FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Sunday, October 12, 2025
Belarus WLLLL 1
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Scotland LWDWW 2
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SCO112
Hampden Park · 49,346 att.

Match Report

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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.

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Team Stats

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

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-1

Lineups

SCO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Angus GunnG
  2. 16Scott McKennaCD-L
  3. 13Jack HendryCD-R
  4. 3Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 2Anthony RalstonRB
  6. 4Scott McTominayAM
  7. 8Billy GilmourLM
  8. 23Kenny McLeanRM
  9. 10Ché AdamsF
  10. 7John McGinnAM-L
  11. 17Ben Gannon-DoakAM-R

BLR · 4-4-1-1

  1. 16Fedor LapoukhovG
  2. 5Egor ParkhomenkoCD-L
  3. 4Alyaksandr MartynovichCD-R
  4. 3Pavel ZabielinLB
  5. 22Vadim PigasRB
  6. 14Evgeni YablonskiCM-L
  7. 9Max EbongCM-R
  8. 2Kirill PecheninLM
  9. 7Evgeni MalashevichRM
  10. 11German BarkovskiyF
  11. 10Valeri GromykoRCF

Timeline

  1. 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.
  2. 56' Substitution, Belarus. Trofim Melnichenko replaces Vadim Pigas.
  3. 68' Kirill Pechenin (Belarus) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 72' Substitution, Scotland. John Souttar replaces Jack Hendry.
  5. 72' Substitution, Scotland. Kieran Tierney replaces Anthony Ralston.
  6. 82' Max Ebong (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 83' Substitution, Belarus. Gleb Kuchko replaces Evgeni Malashevich.
  8. 83' Substitution, Belarus. Nikita Korzun replaces Valeri Gromyko.
  9. 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.
  10. 88' Substitution, Scotland. Lennon Miller replaces Billy Gilmour.
  11. 88' Substitution, Scotland. Lyndon Dykes replaces Ché Adams.
  12. 90'+1' Substitution, Belarus. Nikita Demchenko replaces Egor Parkhomenko.
  13. 90'+1' Substitution, Belarus. Sergey Karpovich replaces Evgeni Yablonskiy.
  14. 90'+1' Substitution, Scotland. Kieron Bowie replaces Ben Gannon-Doak.
  15. 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.

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