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Watch Off the Ball Mc Ginn cushions in 20th Scotland goal to go ahead of Mc Coist in all-time list Souttar blocks on line but Piatkowski nets stunning leveller Robertson bullets in thunderous stoppage-time header Victory means Scotland finish third and go into relegation play-off Croatia draw 1-1 with Portugal to claim second place in group Colin Moffat Poland 1-1 Scotland Ryan Christie, just on, is booked for bumping into the back of Bartosz Slisz. Poland 1-1 Scotland Scotland corner. It's flicked on by Kenny Mc Lean. Grant Hanley and John Souttar are after the ball at the back post but can't find a touch. Poland 1-1 Scotland Ben Doak hasn't been so prominent since the break but that's a bit of a headscratcher. Poland 1-1 Scotland Double change for Scotland, with Lawrence Shankland and Ryan Christie on. Lyndon Dykes and Ben Doak are the players withdrawn. Poland 1-1 Scotland Lyndon Dykes thinks he's restored Scotland's lead as he leaps to meet a lofted cross from Billy Gilmour. There's good power on the header but goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski leaps across his line to get fingertips to it. Poland 1-1 Scotland The lively Jakub Kaminski hobbles off, with Tymoteusz Puchacz his replacement. Poland 1-1 Scotland The white shirts of Poland are flooding forward. Scotland need to weather this storm and work their way back into the game. Poland 1-1 Scotland James Mc Fadden Former Scotland forward on BBC Sportsound It's an incredible strike. Craig Gordon has got absolutely no chance. Kamil Piatkowski A rocket draws Poland level! An astonishing strike from defender Kamil Piatkowski arrows into the top corner. Scotland are bottom of the group again. .. Poland 0-1 Scotland James Mc Fadden Former Scotland forward on BBC Sportsound With the chances that have been created so far in the second half you expect there to be goals. Scotland are going to get chances, they've got to make sure they take them. Poland 0-1 Scotland This game is moving at a fair clip and Scotland find themselves in a promising position again, with Ben Doak poking a pass into the path of an onrushing Scott Mc Tominay. The timing is just a fraction off and Mc Tominay clobbers the ball high and wide. Poland 0-1 Scotland Kenny Mc Lean surges up the park and slides in John Mc Ginn, who curls a first-time pass across the box. Lyndon Dykes is sliding in, Ben Doak is there too, but a defender just gets his foot to the ball first. Poland 0-1 Scotland A brilliant sliding block from John Souttar prevents a Poland equaliser as a diving Craig Gordon is beaten by Jakub Kaminski's low shot. Poland 0-1 Scotland Here we go for the second half. Bartosz Slisz in on for Poland, replacing Jakub Moder. HT: Poland 0-1 Scotland Jane Lewis BBC Sport Scotland in Warsaw I fear a nervy second half, despite things going our way so far. Scotland could be further ahead in this one, but Poland have been dangerous too. Another early goal mirroring that of the first half would be very welcome. HT: Poland 0-1 Scotland Willie Miller Former Scotland defender on Sportsound It's been a long time since I watched a Scotland team away from home create as many chances and have as much of a threat going forward. HT: Poland 0-1 Scotland Tom English BBC Scotland's chief sports writer on Sportsound Doak is energising the players around him. He's having an effect on all of his team-mates because they feel something can happen when he's on the ball. HT: Poland 0-1 Scotland Steve Clarke is keen to put a lid on the Ben Doak hype, but it's difficult when he puts in displays like this. The teenager has created three chances, one of which resulted in the opening goal. He's also had five touches in the Poland box - no other Scotland player has managed more than two. HT: Poland 0-1 Scotland With Portugal leading away to Croatia, there is a pathway to second place in this group for Scotland, although there is a long way to go. Another goal for Scotland or Portugal and Croatia would drop to third. Scotland have their noses in front in a match they need to win. John Mc Ginn tucked away a lovely early strike and since then Billy Gilmour and Scott Mc Tominay have hit the crossbar and post. Poland have had most of the ball and have come close on a couple of occasions. Andy Robertson's crucial Scotland goal came in his 80th appearance Scotland snatched a Nations League relegation lifeline after Andy Robertson’s thunderous stoppage-time header earned a terrific victory in Poland. For long spells after John Mc Ginn's third-minute goal - guided in wonderfully from a Ben Doak pass - it looked like Scotland might not only escape immediate demotion but perhaps even steal a top-two place. With Croatia trailing Portugal in Split and the Scots ahead at the break, one more goal for either visiting side would have nudged Steve Clarke's side above the Croats. However, Poland centre-back Kamil Piatkowski punctured the optimism with a stunning equaliser, before Josko Gvardiol levelled for Croatia to squeeze the last of the quarter-final hope out of the Scots. Another goal would, though, would earn Scotland a relegation play-off against a League B runner-up in March. And, with time running out, captain Robertson - on the occasion of his 80th cap - burst on to the end of a John Souttar cross to thump in an unlikely winner. That means Scotland face a two-legged tie in the spring to decide their Nations League status and are likely to be in the third pot of seeds for the World Cup qualifying draw which takes place on Friday 13 December. Only Czech Republic failing to beat Georgia on Tuesday would avert that scenario, and bump the Scots into pot 2. More to follow. All the latest Scotland national team news Andy Robertson is the first player to score a 90th-minute winner for Scotland since Scott Mc Tominay against Israel in a World Cup qualifier in October 2021. Scotland have won back-to-back internationals for the first time since March-September 2023, while Poland have won just one of their last nine games in all competitions (D2 L6). John Mc Ginn has now scored 20 goals for Scotland - only four players have managed more for the men’s national side (Denis Law 30, Kenny Dalglish 30, Hughie Gallacher 23, Lawrie Reilly 23). Mc Ginn's opener (2: 53) was the first time Scotland have scored in the opening three minutes of a game since Kenny Miller in Austria in August 2005. It was their earliest goal in a competitive fixture since Billy Dodds' first-minute strike against Belgium in a World Cup qualifier in March 2001. Robertson made his 80th international appearance, making him the joint third most capped player for Scotland - level with Darren Fletcher and behind only Dalglish (102) and Jim Leighton (91). Last Updated 18th November 2024 at 21: 45 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Michal Probierz Formation: 3 - 5 - 2 Manager: Steve Clarke Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Michal Probierz Formation: 3 - 5 - 2 Manager: Steve Clarke Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 UEFA Nations League All competitions All competitions All competitions Poland have lost just two of their 12 meetings with Scotland in all competitions (W4 D6), losing friendly matches against them in June 1958 (1-2) and March 2014 (0-1). Scotland have lost just one of their six away games against Poland in all competitions (W2 D3), going down 1-0 in a May 1980 friendly. Poland lost 5-1 against Portugal last time out in the UEFA Nations League, their biggest defeat in all competitions in over two years (1-6 v Belgium in June 2022). Scotland’s 1-0 win against Croatia last time out in the UEFA Nations League ended a 10-game winless run for the Tartan Army in competitive fixtures (D4 L6). Poland haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last 10 matches in all competitions, conceding at least three goals in each of their last three (11 in total). Scotland have conceded exactly twice in each of their last four competitive away games – they’ve never conceded multiple goals in five consecutively on the road before. Nicola Zalewski – who scored the winner against Scotland in the reverse fixture – has scored the joint-most goals (2) and had the most touches in the opposition box (16) of any Poland player in this season’s UEFA Nations League campaign. John Mc Ginn’s winner against Croatia last time out was his 19th goal for Scotland – only four player’s have ever scored more for the Scottish men’s team (Denis Law 30, Kenny Dalglish 30, Hughie Gallacher 23, Lawrie Reilly 23). © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.