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Scotland are looking to stay fresh ahead of their World Cup qualifying play-off by beating Poland in a friendly on Thursday.
Steve Clarke's team were originally scheduled to meet Ukraine in their play-off match this week, but the crisis in the latter country has caused the fixture to be postponed.
Poland, meanwhile, were supposed to be coming up against Russia but have progressed straight to the play-off final after FIFA suspended their opponents.
Ahead of the game, GOAL brings you everything you need to know, including how to watch, team news, odds and more.
Game | Scotland vs Poland |
Date | March 24 |
Kick-off time | 7.45pm GMT |
Scotland vs Poland TV channel, live stream & how to watch
Sky Sports Football is showing Scotland vs Poland live on TV in the United Kingdom (UK) and the game can also be streamed live online using Sky Go Extra.
UK TV channel | UK online stream |
|---|---|
Sky Sports Football | Sky Go Extra |
Scotland team news & squad
Position | Players |
|---|---|
Goalkeepers | Gordon, Kelly, Clark |
Defenders | Hanley, Hendry, Halkett, Hickey, O'Donnell, Patterson, Robertson, Taylor, Tierney |
Midfielders | Armstrong, Ferguson, Gilmour, Jack, McGinn, McGregor, McLean, McTominay |
Forwards | Adams, Brown, Christie, Dykes, Stewart |
Liverpool star Andrew Robertson is unlikely to feature against Poland after missing training. Lyndon Dykes is also a doubt for the home side.
Scott McKenna and David Marshall have withdrawn from the team because of injuries.
Predicted Scotland starting XI: Gordon, Hanley, Hendry, Halkett, O'Donnell, Gilmour, McGregor, Hickey, McGinn, Christie, Adams
Poland team news & squad
Position | Players |
|---|---|
Goalkeepers | Skorupski, Szczesny, Dragowski, Grabara |
Defenders | Kedziora, Puchacz, Reca, Salamon, Wieteska, Bednarek, Bereszynski, Cash, Glik, Helik, Kaminski |
Midfielders | Michalak, Moder, Placheta, Szymanski, Zielinski, Zurkowski, Bielik, Frankowski, Goralski, Grosicki, Krychowiak, Kun |
Forwards | Adam Buksa, Piatek, Lewandowski, Milik |
Karol Swiderski and Maciej Rybus have withdrawn from the squad as the former suffered a muscle strain and the latter tested positive for Covid-19.
Predicted Poland starting XI: Szczesny, Glik, Bednarek, Kedziora, Cash, Zielinski, Krychowiak, Moder, Puchacz, Lewandowski, Piatek
Betting odds & tips
Scotland is favourite to beat Poland at 31/20 (2.55) with bet365. At 19/10 (2.9) to win, Poland are considered slight underdogs.
Robert Lewandowski is 10/3 (4.33) to be the first goalscorer, while Scotland's Che Adams is rated 6/1 (7.0).
Scotland scored in all but one of their World Cup qualifying group-stage matches and are in fine form heading into this game, but with Poland's considerable firepower up front, it may be worth backing both teams to score at 1/1 (2.0).
Recent results & form
Scotland last five results | Poland last five results |
|---|---|
Scotland 2-0 Denmark (November 15) | Poland 1-2 Hungary (November 15) |
Moldova 0-2 Scotland (November 12) | Andorra 1-4 Poland (November 12) |
Faroe Islands 0-1 Scotland (October 12) | Albania 0-1 Poland (October 12) |
Scotland 3-2 Israel (October 9) | Poland 5-0 San Marino (October 9) |
Austria 0-1 Scotland (September 7) | Poland 1-1 England (September 8) |
Scotland went on a six-game winning run to secure their place in the World Cup qualifying play-offs.
That run saw Steve Clarke's team put their disappointing Euro 2020 showing behind them and restored some optimism ahead of this year's tournament in Qatar.
While Poland are on a good run themselves, they were beaten 2-1 by Hungary in the final game of the group stage, though they had already been consigned to second place behind England.
Odds correct at the time of writing. 18+. begambleaware.org
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