Scotland 1-0 Moldova RECAP: Lyndon Dykes goal the difference as Scots disappoint in victory

Lyndon Dykes celebrates making it 1-0. Picture: SNS

Scotland defeated Moldova on Saturday evening in the second match of their World Cup qualifying triple-header.

Lyndon Dykes netted in the 14th minute and that was enough to separate the sides. Though the hosts missed a couple of great chances, and blew a few others, they still shouldn’t be content with their performance against one of the weakest sides in Europe.

An improvement will be required on Tuesday in Austria if Scotland are going to get the result their flagging qualification campaign needs.

Scotland v Moldova LIVE

Key Events

World Cup qualifier at Hampden Park
Expected crowd of 35,000
Scotland looking for second group win

Sat, 04 Sep, 2021, 19:49 BST

3 min

Almost a chance for Robertson as he plays a great one-two with Nisbet. It looked like he was in one-on-one with the goalkeeper but his marker recovered to knock it off the Liverpool man for a goal kick.

Sat, 04 Sep, 2021, 19:48 BST

2 min

McGinn drives possession forward from midfield. The play finds its way out to Patterson attacking from wing-back. He cuts inside and aims for the far post but knocks it wide.

Sat, 04 Sep, 2021, 19:47 BST

Kick-off

The match at Hampden Park is underway.

Sat, 04 Sep, 2021, 18:29 BST

Scotland team

Steve Clarke’s side appears to have a much better balance to it than the one that started in the 2-0 loss to Denmark with Jack Hendry, Nathan Patterson, John McGinn, Ryan Christie, Lyndon Dykes and Kevin Nisbet all coming into the starting XI. Dropping out are Liam Cooper, Scott McKenna, Callum McGregor, Kenny McLean, Che Adams and Ryan Fraser.

Starting XI: Gordon; Hendry, Hanley, Tierney; Patterson, McGinn, Gilmour, Christie, Robertson; Nisbet, Dyles.

Subs: Kelly, Clark, O’Donnell, McGregor, Adams, McKenna, Gallagher, Cooper, Ferguson, Turnbull, Fraser, Adams

Sat, 04 Sep, 2021, 18:23 BST

Welcome!

Hello and welcome to The Scotsman’s live coverage of tonight’s World Cup qualification encounter between Scotland Moldova at half-time park. It’s a must-win game for Steve Clarke’s side who must look to drop no more points ahead of Tuesday’s crucial match with Austria after winning just once from their opening four group games.

We’ll have all the action as it happens, so stick with us.