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Lewis Ferguson scored his first goal scotland as a target steve clarkcame to hit from behind Greece 3-1 more maintain your promising start for them world cup Qualification campaign.
Scotland has been beaten before costas tsimikas Gave the visiting team the lead in the 62nd minute at Hampden. But Ryan Christie He equalized within two minutes following his own corner and Ferguson marked his 19th cap with a goal 10 minutes from time as Scotland capitalized on another set-piece.
Substitute Lyndon Dykes recovered from a goalkeeping mistake in stoppage-time to help Scotland keep pace with Group C leaders Denmark and move four points clear of their opponents.
Scotland could be in sight of Greece on Sunday when they host Belarus and travel to rivals Denmark.
There were some negatives for Scotland as Christie and Ferguson suffered suspensions and Aaron Hickey suffered a left hamstring injury as he continued his return from 20 months away from first-team action.
The visiting team won 3-0 at Hampden in March League of Nations Play-offs and they immediately took over the game. Vangelis Pavlidis missed an open goal when he failed to connect properly with a pass from across the face of goal.
Good pressure on the ball from Christie, John McGinn and Grant Hanley saved Angus Gunn as the visitors created shooting opportunities and the goalkeeper did well to keep out Pavlidis’ deflected effort.
Norwegian referee Espen Asks was quick to award fouls on even the slightest contact, but Scotland got a reprieve when he booked Christos Zafiris too harshly for simulation after he fouled the Ferguson midfielder in the penalty box.
Apart from a few set-pieces, Scotland posed no threat in the first half. Clarke’s side looked disjointed in possession, with Greece’s pressure often leading to isolated Che Adams.
The start of the second half saw more close contests as Greece continued to take passes in and around the Scotland box. Pavlidis and Giorgos Masouras cleared the bar with their efforts.
After Hickey received treatment for several minutes, Clarke made a double switch, with Anthony Ralston replacing Ben Gannon-Doke at right-back and Billy Gilmour replacing Ben Gannon-Doke, who was replaced by Christie on the left flank.
The visiting team soon found the breakthrough after another clever move. Hanley made an excellent block, but the ball fell to Tsimikas.
Scotland responded immediately as they won a corner on the left flank. Christie delivered long to Ralston, whose ball high into the box was won by Hanley, before the Bournemouth midfielder ran in to fire in with his right foot.
A lengthy VAR check took place, but Hanley was onside when the ball came back in.
Scotland were left with a huge disappointment when substitute Giannis Constantelias headed wide, but the home side looked a different team after the equalizer and Adams diverted a shot wide after good movement and took a touch to deflect Gilmour’s free-kick.
The set-piece route soon paid off again as Andy Robertson’s long free-kick across the goalmouth put Greece under pressure. John Soutter’s effort was blocked but Ferguson was on hand to fire into the roof of the net from close range.
When the game entered six minutes of stoppage time and the visiting goalkeeper made a late save, Gunn produced a stunning stop to touch Constantinos Karatsas’s curling effort over the bar.
Kostas Tzoulakis put the ball into the path of Dykes as he tried to intercept a passback heading for a corner and the Birmingham striker accepted the Greek gift, firing a shot into the empty net. Due to late booking for Ferguson, he will not be able to play the next match.