⚽ The Kick-Off | Tuesday 18th November 2025

Scotland preview. Billy Gilmour out for tonight. Celtic confirm Martin O'Neill to remain in interim charge. Motherwell to participate in alcohol pilot. Liam Cooper signs for Sheffield Wednesday.

Nov 18, 2025

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📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #192: 
Scotland have won all the previous four competitive internationals against Denmark at Hampden.

LATEST SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS

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Montrose 4 - 4 HIbernian B

SCOTLAND

🏆 Norway has qualified for their first World Cup since 1998. Can Scotland do the same tonight? The situation is clear - we win and we are off to North America. A draw or defeat, and it is the play-offs.

🤕 Billy Gilmour is unavailable for tonight. - Scotland National Team on X

😷 Denmark’s Anders Dreyer has not travelled to Scotland after falling unwell. The rest of the squad made the flight over yesterday despite a reported sickness bug doing the rounds in the Danish team. - Jane Lewis, BBC

🆚 Feeling pessimistic? Should we lose, then it is likely Scotland will be in pot two for the play-off draw. However, there is a chance we could end up in pot three for Thursday’s draw.

If the following series of results happens, it will see us drop to pot three.

Bosnia wins in Austria
Wales win at home against North Macedonia
The Czech Republic beat Gibraltar

Germany’s win over Slovakia guarantees us pot two if we draw. - Dale Johnson, BBC

📖 Kenny Dalglish is on the programme cover for tonight’s game.

📺 An average of 1.2m viewers watched Scotland’s defeat in Greece on Saturday night. BBC’s coverage peaked at over 1.6m viewers. - SPFL Mediawatch on X

🎵 Travelling to the game or needing some Scotland tunes to get you through the work day? The Kick-Off has a Scotland National Team playlist for you.

📻 And if you are looking for some post-match listening tonight, Clyde 1 Superscoreboard will be on air from 6pm to 11pm. - Clyde 1 SSB on X

OTHER NEWS

🟢 Celtic have confirmed Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney will remain in interim charge for the time being. - Blair Meikle, The Herald

🍺 Motherwell have been granted an alcohol licence for two upcoming Premiership games.

Both home and away fans will have the opportunity to purchase alcohol as part of a wider SPFL pilot.

The Steelmen are the fourth club to announce a trial over the next couple of months. Aberdeen, St Johnstone, and Dunfermline Athletic have already confirmed their participation in the trial. - Motherwell FC website

✍️ Sheffield Wednesday have signed Scotland international defender Liam Cooper on a free transfer. The 34-year-old was most recently with CSKA Sofia in Bulgaria. - Sheffield Wednesday website

🔵 Rangers will have a new Academy Director in the new year. Jonathan Hunter-Barrett will join from English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers. - Martin McMillan, The Herald

🚫 Neil Lennon will miss Dunfermline Athletic’s home match against Greenock Morton after picking up three yellow cards on the touchline. - Iain Collin, The Courier

🆕 The latest Women’s Scotland Under-19 squad has been announced for the upcoming Round One European Qualifiers, which kick-off next week on home soil.

Scotland will face Norway at Broadwood before games against the Netherlands and Croatia at the Kirkintilloch Sports Complex. All games are free entry and will be streamed live on the Scotland National Team YouTube channel. - Scottish FA website

SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY

🏆 FIFA World Cup Qualifying – Group C

Scotland v Denmark (7.45pm - live on BBC Two & BBC Scotland)

🏆 UEFA Under-21 European Championship Qualifying – Group B

Scotland v Bulgaria (5.30pm - live on Scotland National Team YouTube)
Match played at Fir Park, Motherwell

🏆 UEFA Under-19 European Championship Qualifying – Group 8

Scotland v England (10am - match played in Lithuania)