Who can Scotland face in the Nations League play-offs?

Scotland will be desperate to avoid suffering Nations League relegation as they prepare to discover their opponents for an all-important play-off tie this week.

The Tartan Army’s hopes of retaining their status in League A had appeared in a serious jeopardy after a difficult debut campaign at the competition’s top level, only for a battling goalless draw against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal last month to be followed by a valuable victory over 10-man Croatia that ended a dismal run of 10 successive matches without a competitive win that included an insipid group stage exit from Euro 2024.

John McGinn’s late winner sent Scotland heading to Warsaw on Monday night knowing that they had to beat Poland to avoid confirmed relegation, with McGinn netting again early before Andy Robertson popped up with a dramatic stoppage-time effort to pip their opponents to third spot in Group A1, condemn them to League B and secure a berth in the relegation play-offs for themselves.

Steve Clarke’s side now enter the League A/B play-offs hoping to remain in the top-flight and deny a League B promotion-chaser a spot in League A at their expense.

Alongside their fellow third-place finishers in League A in Serbia, Hungary and struggling Belgium, Scotland will be seeded for Friday’s play-off draw taking place at Uefa headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland from 11am GMT.

The seeded teams will all play at home in the second fixtures of the two-legged ties, with the four group runners-up from League B unseeded and each paired against a seeded team.