tackles
18
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
3
22
Effective Clearances
17
22
Clearances
17

Head to Head

SCO leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

SCO · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Angus GunnG
  2. 13Jack HendryCD
  3. 4Luis BinksCD-L
  4. 5Stephen WelshCD-R
  5. 8Billy GilmourCM-L
  6. 19Lewis FergusonCM-R
  7. 3Andy RobertsonLM
  8. 17Ben Gannon-DoakRM
  9. 9Oliver McBurnieF
  10. 11Ryan ChristieCF-L
  11. 7John McGinnCF-R

SVN · 5-4-1

  1. 1Jan OblakG
  2. 6Jaka BijolCD
  3. 17David ZecCD-L
  4. 23David BrekaloCD-R
  5. 13Erik JanzaLB
  6. 2Zan KarnicnikRB
  7. 22Adam Gnezda CerinCM-L
  8. 4Mark ZabukovnikCM-R
  9. 15Danijel SturmLM
  10. 20Aljosa MatkoRM
  11. 18Zan VipotnikF

Timeline

  1. 30' Erik Janza (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 31' Goal! Scotland 1, Slovenia 0. Ryan Christie (Scotland) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Oliver McBurnie following a set piece situation.
  3. 44' John McGinn (Scotland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 54' David Zec (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 56' Goal! Scotland 1, Slovenia 1. Aljosa Matko (Slovenia) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Danijel Sturm.
  6. 66' Substitution, Scotland. Kieron Bowie replaces Oliver McBurnie.
  7. 66' Substitution, Scotland. Aaron Hickey replaces Stephen Welsh.
  8. 68' Luis Binks (Scotland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 71' Goal! Scotland 1, Slovenia 2. Danijel Sturm (Slovenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aljosa Matko.
  10. 72' Substitution, Scotland. Josh McPake replaces Ryan Christie.
  11. 73' Substitution, Scotland. Findlay Curtis replaces Ben Gannon-Doak.
  12. 79' Substitution, Slovenia. Zan Celar replaces Zan Vipotnik.
  13. 85' Mark Zabukovnik (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 87' Substitution, Scotland. Robbie Ure replaces John McGinn.
  15. 89' Substitution, Slovenia. Srdjan Kuzmic replaces Aljosa Matko.
  16. 90'+2' Zan Celar (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card.

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