Both previous meetings between Greece and Scotland were in qualifying for EURO 1996, with both nations winning 1-0 on home soil.
Scotland have won each of their last two matches, more than they’d won in their previous 16 combined (W1 D5 L10).
Greece won seven out of 10 matches during 2024 (D1 L2). It was their most wins in a single calendar year since winning seven in 2013, last winning more in 2008 (eight wins).
Scotland have won their first match in just one of the last eight calendar years (D4 L3), a 3-0 home win against Cyprus in March 2023.
Greece have won six of their last seven matches (L1), the exception being a 3-0 defeat to England. They’ve scored 2+ goals in all six of those wins, with each of their last 15 wins seeing them do so. Their last 1-0 win was in June 2022 against Kosovo.
Greece have won more matches in the UEFA Nations League than any other nation, winning 16 of their 24 matches in the competition (D3 L5).
John McGinn has scored in each of his last two Scotland appearances and is looking to score in three in a row for the first time since November 2019. McGinn’s goal against Poland last November was his 20th Scotland goal, becoming the fifth player to net 20 goals for the Tartan Army, along with Denis Law (30), Kenny Dalglish (30), Hughie Gallacher (23) and Lawrie Reilly 22.
Since the 2020-21 UEFA Nations League, only Norway’s Erling Haaland (19 goals, 3 assists) has been involved in more UEFA Nations League goals than Greece’s Tasos Bakasetas (7 goals, 7 assists), while no player has more assists in that time than Bakasetas (level with Kevin De Bruyne on seven).
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