Scotland v Switzerland: Euro 2024 – live
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The history books don’t give us too much of a hint about what may happen tonight. Alternatively, they can tell you whatever you want to hear. Scotland and Switzerland haven’t met for 18 years, since the Swiss won a Hampden Park friendly 3-1 in 2006. But the last time the teams met competitively, at Villa Park during Euro 96, Ally McCoist’s 37th-minute piledriver proved decisive. It wasn’t enough to get the Scots out of the group, of course; it still stands as the last winner scored by Scotland at any tournament (and much as we’d like to, we just can’t count the 2006 Kirin Cup). So it’s swings and roundabouts … even when it comes down to the broader historical sweep, with Scotland winning five of their first six fixtures against Switzerland (between 1931 and 1976) but only winning two of the subsequent eight (losing three). But whichever way you spin it, one thing is true: at least there’s no heavy baggage here.
Scotland make two changes to the side that started the 5-1 opening-night capitulation against Germany. One of them is enforced: Grant Hanley comes in at the back for the suspended Ryan Porteous. The other is tactical: Billy Gilmour replaces Ryan Christie to bolster the midfield.
