FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Monday, September 8, 2025
Scotland WLLWD 2
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Belarus WWWLL 0
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SCO112
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Match Report

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Scotland beat Belarus, remain on track in World Cup qualifiers

Scotland kept on course for the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a solid 2-0 win over Belarus on a surreal evening in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary on Monday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
6
73.2
Possession
26.8
14
SHOTS
6
8
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
673
Accurate Passes
187
754
Passes
262
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
5
21
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
65
31
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
0
5
Effective Tackles
10
7
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
4
Interceptions
7
18
Effective Clearances
29
18
Clearances
29

Head to Head

BLR leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

BLR · 5-3-2

  1. 16Fedor LapoukhovG
  2. 20Zakhar VolkovCD
  3. 3Pavel ZabielinCD-L
  4. 5Egor ParkhomenkoCD-R
  5. 2Kirill PecheninLB
  6. 13Sergei KarpovichRB
  7. 17Vladislav KalininCM
  8. 9Max EbongCM-L
  9. 6Maksim MyakishCM-R
  10. 11German BarkovskiyCF-L
  11. 7Evgeni MalashevichCF-R

SCO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Angus GunnG
  2. 16Scott McKennaCD-L
  3. 15John SouttarCD-R
  4. 3Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 22Max JohnstonRB
  6. 4Scott McTominayAM
  7. 19Lewis FergusonLM
  8. 8Billy GilmourRM
  9. 10Ché AdamsF
  10. 17Ben Gannon-DoakAM-L
  11. 7John McGinnAM-R

Timeline

  1. 43' Goal! Belarus 0, Scotland 1. Ché Adams (Scotland) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Scott McTominay with a headed pass.
  2. 45' Substitution, Belarus. Trofim Melnichenko replaces Evgeni Malashevich.
  3. 45' Substitution, Belarus. Vadim Pigas replaces Sergey Karpovich.
  4. 51' Ben Gannon-Doak (Scotland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 51' Vladislav Kalinin (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 65' Own Goal by Zakhar Volkov, Belarus. Belarus 0, Scotland 2.
  7. 65' Substitution, Belarus. Valeri Gromyko replaces Maksim Myakish.
  8. 71' Substitution, Belarus. Nikita Demchenko replaces Zakhar Volkov.
  9. 72' Substitution, Belarus. Vladislav Malkevich replaces Kirill Pechenin.
  10. 74' Substitution, Scotland. Ryan Christie replaces Ben Gannon-Doak.
  11. 74' Substitution, Scotland. Aaron Hickey replaces Max Johnston.
  12. 83' Substitution, Scotland. Lyndon Dykes replaces Ché Adams.
  13. 83' Substitution, Scotland. Kenny McLean replaces Billy Gilmour.
  14. 90' Substitution, Scotland. Lennon Miller replaces Scott McTominay.
  15. 90'+3' Trofim Melnichenko (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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