Scotland vs Ukraine LIVE: World Cup play-off staff information, line-ups and extra tonight

Just below an hour to go till kick off at Hampden Park. Scotland have arrived, can they take one other step nearer to the world cup tonight?

85 minutes: Karol Swiderski delivers a decisive blow towards Wales proper on the finish of the sport. The guests give away possession and Robert Lewandowski has a shot deflected off Chris Gunter earlier than Swiderski faucets house from close-range to beat Wayne Hennessey.

Ukraine are hoping so as to add to their one World Cup look in 2006 however to take action they’ll must see off Scotland tonight and Wales on Sunday.

Will they be capable of defeat each house nations’ sides?

“If it was every other nation, I’d most likely need them to win,” the Scotland captain Andy Robertson grinned forward of tonight’s World Cup semi-final play-off with Ukraine, “however sadly they’re enjoying towards my nation and we’ve to face of their approach.”

There will likely be a balancing of feelings at play at Hampden this night, coming right into a match that a number of months in the past already carried enormous significance however has now developed into one thing far bigger. As Robertson defined whereas navigating the strains between either side, Scotland will welcome Ukraine with open arms on what is about to be an emotional event, because the nation performs its first aggressive fixture because it was invaded by Russia three months in the past, however they may have to be prepared for a contest as properly.

There’s a place in Qatar on the road, in spite of everything, as Scotland sense their greatest alternative in a era to finish their 24-year await an look at a males’s World Cup. The Tartan Military will likely be prepared, not simply in preparation for what is about to be an outpouring of help for Ukraine, however to roar their staff into Sunday’s play-off last towards Wales. Perspective, nonetheless, is rarely far-off. “There will likely be an unimaginable ambiance at Hampden,” the Ukraine head coach Oleksandr Petrakov admitted within the build-up to his staff’s match, “however after rockets and bombs, we’re not afraid of something.”

72 minutes: Polish substitute Jakub Kaminski attracts his staff degree of their Nations League match towards Wales. He slots a right-footed effort previous Wayne Hennessey after first-choice keeper Danny Ward was introduced off at half-time.

He’s being rested for Sunday’s World Cup play-off last towards Scotland or Ukraine.

Ukraine XI: Bushchan, Karavaev, Zabarnyl, Matvlyenko, Mykolenko, Stepanenko, Malinosvkyi, Zinchenko, Tsygankov, Yaremchuk, Yarmolenko

The lack of Kieran Tierney to damage is a big blow given his affect in defence and assault for Scotland.

Scott McKenna and Liam Cooper are left-sided centre-halves however don’t supply these marauding runs ahead so Steve Clarke has opted for the youthful expertise of Aaron Hickey over the dependable Stephen O’Donnell or Anthony Ralston.

How will that end up tonight?

Scotland XI: Gordon, McTominay, Hanley, Cooper, Hickey, Gilmour, McGregor, Robertson, McGinn; Adams, Dykes

Ukraine supervisor Oleksandr Petrakov says he tried to enlist within the Ukrainain military as quickly as his house metropolis of Kyiv got here below menace from Russia’s invasion in February.

“It might be improper if I ran from my metropolis the place I used to be born,” defined the 64-year-old. “However they stated ‘You’re too previous and don’t have any navy abilities. As a substitute, you higher convey us to the World Cup.’”

“It’s a really massive accountability,” he added in a current interview with TIME journal. “Lots of our followers are troopers within the Ukrainian military.”

52 minutes: Wales have taken the lead towards Poland with a scorcher from Jonny Williams! From a good distance out, Williams tries his luck and smokes an distinctive strike into the again of the online to place the guests in entrance.