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If Sandy MacIver is called upon from the bench it will be the first time she has played against former team England. MacIver switched allegiances in October and only won one cap for England, which came in 2021.
So proud to wear the Scotland shirt for the first time and be part of this team. No better place to do that than Hampden Park 💫
Disappointed with the result and not to come away with anything but still 2 games left to play for
Thank you to everyone who came out to support us💙 pic.twitter.com/Y389JRaSfa— Sandy Mac (@SandyMacIver_) November 1, 2023
Beth Mead makes her first England start since she injured her ACL over a year ago tonight. Sarina Wiegman will be hoping she can continue her glittering form to fire her side to the Nations League finals.
The team news is in! Scotland have made four changes to the starting side who drew 1-1- with Belgium last Friday including a change at goalkeeper with Lee Gibson in for sandy MacIver.
Scotland: Gibson, Docherty, Mukandi, Corsie, Kerr, Hanson, Evans, McLauchlan, Clark, Emslie, Cuthbert
England, meanwhile, have made two changes from the starting team who beat the Netherlands 3-2 last Friday. Esme Morgan and Beth Mead come in for Jess Carter and Chloe Kelly. The team are still without Millie Bright because of a knee injury and so Mary Earps once again takes the captaincy duties.
England: Earps, Bronze, Charles, Walsh, Greenwood, Morgan, Mead, Stanway, Kirby, James, Hemp.
Preamble
Good evening and welcome to the Women’s Nations League match between Scotland and England which will determine if Team GB’s hopes to compete in women’s football at the 2024 Games are still alive.
In order to qualify England will have to top the group, which they are not at the moment as the Netherlands are top on goal difference. That means if both England and the Netherlands win this evening, England will have to beat Scotland by three goals or more. If the Netherlands lose or draw to Belgium, all England will have to do is beat Scotland to qualify for the Nations League finals.
There has been a lot of debate about the strange position Scotland find themselves in tonight. If they beat their rivals England then their own chance of playing in the Olympics will be over. But anyone who knows anything about this rivalry will know there is no chance Scotland would intentionally lose to England. I will bring you more from this story shortly, including player reactions.
For now let’s have a look at the team news which should be dropping imminently ahead of kick-off at 7.45pm GMT.
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