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Steve Clarke’s aspect will flip up on the nationwide stadium within the subsequent half hour and they are going to be buoyed by Wednesday’s frankly very good end result and efficiency towards Ukraine.
In top-of-the-line Scotland shows in current reminiscence, targets from John McGinn and Lyndon Dykes (2) put the Darkish Blues high of Uefa Nations League Group B1.
Ukraine thrashed Armenia this afternoon to regain high spot however a Scotland win tonight would see us leapfrog the Ukranians forward of Tuesday’s finale in Poland.
Three factors tonight and a draw on Tuesday would truly be sufficient to win the group and safe promotion to League A within the course of.
However let’s not take into consideration how straightforward (or not!) Tuesday might be simply but.
Clarke will nonetheless be haunted by the embarrassing efficiency his workforce turned in throughout the reverse leg of this fixture over in Dublin.
The Irish ran out 3-0 winners on that event in as sorry a Scotland efficiency as many a member of the Tartan Military had seen.
The gamers that take to the pitch tonight might be a lot the identical, with the most important variations maybe in morale versus personnel.
Clarke will nonetheless be with out Nathan Patterson who picked up an harm on Wednesday, the complete extent of which continues to be to be revealed.
The likes of Andy Robertson, Grant Hanley and Liam Cooper have been already dominated out earlier than this spherical of fixtures kicked off.
So how will Clarke, who opted for a again 4 on Wednesday versus the standard again three he has deployed, form up for this one?
