Scotland ‘haven’t earned the right to be arrogant’

Former Scotland goalkeeper Gemma Fay says Pedro Martinez Losa’s side “should be beating Hungary home and away”.

The Scots face Hungary in Budapest on Friday (17:15 BST) in the first leg of their Euro 2025 round one play-off, with the return at Easter Road on Tuesday.

The winner of the tie will progress to a meeting with either Finland or Montenegro for a place in next summer’s finals in Switzerland.

Scotland are currently 23rd in Fifa’s world rankings, with the Hungarians 46th.

Fay, who earned 203 caps, told the BBC’s Scottish Football Podcast: “There’s an expectation [to win] because of the quality of players that we have.

“And I think Scotland have failed to live up to their expectation in last couple of qualification campaigns.

“Martinez Losa was saying that reaching the Euros is a dream bigger than any dream. I don’t think it’s a dream.

“Dreams are things which couldn’t be attainable, this is absolutely attainable. It should be attainable.

“And if you look at the standard and quality of player that we have, we should be beating Hungary home and away.

“We should be stepping out on that pitch with a level of confidence within ourselves that we should be able to beat Hungary away and we should comfortably be able to beat them at home.”