Summary

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  • Scotland 3-0 Cyprus - Robertson bursts down left to cross for McGinn to tap in; McTominay rams in second on half volley before sliding in hosts' third; Ioannou sent off late on

  • First round of Euro 2024 qualifying - Victory was Scotland first winning opening to a Euro qualifying campaign since 2006

  • Scotland face Spain on Tuesday at Hampden

Live Reporting

Andy Campbell

  1. Gogic to start in central defence?

    Scotland v Cyprus (14:00)

    Temuri Ketsbaia makes sweeping changes - six of them - despite Cyprus' heartening 3-2 win away to Israel in their last outing.

    Despite his two goals in that November friendly, Omonia striker Charalambous Charalambous drops to the bench along with defender Marios Antoniades and midfielder Danilo Spoljaric.

    Defenders Ioannis Kousoulos, Nicholas Ioannou, Konstantinos Laifis and veteran Valentin Roberge come into the side, with Kostakis Artymatas starting in midfield along with Grigoris Kastanos, who is expected to support lone striker Ioannis Pittas.

    Uefa's official line-up graphic places St Mirren's Alex Gogic at the heart of defence, with Standard Liege's Laifis in central midfield. But those position could be reversed, given the latter usually plays at centre-half and Gogic is more recognised as a midfielder.

    Cyprus midfielder Alex GogicSNS

    St Mirren's Alex Gogic is earning his 19th cap for Cyprus

  2. Clarke's Scotland evolution

    Scotland v Cyprus (14:00)

    Kheredine Idessane
    BBC Sport Scotland at Hampden

    In a nice bit of symmetry, having just renewed his contract, Steve Clarke's first match in his original deal in 2019 was here at the national stadium against Cyprus.

    Things were a little different back then and a look at the team and bench illustrates it perfectly. Among the starters that day were David Marshall, Stephen O'Donnell, Charlie Mulgrew and Eamonn Brophy. Among the subs were Scott Bain, Johnny Russell, Marc McNulty, Liam Palmer and Stuart Findlay, not to mention the late match winner, Oli Burke.

    Some things stay the same, however. Still in the starting line-up, as they were four years ago are Andy Robertson, Callum McGregor and John McGinn. Manager Clarke will hope for more of the same from his captain - last time out against them at Hampden, he hit a rocket into the left hand corner.

    Andy Robertson and John McGinnSNS

    Andy Robertson and John McGinn have been near constants for Scotland during the Steve Clarke reign

  3. Steve signs on for more

    Scotland v Cyprus (14:00)

    Steve Clarke has agreed to remain as Scotland head coach until 2026, it was announced yesterday.

    The new contract covers the qualification campaign for the next World Cup.

    Today will be Clarke's 42nd match in charge of the national team and he is looking for a 20th win.

    Scotland head coach Steve ClarkeSNS

  4. Pressure on Porteous

    Scotland v Cyprus (14:00)

    Willie Miller
    Former Scotland defender on BBC Sportsound

    Porteous has another opportunity to impress. There is a fair bit of pressure on him. In a game you'd expect Scotland to dominate, you've got to keep it tight at the back. He has little experience of this level and he's playing in front of a relatively inexperienced keeper.

  5. Birthday boy

    Scotland v Cyprus (14:00)

    Ryan Porteous turns 23 today. Will it be a happy birthday for the Scotland and Watford centre-back? He already has a present in the shape of a second Scotland cap.

    Scotland defender Ryan PorteousSNS

  6. Back to where it all began

    Scotland v Cyprus (14:00)

    Steve Clarke's first match in charge of Scotland was also against Cyprus back in 2019. Oliver Burke's late goal secured a 2-1 win.

    Later in that campaign, it was a 2-1 Scotland win in Cyprus with John McGinn getting the winning goal.

    Andy Robertson scores for Scotland against Cyprus in 2019SNS

    Captain Andy Robertson scored the first goal of the Steve Clarke reign in 2019

  7. McGregor reaches half century

    Scotland v Cyprus (14:00)

    Five and a half years on from his full international debut against the Netherlands, Callum McGregor reaches the milestone of 50 caps today.

    The Celtic captain and midfielder has two international goals so far, both at Hampden.

    The Celtic skipper reaches his half ton of appearances for ScotlandSNS

    The Celtic skipper reaches his half ton of appearances for Scotland

  8. Gunn gets the nod in goal

    Scotland v Cyprus (14:00)

    There was always going to be at least one debutant in the Scotland line-up today and it is Angus Gunn who starts in goal for Steve Clarke.

    Regular first choice Craig Gordon is in recovery following a serious injury picked up at Hearts last year.

    Norwich City's Gunn follows in his father Bryan's footsteps, with the elder Gunn having played six times for Scotland.

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    Angus becomes the latest Gunn to play for Scotland

  9. LINE-UPS from Hampden

    Scotland v Cyprus (14:00)

    Scotland: Gunn, Hickey, Porteous, Hanley, Tierney, Robertson,Armstrong, Jack, McGregor, McGinn, Adams.

    Substitutes: Kelly, Clark, Patterson, McTominay, Dykes, Christie, Hyam, Gilmour, Cooper, Ferguson, Brown, McLean.

    Cyprus: Dimitriou, Antoniou, Kousoulos, Gogic, Roberge, N Ioannou, Kyriakou, Laifis, Artymatas, Kastanos, Pittas.

    Substitutes: Panayi, A Spoljaric, Karo, Antoniades, Charalambous, Efrem, M Ioanou, Christofi, Kakoullis, D Spoljaric, Loizou, Tzionis.

  10. A new campaign begins

    Scotland v Cyprus (14:00)

    Steve Clarke's Scotland play their first match of 2023 as the qualification campaign for Euro 2024 begins.

    The Scots already have a play-off route to the finals should they finish outside the top two in Group A, having topped their Nations League group in the autumn.

    Today, Cyprus are the first of two visitors to Hampden this week with group favourites Spain to follow on Tuesday.

    The Hampden Park pitchSNS