Scotland v Ukraine: World Cup 2022 qualifying playoff – live!

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The winner of this tie will play Wales in Cardiff on Sunday. The Welsh will be going into that one on the back of a decent performance but a disappointing result in Wroclaw, having just lost 2-1 to Poland in their opening match in Nations League Group A4. Jonny Williams opened the scoring on 52 minutes with a fine long-range dipper, but Jakub Kaminski equalised 20 minutes later, and Karol Swiderski completed the comeback with five minutes to go. Rob Page had understandably left the big guns out – no Gareth Bale, for example – so won’t be too concerned ahead of the big one.

There’s a first start tonight for Aaron Hickey, the latest in Scotland’s seemingly never-ending line of highly promising left-backs. That’s captain Andrew Robertson’s beat, though, so Hickey moves across from his normal position with Bologna to the right, where he replaces Stephen O’Donnell. Liam Cooper stands in for the injured Kieran Tierney on the left side of the back three, while Lyndon Dykes pairs up with Che Adams up front.

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