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Poland 1-2 Scotland: Key stats

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Poland 1-2 Scotland: Key stats

  • Andy Robertson is the first player to score a 90th-minute winner for Scotland since Scott McTominay against Israel in a World Cup qualifier in October 2021.

  • Scotland have won back-to-back internationals for the first time since March-September 2023, while Poland have won just one of their last nine games in all competitions (D2 L6).

  • John McGinn has now scored 20 goals for Scotland – only four players have managed more for the men’s national side (Denis Law 30, Kenny Dalglish 30, Hughie Gallacher 23, Lawrie Reilly 23).

  • McGinn’s opener (2:53) was the first time Scotland have scored in the opening three minutes of a game since Kenny Miller in Austria in August 2005. It was their earliest goal in a competitive fixture since Billy Dodds’ first-minute strike against Belgium in a World Cup qualifier in March 2001.

  • Robertson made his 80th international appearance, making him the joint third most capped player for Scotland – level with Darren Fletcher and behind only Dalglish (102) and Jim Leighton (91).

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