Scotland 1-1 Lithuania as it happened

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FT: Scotland 1-1 Lithuania (McArthur - 89; Cernych -58)
McArthur header draws Scots level with minute left
Cernych shoots home into bottom-right corner (58)
Gordon Strachan's side won first qualifier 5-1 in Malta
Group rivals England beat Malta 2-0 at Wembley
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Get Involved - Scotland predictionpublished at 18:22 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
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High note?published at 18:17
Scotland v Lithuania (19:45 BST)
Robert Snodgrass hopes rave hit "Bits and Pieces", external will ring out around Hampden so he can dance away the blues of poor club results.
The Artemesia tune was chosen by Scotland fans as the music to accompany goals during the World Cup campaign.
"I tell you what - there'll be some amount of carnage going on," the Hull City midfielder said about the prospect in the build-up to the home game with Lithuania. "I'm a fan of it.
"I'll be dancing as well."
More than 20,000 people voted in the Scottish FA survey, with the dance tune from 1995, which was more recently re-mixed by Scottish DJ George Bowie, winning.
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Will the Scotland fans be strutting their stuff to Bits and Pieces tonight?
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Get Involvedpublished at 18:15 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
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More goals please...published at 18:08
Scotland v Lithuania (19:45 BST)
It's been a beautiful day in Glasgow with hardly a cloud in the sky above the National Stadium. Gordon Strachan will be hoping for no storm clouds at Hampden tonight when they host Group F opponents Lithuania.
The Scots got their campaign off to a winning start, seeing off a stubborn Malta side 5-1 as the impressive Robert Snodgrass fired a hat-trick for the visitors.
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"You don't really know how the game's really going to pan out until it starts, but what we have seen from the last couple of Lithuanian games, the ball goes from end to end and good football," Strachan said ahead of tonight's game.
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Get Involved - Scotland teampublished at 18:04 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
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Get Involved - Prediction timepublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 8 October 2016
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How will Gordon Strachan's troops fare tonight? Are you confident of a convincing victory or a narrow, nerve-shredding win courtesy of a last-minute screamer?
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Will Scotland put Lithuania to the sword tonight?
Trip down memory lanepublished at 18:00
The last time Scotland strutted their stuff at a major finals? The Two Pound coin came into circulation as did DVDs - with Jumanji among the first cluster of films released on the shiny new format.
Baddiel & Skinner and The Lightning Seeds were number one in the charts with Three Lions...
Yes, France 98 seems like a long time ago. Gordon Strachan and his squad are dreaming of bucking the trend and giving the Tartan Army the chance to see their heroes in the finals of the 2018 World Cup.
Good evening and a warm welcome to our live text commentary of Scotland's qualifier v Lithuania at Hampden.
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Gordon Strachan is aiming to guide Scotland to a major finals for the first time since France 98
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Baddiel & Skinner were number 1 the last time Scotland graced a major finals