Is Scotland v Ivory Coast on TV? Channel, kick-off time and how to watch friendly for free
Steve Clarke’s side fell to a 1-0 defeat to Japan at Hampden on Saturday and now head to Liverpool to face Ivory Coast
Scotland play their final friendly before Steve Clarke names his squad for the World Cup as the Tartan Army head to Liverpool to face Ivory Coast at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium. Clarke was surprised and “disappointed” to hear some Scotland supporters booing the team after a 1-0 defeat to Japan at Hampden on Saturday, with the visitors earning a late victory through Junya Ito’s 84th-minute winner. Scotland, who face Brazil, Morocco and Haiti in the group stages of the World Cup after qualifying automatically for the first time since 1998, wanted to face African opposition to help their preparations.
Ivory Coast are three-time champions of Africa and reached the quarter-finals of the last Africa Cup of Nations, and are currently 35th in the Fifa rankings, five places ahead of Scotland. Clarke has said Scotland could make “six or seven changes” and confirmed he will look to field a different team to the one that started against Japan. Here’s everything you need to know When is Scotland v Japan?
Kick-off at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium is at 7:30pm BST on Tuesday 31 March. How can I watch it? The match will be live on BBC Scotland as well as BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.
What is the Scotland team news? Steve Clarke confirmed following the defeat to Japan that there would be “six or seven changes” to his side. The likes of Ryan Christie and Billy Gilmour could start, while Che Adams, John Souttar and Grant Hanley didn’t feature, so they may be involved.