Belarus vs Scotland
Ref: Nikola Dabanovic, Montenegro
Match recap
Scotland beat Belarus 2–0 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Adams and Volkov scored for Scotland. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 0.72 for Belarus versus 2.30 for Scotland.
First Half
43'
⚽
Adams
Assist: McTominay
Second Half
⇄
Karpovich
⇄
Malashevich
Kalinin
Yellow Card
51'
Doak
Yellow Card
⇄
Myakish
65'
⚽
Volkov (OG)
Assist: Gilmour
⇄
Volkov
⇄
Pechenin
74'
⇄
Doak
74'
⇄
Johnston
83'
⇄
Gilmour
83'
⇄
Adams
Melnichenko
Yellow Card
90'
⇄
McTominay
Match Statistics
BelarusScotland
1Won
Statistical edge
1–13
battles won across 15 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
0.72VS2.30
Attack0 · 5 won
6
Shots
14
3
Shots on target
8
4
Shots in the box
11
2
Shots outside box
3
3
Shots off goal
4
2
Corners
2
Possession & Passing0 · 4 won
27%
Possession
73%
262
Total passes
754
187
Accurate passes
673
71%
Pass accuracy
89%
Discipline0 · 3 won
14
Fouls
10
2
Yellow cards
1
2
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
6
Goalkeeper saves
3
0
Blocked shots
2
Belarus
5-3-2
Scotland
4-2-3-1
Belarus
5-3-2Starting XI
- 2K. PecheninD
- 3P. ZabelinD
- 5E. ParkhomenkoD
- 6M. MyakishM
- 7E. MalashevichF
- 9M. EbongM
- 11G. BarkovskiyF
- 13S. KarpovichD
- 17V. KalininM
- 20Z. VolkovD
Substitutes
- 1S. IgnatovichG
- 4A. MartynovichD
- 8N. DemchenkoM
- 10V. GromykoM
- 12P. PavlyuchenkoG
- 14E. YablonskiyM
- 15N. KorzunM
- 18V. MalkevichD
- 19Y. KovalevM
- 21R. PasevichM
- 22V. PigasD
- 23T. MelnichenkoF
Scotland
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1A. GunnG
- 3A. RobertsonD
- 4S. McTominayM
- 7J. McGinnM
- 8B. GilmourM
- 10C. AdamsF
- 15J. SouttarD
- 16S. McKennaD
- 17B. DoakM
- 19L. FergusonM
- 22M. JohnstonD
Substitutes
- 2A. HickeyD
- 5G. HanleyD
- 6J. DoigD
- 9L. DykesF
- 11R. ChristieM
- 12L. KellyG
- 13J. HendryD
- 14L. MillerM
- 18G. HirstF
- 20K. BowieF
- 21Z. ClarkG
- 23K. McLeanM
Belarus
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Zabelin | D | 90 | 7.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Fedor Lapoukhov | G | 90 | 7.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Egor Parkhomenko | D | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| German Barkovskiy | F | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Kirill Pechenin | D | 72 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 |
| Vladislav Kalinin | M | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Max Ebong(C) | M | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| Maksim Myakish | M | 65 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Sergei Karpovich | D | 45 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Evgeni Malashevich | F | 45 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Zakhar Volkov | D | 71 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Aleksandr Martynovich | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Evgeniy Yablonskiy | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yuriy Kovalev | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pavel Pavlyuchenko | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sergey Ignatovich | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Roman Pasevich | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nikita Korzun | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nikita Demchenko | M | 19 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Trofim Melnichenko | F | 45 | 6.9 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| Vadim Pigas | D | 45 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/2 |
| Vladislav Malkevich | D | 18 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Valeriy Gromyko | M | 25 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
Scotland
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Robertson(C) | D | 90 | 8.2 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| Billy Gilmour | M | 83 | 7.9 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1/3 |
| Che Adams | F | 83 | 7.9 | 1 | — | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2/3 |
| Angus Gunn | G | 90 | 7.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scott McTominay | M | 89 | 7.5 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4/8 |
| Lewis Ferguson | M | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Scott McKenna | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ben Gannon-Doak | M | 74 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3/4 |
| John McGinn | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1/1 |
| John Souttar | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Max Johnston | D | 74 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| George Hirst | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grant Hanley | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jack Hendry | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Josh Doig | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kieron Bowie | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liam Kelly | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lennon Miller | M | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zander Clark | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aaron Hickey | D | 16 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lyndon Dykes | F | 11 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kenny McLean | M | 11 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ryan Christie | M | 16 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/2 |