Ukraine v's Scotland

2022 - 9 - 27

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Football Tips: Thommo's 3 best bets for Ukraine v Scotland tonight (Paddy Power News)

There's a lot riding on this game, isn't there? Ukraine need to win and Scotland just need a point to top the group and go up into the top tier. Scotland are on ...

[Dykes to Score Anytime](https://www.paddypower.com/football/uefa-nations-league/ukraine-v-scotland-31774696). This is going to be very tight, so I’ll go for [Scotland to Win 2-1](https://www.paddypower.com/football/uefa-nations-league/ukraine-v-scotland-31774696). I’ve been looking at Che Adams before but Dykes, this will suit him, so I’m going for I know Ukraine can be a good team on their day as we’ve seen in the past, so this is massive. Ukraine need to win and Scotland just need a point to top the group and go up into the top tier. [Both Teams To Score](https://www.paddypower.com/football/uefa-nations-league/ukraine-v-scotland-31774696) [Scotland to Win 2-1](https://www.paddypower.com/football/uefa-nations-league/ukraine-v-scotland-31774696) [Lyndon Dykes to Score Anytime](https://www.paddypower.com/football/uefa-nations-league/ukraine-v-scotland-31774696)

Ukraine vs Scotland, Uefa Nations League live: score and latest ... (Telegraph.co.uk)

Lots of Ukraine flags festooned around three sides of the Stadium and St Andrew's crosses behind one goal.

Scott McTominay, a round peg in a round hole back in central midfield after the reinstatement of a back four, is suspended, while Kieran Tierney and Scott McKenna are injured. Should Scotland go up, not only will it potentially afford them the opportunity of playing for a trophy and valuable experience of finals play if they make it through to the biennial finals tournaments, it allows them to move on up from the familiar opponents in the shallow international pool to which they've been consigned for years, to heavyweights such as Portugal or Holland or France or Italy or Spain or Germany or Croatia, the kind of company among whom the people have always felt the national team belonged. Scotland's players and supporters would be the first to tell you that promotion from Uefa Nations League B to League A, which they will secure should they avoid defeat against Ukraine in Krakow tonight, is no solace for their failure to qualify for the Qatar World Cup. Scotland cannily surround the keeper and stop Lunin getting a decent, running punch on the cross from the free-kick. It wasn't good enough in the summer and it was up to us to put it right at Hampden and we surely did that. Scotland are awarded a penalty for Stepanenko's 'hand ball' but it looked like a ludicrous decision as (a) the cross was from point-blank range and (b) it hit him in the face. Ukraine break the press down the right with Yarmolenko, Tymchyk and Malinovskyi working a neat triangle. Scotland can't make the ball stick upfield and that keeps inviting Ukraine on to them. But Ukraine have grown into the match and look the more threatening now, kept at bay by a combination of a well-drilled back four, an offside trap and poor finishing. Richard Dunne, back in the studio, thinks Scotland should maintain a 4-5-1 shape and just see the game out for a draw that will be good enough. Ukraine break and Dovbyk, offside but allowed to play on for now, breaks down the right but can't get past Gordon. Some 'After you, Claud' defending allows them in down their left but the man picked out with the cross is a centre-back, Stepanenko, who drags his left-foot strike wide as the Scots defence was stranded on its heels.

Ukraine v Scotland, Portugal v Spain: Nations League clockwatch ... (The Guardian)

Goals and updates as the Nations League group stage concludes. Join Rob Smyth.

31 min: Ukraine 0-0 Scotland Ryan Jack misses a good chance for Scotland. They only need a draw to avoid relegation and send the Czech Republic down. Plenty happening across Europe, though our two featured games – Portugal v Spain and Ukraine v Scotland – are goalless. He’s had a fine game. They will be playing in League B with the Nations League returns in 2024-25. 53 min: Ukraine 0-0 Scotland It’s one-way traffic in Krakow, with Scotland hanging on a little desperately. 63 min: Ukraine 0-0 Scotland Another chance for Ukraine, with Zabarnyi lifting a deep free-kick over the bar. They are 16 minutes away from a famous result. If Armenia score again, Ireland will be relegated to League C, and Stephen Kenny will be under all kinds of pressure. 90 min: Ukraine 0-0 Scotland Four minutes of added time in Poland. Full time: Ukraine 0-0 Scotland They’ve done it! The Spain players are bouncing around in celebration; Cristiano Ronaldo is shaking his head in disgust.

What time and TV channel is Scotland v Ukraine on tonight in the ... (Irish Mirror)

Scotland travel to Poland to take on Ukraine in their final Nations League game this evening. The Scots are in sparkling form having beaten both Ireland and ...

“As always in this kind of situation, you tend to find it’s the one position that’s targeted. It’s one very general position and that’s in defence. It’s a great chance for them to show everybody what they’re all about.” Scotland: 11/5 Draw: 12/5 Ukraine: 6/5

Ukraine vs. Scotland - Football Match Report - September 27, 2022 ... (ESPN.co.uk)

Get a report of the Ukraine vs. Scotland 2022-23 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage football match.

[Andriy Yarmolenko](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/124878/Andriy-Yarmolenko) firing over the bar from close-range in the eighth minute and [Mykhailo Mudryk](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/299911/Mykhailo-Mudryk)'s effort saved by keeper [Craig Gordon](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/17617/Craig-Gordon) just after the break. [Scotland](/football/team?id=580) drew 0-0 away to [Ukraine](/football/team?id=457) in the Nations League on Tuesday, securing a crucial point that sealed their promotion to the competition's top tier as the war-torn country hosted their final group game in Poland. Scotland, who started the inaugural edition of the competition in League C, finished top of League B-Group 1 on 13 points -- two ahead of Ukraine.

Scotland stand firm against Ukraine to win Nations League group (BreakingNews.ie)

The result provided a double boost to Steve Clarke's side's hopes of European Championship qualification.

In the 31st minute Jack fired over the bar from 16 yards after the Blue and Yellow struggled with another corner, before the unmarked Stepanenko headed over at the other end from a Ukraine corner. There was another let-off for the Scots in the 22nd minute when Artem Dovbyk ran on to Yarmolenko’s wonderful pass and past Porteous but the veteran Hearts keeper was equal to the shot. Scotland finished two points clear of Oleksandr Petrakov’s side at the top of Group B1 and aside from promotion to the top tier, a place among the second seeds for the European Championship qualifiers and a play-off spot for that competition if the normal qualification campaign does not go to plan was also secured.

Resolute & relentless Scotland deliver national feelgood again (BBC Sport)

BBC Scotland chief sportswriter Tom English reviews a momentous week for the Scotland national team in the Nations League.

The prize on Tuesday was a guaranteed place in the Euro 2024 play-offs, promotion to the top tier of heavy hitters in the Nations League and a pot two seeding in the draw for the Euros qualification tournament proper. You can't reach out and touch it, but you can sense it in the air and see it on the faces of Scotland fans of all ages. That's the dilemma that any manager dreams of having. There were portents of doom on social media the second the team was named. In the bottle stakes, they found a new level. The final minutes brought another anxious moment when Ryan Porteous had to slide in and make a tackle. The closer we got to full-time, the more the dread grew that there was a late sickener on its way. The progression in this squad of players is screamingly obvious now. He marshalled that inexperienced defence, a guy who has played only 97 minutes of club football this season, in different leagues and in different countries. Six points out of six put them in the box seat but there was still so much work to be done, so many jumpy moments to go through. A gorgeous point that was enough for Scotland to top their Nations League group and get all that booty that comes with it, like a winner on Bullseye. A draw that opens up a world of possibilities and hope.

Ukraine vs. Scotland - Football Match Report - September 27, 2022 ... (ESPN.co.uk)

Get a report of the Ukraine vs. Scotland 2022-23 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage football match.

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