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Introduction [Music] Contents International Friendly Scotland versus Finland prediction team news lineups preview Scotland conclude their preparations for Euro 2024 by playing host to Finland in an International Friendly on Friday night while the homeside are going through their Paces ahead of traveling to Germany this is finland's last match before the UEFA Nations League which starts in September match preview after Scotland took almost an hour to open the scoring against International minnows on jalter it was inevitable that criticism would come their way on the back of seven matches without a win The Tartan Army did not exactly enter the match in free flowing form instead searching for a convincing performance ahead of this game and the upcoming tournament from steeve Steve Clark's perspective though he was quick to defend his players feeling that they had been left spooked by the injury sustained by Lynden Dykes that has ruled him out of Euro 2024 the amount of players missing the competition has since been extended to five with Liverpool Winger Ben dop the latest to withdraw from the group subsequently being replaced by Tommy Conway while Scotland playing at Hampton Park has not necessarily been a frequent occurrence of late it has been almost 12 months since they won on home territory a two to Zer Triumph coming against Georgia Scotland head into this contest defending an eight-match unbeaten record against Finland albeit having not squared off against the Scandinavian Nation since 1998 however this feels like a stronger Finland side than Scotland would have faced 26 years ago even with Maru canova's side missing out on Euro 2024 the eagle alss went down 4 won to Wales in the playoff semi-finals ending their hopes of a second consecutive appearance at a European Championship since then a two to1 win has been posted against Estonia before they finished strongly against Portugal earlier this week to only lose by a 4 to2 score line in total though this is a team that has lost five of their most recent eight games with one of their three victories coming against San Marino Finland did overcome Northern Ireland in convincing fashion as recently as November prevailing 4 to zero and that result will not be lost on their next opponents team news Ross MCC Ryan porus John mcin and Lawrence shankland all played 90 minutes against jalter and realistically will drop down to the substitutes bench here Anthony Rolston Scott McKenna Kum McGregor and Chay Adams are all In Contention to start as could Kieran Tierney in place of Andrew Roberts son goalkeeper Angus gun may get the nod between the sticks while John saer Scott Momin and Stuart Armstrong could be used in the second half after missing the game with jalter while fewer alterations may be made to the Finland side veteran tupaki can expect to start after his two goals against Portugal Leo vonin and Robin LOD two other players who play in MLS could also return in defense and Midfield respectively Scotland possible starting lineup gun Ralston mcka Hanley Tierney Jack Gilmore chrisy McGregor Forest Adams Finland possible starting lineup RI alho vonin Jensen niskanen suhonen peltola talit L Ant-Man Pocky we say Scotland 2 to1 Finland having pushed Portugal on Tuesday night Finland will feel that they have some momentum ahead of this contest however motivated to head to Germany with a boost of their own we fancy Scotland to Edge this contest through a late goal thanks for your watching don't forget to click the subscribed button and hit the Bell icon for more [Music] oh [Music] in [Music] [Music] this [Music]