Scotland 2-2 Austria recap: Hanley and McGinn earn Scots a point

Goalscorers John McGinn and Grant Hanley at full time

After a goalless first half the game sparked into life when Sasa Kalajdzic fired the visitors into a 55th-minute lead.

Grant Hanley's powerful header brought Scotland level on 71 minutes only for Kalajdzic to head Austria back in front nine minutes later.

With time running out John McGinn’s acrobatic overhead kick earned a share of the spoils.

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Full time thoughts

So a breathless last 20 minutes to that encounter but a draw *probably* a fair outcome.

Scotland did well to fight back twice from a goal down and were denied a strong shout for a penalty in the second half but Grant Hanley and John McGinn deserve credit for two good goals.

Some aspects of the defensive performance may require further scrutiny by the coaching staff. Hanley may have scored but an early booking possibly hampered his efforts and Jack Hendry might have done better at the second goal.

Vital now to take three points from the game against Israel as four points from the opening two fixtures would be a decent return given Austria’s ranking.