Steve Clarke names Scotland team to take on Portugal in Nations League

Steve Clarke has named his Scotland starting line-up to take on Portugal in the Nations League.

The national team have travelled to Lisbon for the second game in Group A1 on Sunday night.

It comes after Thursday’s injury-time defeat to Poland at Hampden in the same competition.

Scotland fought back from two goals down to draw level going into the final minutes before the visitors scored a late penalty to make it 3-2.

Clarke has resisted the temptation to make any changes from that game to take on the Portuguese with the same starting eleven being named.

So that means he has started with Angus Gunn in goals behind a back four of Anthony Ralston, Grant Hanley. Scott McKenna and Greg Taylor.

Thursday’s goal-scorers Billy Gilmour and Scott McTominay are in midfield beside John McGinn and Kenny McLean with Ryan Christie supporting Lyndon Dykes up top.

Legendary Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored his 900th career goal in their win over Croatia, is named among the subs for this one.

So they will instead be captained by Man City midfielder Bernardo Silva with Liverpool striker Diogo Jota leading the line for the hosts.

They start with Diogo Costa in goals behind a defence of Nelson Semedo, Ruben Dias, Antonio Silva and Nuno Mendes.

Silva is in midfield beside Joao Palhinha and Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes with Rafael Leao and Pedro Neto either side of Jota up front.