Greece vs Scotland Prediction & Lineups: Where To Watch tonight's Nations League clash

Scotland do battle with Greece tonight in the first leg of the Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs.

The Scots finished third in Group A1 behind Portugal and Croatia, avoiding automatic relegation, which has set up a tense tie with Greece who were runners-up to England in Group B2.

Read on for our predictions, information on the lineups, and where to watch tonight's clash in Athens.

Greece were unfortunate not to earn automatic promotion from League B after winning five of their six matches, including a 2-1 victory over England at Wembley in October.

A 3-0 defeat to the Three Lions in the return fixture the following month condemned them to a place in the play-offs but they look a tough nut to crack on home turf.

Greece defeated the Republic of Ireland 2-0 at home and away in Group B2, also beating Finland 3-0 and 2-0.

The 1-0 correct score is an appealing bet when they take on Scotland, who suffered a disappointing group-stage exit at Euro 2024.

They failed to register a shot on target in their must-win clash with Hungary, who scored deep into injury-time to seal a 1-0 win, and they also lost their first three matches in the Nations League.

Steve Clarke's men did rally well, drawing 0-0 with Portugal and beating Croatia 1-0 and Poland 2-1 to avoid automatic relegation to the second tier.

Misfiring strikers Lyndon Dykes and Lawrence Shankland have been omitted from the squad but there is still too much goalscoring responsibility on midfielders John McGinn and Scott McTominay.

Greece have won five of their last eight home matches to nil and another narrow success could be on the cards on Thursday evening.

Scotland would love to have a striker as prolific as Greece's Vangelis Pavlidis in their ranks and he looks a worthy favourite to open the scoring in the first leg.

The Tartan Army enjoyed Pavlidis's display in October's group-stage win against England at Wembley, where he scored both of Greece's goals.

The Benfica marksman is having a fine season at club level, scoring 13 goals in just 22 starts and eight substitute appearances in domestic competitions.

Six of those goals have come in his last six Primeira Liga outings and Pavlidis has also enhanced his reputation in the Champions League.

His seven-goal haul in Europe's top club competition includes a hat-trick in Benfica's dramatic 5-4 defeat to Barcelona and he poses a huge threat to the Scotland defence.

Greece vs Scotland Lineups

The starting lineups for Greece vs Scotland will be displayed in the graphic below once the team news has been announced.

Greece vs Scotland Team News

Greece

• Greece are missing their captain Tasos Bakasetas, who has been struggling with a thigh injury. 
• Christos Zafeiris returns from suspension and attacking midfielder Konstantinos Karetsas, who has represented Belgium at Under-21 level, is hoping to make his Greece debut at the age of just 17.

Scotland

• Scotland goalkeeper Angus Gunn and midfielder Ben Doak are injured but Lewis Ferguson, Kieran Tierney and Che Adams are available.
• Ipswich forward George Hirst, a former England Under-20 international, has been included for the first time and Clarke has also called up uncapped teenagers Lennon Miller and James Wilson.