Scotland face Greece in Nations League play-off

Scotland's John McGinn celebrates his winning goal against Croatia

Scotland will meet Greece in a Nations League play-off in March.

Having finished third in their A group, Steve Clarke's side must beat the B group runner-up to remain in the top tier of the competition.

The matches will be played on 20 and 23 March, with the second leg at Hampden.

Scotland finished with wins at home to Croatia and away to Poland to end their first campaign at A level on seven points.

Greece were second behind England on goal difference in Group B2, taking 15 points from their six matches, which included a 2-1 victory at Wembley.

The Greeks, managed by Ivan Jovanovic, are 42nd in the Fifa rankings, nine places above Scotland.

Scotland and Greece have only ever met in Euro 96 qualifying, with both winning their home matches 1-0.

Nations League A/B play-offs

Greece v Scotland

Turkey v Hungary

Ukraine v Belgium

Austria v Serbia

Win may be handy for Euro 2028 qualifying

Liam McLeod, BBC Sport Scotland commentator

No matter who Scotland got in the draw, it was going to be a tough assignment.

Greece won at Wembley and were only pipped by England to promotion by virtue of a 3-0 collapse in Athens last week. That defeat was on the harsh side given visiting goalkeeper Jordan Pickford had to make several excellent saves.

Their superb win in London helped propel Greece into pot two for the World Cup qualifiers as Scotland were nudged down to pot three.

Only Spain bettered 15 points across the top two tiers of the Nations League.

The controversial changes to the structure of this competition have not been kind to the Scots. Previously, finishing third would have been enough to stay on the A-list.

Remaining in the top tier could prove helpful when it comes to securing at least a play-off for the next European Championship, with Scotland co-hosting, along with England, Wales and Republic of Ireland.