Scotland bid to avoid relegation from the Nations League’s top tier against a side looking for a spot in the quarter-finals. Join Scott Murray.   19:54 5 min: A lethargic Gilmour is skittled off the ball by Kovačić.

John McGinn was Scotland's Hampden hero as he came off the bench to snatch a win against 10-player Croatia in the Nations League.

But after avoiding a fifth defeat in a row with a battling draw against Portugal that left Cristiano Ronaldo in a strop, spirits have been lifted once again. Belief has been sparked the streak could finally be ended against Croatia at Hampden tonight.

Scotland need a result against Croatia this evening if Steve Clarke’s side are to avoid relegation from the top tier of the Nations League.The Tartan Army are bottom of the group with just a

Scotland forward John McGinn came off the bench to snatch a 1-0 home victory over 10-man Croatia for his country's first Nations League win of the campaign in their penultimate Group A1 game on Friday and keep them in contention for the quarter-finals.

Denmark and Croatia have qualified for the quarterfinals of the Nations League. Denmark got a 0-0 in Serbia on Monday while Croatia came from behind to tie visiting Portugal 1-1.

Scotland will attempt to land their first competitive win in 14 months when they take on Croatia at Hampden in their penultimate Nations League A fixture on Friday. The national side are on their worst ever run of competitive matches without a victory (8) with only their only win in 16 overall coming against minnows Gibraltar in a pre-Euros warm-up friendly.

Scotland have lost their latest two meetings with Croatia - including 2-1 in Zagreb last month - after being unbeaten in their first five games against them. Croatia beat Scotland 3-1 on their last trip to Hampden,

Scotland earned a vital 1-0 victory over Croatia in the Nations League on matchday five thanks to late substitute John McGinn, who converted the rebound after Ben Doak's shot was parried. Long time waiting: The win snapped a long winless streak and kept Scotland's hopes alive of avoiding relegation with an important match against Poland next.

Josko Gvardiol scored his first international goal in two years to rescue a point for Croatia in their 1-1 Nations League A Group 1 draw with Portugal in Split on Monday as both teams advance to March's quarter-finals.

Josko Gvardiol continued his scoring streak to earn Croatia a 1-1 home draw with Portugal on Monday that allowed them to squeak into the Nations League quarter-finals.