“England will have a field day” – These Scotland fans all have the same concern against England tonight | OneFootball

It was certainly one of the more interesting ties once the groups were finalised, but Scotland and England come into this game in very different moods.

England looked comfortable in their 1-0 win over Croatia and you get the feeling there’s room for them to grow from that performance and get stronger as the tournament goes on, but Scotland’s defeat to the Czech Republic means they really need something tonight.

In a way that may have forced Stevie Clark’s hand as there’s no chance that he could stick with the starting XI who were fairly lifeless last time out, and there are a couple of interesting inclusions in the starting XI tonight:

There’s no doubt that Billy Gilmour is the interesting choice here as he makes his first start, and Scotland will need him to take control of the midfield and give them a proper playmaking presence in the midfield.

Having Kieran Tierney back in the side makes such a difference, especially in an attacking sense as his forward runs were sorely lacking in the opener.

One of Scotland’s long-standing issues has been trying to find a solution at right-back. Tierney has been tried in the role but it didn’t work out, Nathan Patterson is incredibly highly rated but James Tavernier is possibly Rangers’ best player so he rarely plays and Clark wasn’t brave enough to bring the ultimate X-factor in St Johnstone’s Shaun Rooney who scored the winner in two separate cup finals this year and would’ve caused some serious problems in the air.

Stephen O’Donnell did look out of his depth in the first game and he’s had a pretty average year with Motherwell, so that is the main worry for a lot of the fans going into this one: