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688: 26 March 2024

687 vs Romania - 688 - 689 vs -
Friendly International
Tuesday, 26th March 2024. KO: 19:45 GMT
SCOTLAND (SCO) 0-1 NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR) (H/T 0-1)


Attendance:
Referee: Robert Jones
Assistant Referees:
Fourth Official: Jarred Gillet
Goals: NIR: Bradley 32

NORTHERN IRELAND: (white - teal - white)
Manager: Michael O'Neill
Captain: Paddy McNair
5-4-1 B. Peacock-Farrell; T. Hume, D. Ballard, P. McNair, E. Toal, B. Spencer; C. Bradley [P. Smyth 83], A. McCann _ [J. Thompson 87], S. Charles, I. Price[C. McMenamin 83]; J. Reid [J. Magennis 57]
Subs: Hazard (gk), Southwood (gk); Donnelly, McMenamin, Marshall, Lavery, Smyth, Lane, Thompson, Boyd-Munce, Magennis, Brown.


SCOTLAND: (navy - navy - navy)
Manager: Steve Clarke
Captain: Andy Robertson
3-4-2-1 Gunn; Hendry, Cooper, Tierney; Patterson, McTominay, Gilmour _ [McLean 70], Robertson [Ferguson 37]; McGinn [S. Armstrong 78], Christie [Shankland 78]; Dykes [Adams 70]
Subs: Clarke (gk), Gordon (gk); Ralston, Adams, Kelly, Porteous, Souttar, S. Armstrong, Shankland, Ferguson, Taylor, McClean

Match Programme:
Match Report:

Pre-Match:
Announcement (Irish FA) (BBC)

Squads:
Northern Ireland (BBC)
  • Goalkeepers: Bailey Peacock-Farrell (Aarhus, on loan from Burnley), Conor Hazard (Plymouth), Luke Southwood (Cheltenham Town), Stephen McMullan (Fleetwood Town).
  • Defenders: Paddy McNair (Middlesbrough), Jamal Lewis (Watford, on loan from Newcastle), Daniel Ballard (Sunderland), Ciaron Brown (Oxford United), Conor Bradley (Liverpool), Trai Hume (Sunderland), Brodie Spencer (Huddersfield), Eoin Toal (Bolton), Aaron Donnelly#
  • Midfielders: George Saville* (Millwall), Jordan Thompson (Stoke), Alistair McCann (Preston), Shea Charles (Southampton), Conor McMenamin (St Mirren), Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers), Isaac Price (Standard Liege), Patrick Lane (Portsmouth), Ross McCausland (Rangers), Caolan Boyd-Munce (St Mirren).
  • Forwards: Josh Magennis (Wigan Athletic), Dion Charles (Bolton), Callum Marshall (West Brom, on loan from West Ham), Jamie Reid (Stevenage), Shayne Lavery# (Blackpool)
  • # late call-up; * withdrawn due to injury
Scotland (BBC)

  • Goalkeepers: Zander Clark, Craig Gordon (both Hearts), Angus Gunn (Norwich), Liam Kelly (Motherwell)
  • Defenders: Liam Cooper (Leeds), Jack Hendry (Al-Ettifaq), Scott McKenna (Copenhagen), Nathan Patterson (Everton), Ryan Porteous (Watford), Anthony Ralston (Celtic), Andy Robertson (Liverpool), John Souttar (Rangers), Greg Taylor (Celtic), Kieran Tierney (Real Sociedad)
  • Midfielders: Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), Ryan Christie (Bournemouth), Lewis Ferguson (Bologna), Billy Gilmour (Brighton), John McGinn (Aston Villa), Kenny McLean (Norwich), Scott McTominay (Manchester United)
  • Forwards: Che Adams (Southampton), Lyndon Dykes (QPR), Lawrence Shankland (Hearts)

Notes:

  • This match will act as a warm-up for Scotland ahead of the UEFA European Championships in Germany
  • This will be Northern Ireland's 30th match at Hampden Park (28th at Third Hampden)
  • Bailey Peacock-Farrell wore a mask to protect a face injury.
  • Daniel Ballard returned to the team having missed the previous match due to the birth of his son. 
  • First outing for the 2024 white away kit.

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