Scotland continued their quest to reach next summer’s World Cup with an unconvincing 2-1 win over Belarus at Hampden.
Steve Clarke’s men will be delighted to take full spoils in the encounter with the lowest-ranked team in Group C, but were made to sweat by their plucky visitors, who put up a good fight three days on from being thrashed 6-0 by Denmark.
Scotland took the lead on 16 minutes when Che Adams fired home after an excellent pass from Jack Hendry. However, Scotland failed to kick on and had to wait until deep into the second half for Scott McTominay to give them breathing space with a neat finish.
Belarus had a goal disallowed at 1-0 but did get themselves a goal in stoppage time from Gleb Kuchko, but it turned out just to be a consolation.
It means Scotland are very well placed for a top-two finish ahead of their final matches against Greece away and Denmark at home next month.
Here are the ratings out of ten for each player involved.
13. Kieran Tierney
Asked to patrol the right flank in what is not a natural role for the left-sided defender. Fared fine. 3 | SNS Group
14. Late substitutes
Lennon Miller - Will be pleased to get more game-time in a Scotland shirt, but he was unable to have a meaningful impact. Lyndon Dykes - No goalscoring heroics for the big striker this time around in his cameo appearance. Kieron Bowie - Came on for his Scotland debut in stoppage time and very nearly got his head properly on a McGinn cross. | SNS Group