Scotland face North Macedonia at Hampden in Nations League clash with Robertson poised for record cap

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Scotland host North Macedonia at Hampden Park in a Nations League Group B1 fixture, with the home side looking to secure their League B status and keep alive a faint hope of promotion back to League A. Scotland have four points from four games and their hopes of progressing from the group are all but over, but after back-to-back home defeats new manager Sebastien Pocognoli needs both a result and a performance against the group's weakest side.

Scotland cruised to a 2-0 win in Skopje last month, and the crowd of around 40,000 expected at Hampden are hoping for more of the same. Captain Andy Robertson is set to win a record-equalling 102nd cap, which would match Sir Kenny Dalglish at the top of Scotland's all-time appearance list. Robertson is on a booking and must avoid another yellow card to have a chance of taking sole top spot from Dalglish in Switzerland on Monday evening.S1S2

Scott McTominay returns after a heart procedure. Goalkeeper Craig Gordon, who retired in the summer at the age of 43 after 84 caps, will be welcomed pitchside and saluted before kick-off. Ryan Porteous starts at the back after injuries to Stephen Welsh and Luis Binks forced a rethink, and he has not featured for Scotland since the Nations League clash with Greece 18 months ago.S1S2

Kick-off is at 7.45pm BST. North Macedonia have yet to avoid defeat or score a goal in the group so far.S1

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Scotland face North Macedonia at Hampden in Nations League clash with Robertson poised for record cap

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The brief

Scotland host North Macedonia at Hampden Park in a Nations League Group B1 fixture, with the home side looking to secure their League B status and keep alive a faint hope of promotion back to League A. Scotland have four points from four games and their hopes of progressing from the group are all but over, but after back-to-back home defeats new manager Sebastien Pocognoli needs both a result and a performance against the group's weakest side.

Scotland cruised to a 2-0 win in Skopje last month, and the crowd of around 40,000 expected at Hampden are hoping for more of the same. Captain Andy Robertson is set to win a record-equalling 102nd cap, which would match Sir Kenny Dalglish at the top of Scotland's all-time appearance list. Robertson is on a booking and must avoid another yellow card to have a chance of taking sole top spot from Dalglish in Switzerland on Monday evening.S1S2

Scott McTominay returns after a heart procedure. Goalkeeper Craig Gordon, who retired in the summer at the age of 43 after 84 caps, will be welcomed pitchside and saluted before kick-off. Ryan Porteous starts at the back after injuries to Stephen Welsh and Luis Binks forced a rethink, and he has not featured for Scotland since the Nations League clash with Greece 18 months ago.S1S2

Kick-off is at 7.45pm BST. North Macedonia have yet to avoid defeat or score a goal in the group so far.S1

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S1 The Guardian 1 report · EN
S2 DailyrecordLead 1 report · EN