Scotland v England guide: Odds, team news, kick-off time, TV channel, betting tips, form, statistics & history

Scotland and England renew their historic rivalry on Saturday June 10 at Hampden Park, but there's much more than just bragging rights on the line for the 114th meeting between the Auld Enemies.

Whereas the Three Lions head north of the border looking to further consolidate top spot in World Cup qualifying Group F, the Scots are desperate for three points as they aim to boost their hopes of a play-off spot.

Here, we have everything you need for the world's oldest international fixture, which was first played way back in 1872...

Scotland v England Special Contents
1. When and where to watch
2. Scotland v England latest stories
3. World Cup qualifying European Group F standings
4. Scotland & England recent form
5. Betting tips & Sky Bet odds
6. Scotland & England squads
7. Scotland v England manager quotes
8. Scotland v England Opta facts
9. Scotland v England H2H record & last five meetings

When is Scotland v England and what channel is it on

Scotland's clash against England in World Cup European qualifying Group F gets started at 1700 BST on Saturday June 10 and the match is live on ITV and Sky Sports 1.

Scotland v England: Latest stories

Scotland

Gordon Strachan - we are ready
Scott Brown has nothing to prove
Mark McGhee targets historic win
Gordon Strachan can't wait for England game
Kieran Tierney still available
Gordon Strachan names squad

England

Adam Lallana: Kane is world class
Harry Kane to captain Three Lions
Ben Gibson keep to repay Gareth Southgate
Harry Kane targets international success
Jamie Vardy ruled out
Kyle Walker focus on facing Scotland
Jack Butland feared for his career
Nathaniel Clyne ruled out
England squad revealed

World Cup European qualifying Group F standings

England P 5 W 4 D 1 L 0 GF 8 GA 0 Pts 13
Slovakia P 5 W 3 D 0 L 2 GF 10 GA 3 Pts 9
Slovenia P 5 W 2 D 2 L 1 GF 4 GA 3 Pts 8
Scotland P 5 W 2 D 1 L 2 GF 7 GA 8 Pts 7
Lithuania P 5 W 1 D 2 L 2 GF 5 GA 9 Pts 5
Malta P 5 W 0 D 0 L 5 GF 2 GA 13 Pts 0 

Scotland v England: Recent form

Scotland (WLDWDW)

Scotland 1-0 Slovenia (World Cup qualifier)  
Scotland 1-1 Canada (friendly)  
England 3-0 Scotland (World Cup qualifier)  
Slovakia 3-0 Scotland (World Cup qualifier)  
Scotland 1-1 Lithuania (World Cup qualifier)  
Malta 1-5 Scotland (World Cup qualifier)  

England (WLDWDW)

England 2-0 Lithuania (World Cup qualifier)
Germany 1-0 England (friendly)
England 2-2 Spain (friendly)
England 3-0 Scotland (World Cup qualifier)
Slovenia 0-0 England (World Cup qualifier)
England 2-0 Malta (World Cup qualifier)

Scotland v England: Betting preview

2pts Scotland/draw in double chance market v England at 5/4 - Hosts set to raise their game against potentially weary England side 

Matt Brocklebank writes... The picture is quite clear ahead of the latest clash in international football's oldest rivalry.

Scotland, occupying a modest fourth in Group F as the World Cup campaign resumes, simply have to start picking up more points to be in with a shout of claiming the single play-off place available in the section, while England must keep their foot on the gas to keep second-placed Slovakia at arm's length.

With plenty of the hard work already done and dusted - England have won four and drawn one of their five games - it remains to be seen whether maintaining their superiority over the chasing pack will prove to be enough of an incentive for Gareth Southgate's side to put on a show at Hampden Park. 

Click here for Matt's full preview...

Charlie Nicholas' Sky Bet RequestABet

Hary Kane & Dele Alli both to score and Scotland most booking points at 10/1

Scotland will play cautiously and have a real problem at right-back so for me they should play a 5-4-1 formation, keeping it compact with Scott Brown and Darren Fletcher holding, to give themselves any chance of making it difficult for England. 

The England partnership of Dele Alli and Harry Kane is the one that really worries me. These guys have struck up a tremendous partnership and they are clever enough to create space against any backline shape.  

Some might expect the Glasgow crowd to upset England but they've won pretty easily in recent visits and I'm expecting to ease to a victory, which will most likely end Gordon Strachan's reign.    

Scotland v England Sky Bet odds

England are favourites at 7/10 to complete a World Cup qualifying double over Scotland while the hosts are 19/4 to defeat their Auld Enemy. The draw is 12/5.

The previous meeting between the sides finished 3-0 in favour of the Three Lions at Wembley last November and punters who expect a repeat scoreline can get 11/1. It's 11/2 they win by three or more goals and the same price is available for the visitors triumphing either 3-0, 3-1 or 3-2.

Scotland's last victory over England was 1-0 in 1999 and a repeat of that result is 9/1 while a winning margin of one goal for the hosts is 7/1.

England duo Harry Kane and Jermain Defoe are priced at 7/2 to net the first goal while Scotland's biggest threat in this market is Leigh Griffiths at 15/2.

Click here to check out all of Sky Bet's Scotland v England odds!

Latest odds correct at 2000 BST on 08/06/17

Scotland v England: Squads

Scotland

Goalkeepers
Craig Gordon (Celtic)
David Marshall (Hull City)
Allan McGregor (Hull City)

Defenders
Ikechi Anya (Derby County)
Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town)
Stephen Kingsley (Swansea City)
Russell Martin (Norwich City)
Charlie Mulgrew (Blackburn Rovers)
Mark Reynolds (Aberdeen)
Andrew Robertson (Hull City)
Kieran Tierney (Celtic)

Midfielders
Stuart Armstrong (Celtic)
Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday)
Scott Brown (Celtic)
Tom Cairney (Fulham)
Darren Fletcher (West Bromwich Albion)
Ryan Fraser (Bournemouth)
James Forrest (Celtic)
James McArthur (Crystal Palace)
James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion)
Robert Snodgrass (West Ham United)

Forwards
Leigh Griffiths (Celtic)
Chris Martin (Derby County)
Steven Naismith (Norwich City) 

England

Goalkeepers
Joe Hart (Manchester City)
Jack Butland (Stoke City)
Fraser Forster (Southampton)
Tom Heaton (Burnley)

Defenders 
Ryan Bertrand (Southampton)
Gary Cahill (Chelsea)
Aaron Cresswell (West Ham United)
Ben Gibson (Middlesbrough)
Phil Jones (Manchester United)
John Stones (Manchester City)  
Kieran Trippier (Tottenham Hotspur)
Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur)

Midfielders 
Jesse Lingard (Manchester United)
Jake Livermore (West Bromwich Albion)
Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur)
Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur)
Adam Lallana (Liverpool)
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal)
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)

Forwards 
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
Jermain Defoe (Sunderland)
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United)

Scotland v England: Manager quotes

Scotland manager Gordon Strachan

On reigniting hopes of qualifying from Group F: "The enthusiasm the players have had and the time they've put in this week... they're ready, they're ready for the game, physically and mentally.

"We have real assets in our team and real assets as a group. It's going to be well used tomorrow, we've got to use what we're good at.

"What we have in our group is enthusiasm, fitness and determination so we must use that. Within that we must relax when we have the ball, have no fear when we have the ball."

On England's biggest goal threat: "I've been a big fan of Harry Kane for a long time. I'm sure that Harry Kane has a lot of confidence in himself, which he should have.

"If you keep the ball more than them that's one way of doing it, if you have the ball at the other end then their attacking players have less chance of scoring."

Strachan revealed he had no inspiring team talk ready to go, adding: "It's something you don't plan in advance, you feel it.

"You feel the atmosphere and you have to talk it from there, so there's no planned Churchillian speech in the back of my mind at the moment, something kind of materialises.

"Alex Ferguson, I'm sure, never planned some of these team talks well in advance. I'm convinced he never."

On the attitude of his squad: "It was absolutely, completely different to what you think. At times with a coach you are meant to inspire players but the players inspired the whole coaching staff this morning.

"As you know there is a group who have not trained for a long time and not played for a long time. We put on an extra-hard session for them at the end of training and when it started everybody in the squad joined in.

"The reason being is that the players thought, 'if they are doing we are all doing it'.

"So they came ambling across and started doing the same as the rest of the guys - much to the concern of the fitness coach may I add, who was having kittens at the time - but it just shows you that it is players who drive a group on, which was absolutely phenomenal. An inspiration." 

On facing England: "This is a huge game, an exciting game. A game everybody is looking forward to and the players put a marker down this morning at the first training session - we want to be ready for this game. They set it, not me." 

On building on the 1-0 win against Slovenia: "The last one was a must-win game. I did say that.

"You never know what is going to happen with the other results about you.

"It is a must-perform game and I will go back to November and the boys performed.

"Unfortunately the three headed attempts at goal went into the back of the net.

"Craig Gordon didn't have too much to do apart from that.

"I remember turning to (assistant) Mark McGhee at 2-0 and saying, 'It is not fair on these guys' - and it is not often I do that.

"They did all the correct things and it was a thin line, a very thin line.

"The only thing that let us down was the finishing and our chances were as good if not better.

"So it is a must-perform game and if we have a bit of luck to go along with that then that is fantastic." 

England manager Gareth Southgate

On England fans: "I think we've got a fantastic number of supporters coming to the game. Everybody is aware now after what happened in Germany, the FA have taken strong action with people that were involved in incidents there that were unacceptable.

"We want the supporters to get behind us in the best possible way. We're proud to play for our country and represent our country, but they also represent our country and they've got to do that in the right way."

On the views of Frank Lampard and Paul Scholes: "It's important to get a feel of what those guys felt. They were a team that won so much in terms of their club careers on the biggest of stages and didn't quite get where they wanted to with England.

"That said, should they be underestimated now? I don't quite know what the reality is.

"I've read Frank talking about playing in a way that was expected of them rather than the way that got the best from him.

"I've got to think about the environment I create for the players to allow them to be as good as they can be, and the tactical system as well, but it is probably the mindset and environment as much as anything.

"Some of Frank's comments resonated and then bumping into Paul as well. These are guys I played with and respect hugely so the more insight I get into them the better.

"Paul admitted he didn't quite play the same way for England as he did with his club. There's something around feeling comfortable, being comfortable with the environment.

"Paul mentioned that at United he knew when and where people were going to make the runs.

"It's important we get the best out of the players we've got. None of them are at Scholes' level yet, it's important they recognise that." 

On comparing Harry Kane to Alan Shearer: "Goalscorers are usually about scoring goals for themselves, so there's always that balance. So I see that resemblance that if you have won the game and they haven't scored, they both had the hump. I think Harry also gets the bigger picture of what is important for the team, as Alan did as well.

"I would say both are very single-minded and their hunger for scoring and their hunger to be top of those scoring charts was a huge driving factor for them, definitely.

"He was in the first squad we picked for the under-21s and I could immediately see what an outstanding finisher he was. What has always impressed me is that he has the mentality to be the best player he can possibly be." 

On sharing data with Premier League clubs: "To clarify. We share our data. We don't always receive data.

"So that's where we would like to head towards, because it helps more around working out a training schedule when they first come into camp.

"Particularly with what's gone on in the last few weeks that can be a big help. But we can't enforce it.

"That's got to be an agreement, sharing, and at the moment some clubs are more comfortable with it than others." 

Asked specifically if Manchester United were among the clubs to have stopped sharing data, he said: "Possibly so. As I say, it helps us in terms of preparing our training. One of the dangers I guess is the perception of it being leaked.

"But look, it's very rare the data throws up something you haven't clocked as a coach. But it can back up some of your thinking. The coach's eye is the main thing - how a player is performing."  

Scotland v England: Opta facts

Scotland have lost seven of their last eight internationals against rivals England, with their only win in that run coming in the Euro 2000 second-leg play-off at Wembley. 

The Three Lions are looking to win four successive away matches against Scotland for the first time since England won five in a row between 1939 and 1954. 

This will be the 114th international between the two nations, with England winning 48 times to Scotland’s 41 (D24).

The Tartan Army have mustered just three goals in their last nine home internationals against England. 

The last time Scotland managed to score more than once at home versus England was in May 1976, with goals from Don Masson and Kenny Dalglish in a 2-1 win. 

By contrast, England have scored three times in each of their last three internationals against Scotland, with eight different goalscorers netting. 

England are the only European team in World Cup qualifying yet to concede a single goal going into this round of fixtures. 

Scotland have lost just one of their last eight home qualifying games, to current World Cup holders Germany in September 2015 (W5 D2). 

England haven’t lost a qualifying match since October 2009 versus Ukraine, going 34 games without defeat (W26 D8). 

Should they keep a clean sheet, England would have gone 10 qualifiers in succession without conceding a single goal.  

Scotland v England: Head-to-head record & last five meetings

The two Auld Enemies will be meeting for the 114th time this weekend and although England have dominated most of the recent encounters, the overall head-to-head record is pretty close.

England have won 48 of the previous 113 encounters while Scotland have won 41, with 24 draws - including the first one back in 1872.

Scotland have only managed to defeat their arch-rival four times in the last 20 matches dating back 40 years, with the most recent being at Wembley in 1999. Their last triumph at Hampden Park was way back in 1985.

Here we look back at the last five meetings in more detail...

By Scott Francis

November 11, 2016: England 3-0 Scotland (2018 World Cup qualifier)

The scoreline suggests a dominant performance from England in this qualifier at Wembley, but that is deceiving.  

Midway through the second half, Daniel Sturridge stooped to head in a Kyle Walker cross from the right flank, but Scotland had their chances to equalise. 

James Forrest found the ball inside the area, but his weak shot went well wide of the post when he had much more time and space to produce a better finish. 

Then it was Robert Snodgrass’ turn, a ball from Andrew Robertson found him in the middle of the box but again the shot was weak and Joe Hart easily saved.  

England punished their rivals for failing to take their chances, Adam Lallana scored an uncharacteristic header from a cross from Danny Rose and then just 10 minutes later a Wayne Rooney corner found Gary Cahill to head home the winner.  

November 18, 2014: Scotland 1-3 England (friendly) 

Jack Wilshere showed his quality as a perfect 40-yard ball picked out Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain whose deft header found the bottom corner.  

Wayne Rooney took a step closer to breaking Sir Bobby Charlton’s all-time England goalscoring record in this game, poor defending saw the ball fall to the captain who flicked an effort into the net to extend his side’s lead.  

Andrew Robertson’s great run from left-back and a give-and-go with Johnny Russell allowed Scotland to hit back, but it was not enough. 

Despite chances throughout the game for Scotland, England’s class prevailed on the night.  

Great football from England saw Lallana cross to Rooney to seal the victory. 

August 14 2013: England 3-2 Scotland (2014 European Championship qualifier)  

This was the first meeting between the nations in 14 years and it certainly did not disappoint. 

James Morrison sent the Scotland fans into dreamland when his thunderbolt opened the scoring just after the 10-minute mark, his right-foot strike from 25-yards was fumbled into the net by Joe Hart. 

It didn’t take long for the home side to equalise, Tom Cleverley’s wonderful ball through to Theo Walcott allowed the Arsenal man to beat his full-back and finish at the keeper’s near post. 

Kenny Miller sent the away fans wild again, outside the box he turned and fired past Hart with his left-foot, an utterly brilliant finish. 

It was then captain Steven Gerrard’s free-kick which helped bring the game to 2-2, Welbeck headed in to bring England level. 

However, it was Rickie Lambert who stole the headlines with his first touch in international football. Leighton Baines fired in the corner and Lambert powerfully headed in the winner.  

November 17 1999: England 0-1 Scotland (2000 European Championships play-off second leg)  

England came into the game with a healthy 2-0 lead, one game away from securing a place in the European Championships. 

However, Scotland were not about to make their route into the finals easy and it was a nervy and tense affair.  

Don Hutchinson was the hero for Scotland, he scored the winner but overall this was a glorious failure for the Tartan Army.  

A famous win, but they were not going to Belgium and Holland and their bitter rivals were. 

One consolation for Scotland was that England were awful in the tournament, managing one win and crashing out in the group stages.  

November 13 1999: Scotland 0-2 England (2000 European Championships play-off first leg)  

It was Paul Scholes who stole the show as he scored twice to put England in a great position to qualify for the European Championships.  

Sol Campbell’s cross found the Manchester United legend in the box, with the Scotland goalkeeper rushing out he coolly flicked the ball into the net. 

Then he scored a header to double the advantage.  

The ball was crossed in from a free-kick and the midfielder rose above everyone to send the ball into the bottom right corner.  

A team with Scholes, the Neville brothers, Fowler, Adams, Beckham, Shearer and Owen really should have achieved more in this era.