Comments and predictions for Scotland vs Portugal: The fateful last minute

Latest Scotland vs Portugal team information

Portugal cruised through their win over Poland without any injuries, although Sporting Lisbon centre-back Goncalo Inacio withdrew from the squad through injury before the October internationals began.

Joao Palhinha - who has struggled for a start at Bayern Munich - Francisco Conceicao and Tomas Araujo were all left out of the squad over the weekend, but those were tactical decisions by Martinez, who had to leave the three players out.

With Inacio and Araujo absent, Chelsea's Renato Veiga started at centre-back on his full debut for Portugal, although Antonio Silva is now an option if needed.

Scotland also have no fresh concerns from their narrow defeat to Croatia, with Angus Gunn, Lawrence Shankland and Greg Taylor having already withdrawn through injury, along with Celtic winger James Forrest.

Almost tied on appearances, Andrew Robertson (77) and veteran goalkeeper Craig Gordon (76) will add another cap for their country on Tuesday, with Robertson set to overtake Alex McLeish for fourth place in history.

Despite seeing his last-gasp equaliser in Zagreb denied, Adams – who has six direct goal contributions in his first nine appearances for Torino – is certainly a candidate to replace Lyndon Dykes at centre-forward.

Latest predicted lineup for Scotland vs Portugal

Scotland:

Gordon; Ralston, Souttar, Hanley, Robertson; McLean, Gilmour; Doak, McTominay, Christie; Adams

Portugal:

Costa; Dalot, Dias, Veiga, Mendes; Silva, R. Neves; Jota, Fernandes, Leao; Ronaldo

Latest football commentary on Scotland vs Portugal

Not stopping at 900 career goals, Cristiano Ronaldo is still on the journey to conquer the 1,000-goal milestone and moved closer to that unprecedented achievement on Saturday, when he scored the goal to give Portugal the lead after Bernardo Silva opened the scoring.

Although Piotr Zielinski reduced the gap for Poland, setting up a tense finish, his effort was cancelled out by a teammate, as Jan Bednarek accidentally kicked the ball into his own net in the closing minutes to restore Portugal's comfortable advantage.

Portugal have now won three games in a row in the 2024-25 campaign, after showing strength against Croatia and Scotland in September, the 2016 European champions lead the group by three points and could book a place in the quarter-finals with a win, provided other results go their way.

If Portugal win in Glasgow, the only scenario they would have to wait for to confirm their top-two finish is if Poland beat Croatia - leaving both teams on six points and Portugal on 12 - although Martinez's men would need to lose both games in November to fall out of the knockout places.

That scenario is unthinkable for the Selecao, the only team in the four League A groups with a perfect record with nine points from three games, although they did struggle against Scotland in September.

In fact, Steve Clarke's side got off to a flying start after just seven minutes against Portugal thanks to 'goal machine' Scott McTominay, but Bruno Fernandes and Ronaldo turned the game around.

Scotland suffered a similar fate against Croatia on Saturday night, with Ryan Christie opening the scoring in Zagreb, but Clarke's side were unable to hold on to their advantage, allowing Igor Matanovic and Andrej Kramaric to help the 2018 World Cup finalists stage a comeback.

Che Adams' last-minute equaliser was ruled out for offside, adding to the pain for Scotland, who have never been comprehensively beaten by any League A side to date, but are in danger of relegation without a miraculous comeback.

A draw or loss on Tuesday would all but end Scotland's slim hopes of finishing in the top two, and they have now suffered four straight defeats, with their only win in the last 15 coming against Gibraltar in a summer friendly.

September’s painful defeat to Portugal also marked a fourth consecutive defeat to the Euro 2016 champions, with Scotland having not beaten their upcoming opponents since 1980, when Kenny Dalglish was one of the scorers in a 4-1 win at the European Championships. All three of Scotland’s League A defeats so far have been by a single goal, but unfortunately for Clarke’s side, we can imagine a similar scenario unfolding at Hampden Park.

While fitness could be the deciding factor for both teams, Portugal's substitution options are far more dangerous, and the Selecao should cruise to a win that will very likely see them through to the quarter-finals.

Scotland vs Portugal score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Scotland vs Portugalas follows:

• Sportsmole:Scotland 1-2 Portugal

• WhoScore:Scotland 0-2 Portugal
• Our newspaper predicts:Scotland 1-2 Portugal

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