Key events
The teams
Croatia: Livaković, Šutalo, Ćaleta-Car, Gvardiol, Perišić, Modrić, Mario Pašalić, Sosa, L Sučić, Matanović, Kramarić.
Scotland: Gordon, Ralston, Hanley, Souttar, Robertson, Gilmour, McLean, Christie, McTominay, Doak, Dykes.
Referee: István Kovács (Romania).
Preamble
Scotland are without James Forrest, Angus Gunn, Kieran Tierney, John McGinn, Scott McKenna, Jack Henry, Tommy Conway, Aaron Hickey, Nathan Patterson and Lewis Ferguson for their visit to Zagreb: no wonder STV and BBC Scotland have decided to give this fixture the bodyswerve. Time was, the BBC would clear the decks for the Old Firm and Edinburgh derbies and still find room for the Young Pigeon National pigeon racing. Just six-and-half hours from Cheltenham to Ecclefechan, and that despite the birds being released into a headwind!
But now it’s Alan Carr’s Picture Slam this, Viaplay International YouTube channel that, and here we are. Thank the lord for the Guardian MBM, eh readers? What? Oh. OK, but we are doing this nevertheless. Kick-off is at 5pm BST. It’s not on … but it’s on!